Backyards in Spain
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The directory of the backyard ultras run in Spain, from A to Z — 49 races, verified one by one. A backyard is a last one standing race: a 6.706 km loop every hour, on the hour, until only one runner is left standing. Here are all the ones in our archive, whether they are held this year or not, with their record and their history.
Open a race to see its page: where it is run, what kind of loop it has, whether it awards a qualifying ticket and the full results of every edition (91 editions with results so far). To sign up for one, the race calendar lists by date the ones with a confirmed next edition, currently 35; to see who lasts longest, the Spanish ranking; and if it’s your first one,how to choose and prepare for your backyard goes over what to check before you sign up.
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By autonomous community
Communities with races in more than one province bring theirs together on one page, with the split by province, the upcoming dates and the best mark in the community.
By province
Provinces with more than one race in the archive have their own page, with their races, the upcoming dates and the best mark ever run there.
Frequently asked questions
Which backyards are run in Spain?
Races are held across much of the country, on tarmac, athletics tracks, country roads and mountain trails. This page is the directory of every one we have verified, from A to Z: the ones held every year, the ones taking a season off and the ones no longer organised. There is no official census of the Spanish calendar, so what you find here is what we have checked race by race with the organiser or the official timing.
How is this directory different from the calendar?
The calendar only shows races with a confirmed next edition, sorted by date: it’s where to look to sign up. This directory gathers them all, whether or not they have a date, and is sorted by name: it’s where to look for a race’s history, its record or the results of a past edition.
Where can I see the full results of a Spanish backyard?
On each race’s page, in the editions section: each one opens the full results of that edition, with every runner’s loops. The tables come from the race’s official timing, not from ultrarunning databases that only record marks above their threshold and leave half the field out.
What does each race’s number of yards mean?
It’s the race record: the highest number of loops ever completed there. Each loop is 6.706 km, so 24 loops make 100 miles (160.9 km). It gives you an idea of a race’s level, not a reason to choose it: in a backyard the opponent is the clock, and the record depends as much on who turned up as on the course.