Aaron Young, Big Kev, Rob Parsons, Phil Gore and Jess Smith are some of the best Backyard Ultra Runners in Australia. In less than 2 weeks their local BYU 'Herdys' is being run so they came on to talk all about it.

Lazarus Lake held the first ever Backyard Ultra on his property 2011. Since then the Backyard Ultra has grown into one of the most popular ultra running formats in the world. In this episode Laz came on to discuss where is all started to where it is today.

Ross McLean was the Last one Standing at the MVP Backyard Ultra in 2023, running 28 yards. In this podcast we discuss his running life and his recent win at MVP.

Phil Ryan was the assist at the 2023 MVP Backyard Ultra running 27 yards. Nick Kumar was close behind with 26 yards. In this podcast Phil and Nick came on & relived their experiences from this awesome race.

MVP BYU 2023 is just a few days away so Ben Nicholls, Mat Dube and Tim Kacprzak joined the podcast to look back and discuss their experience's at the MVP Backyard Ultra.

Gaby is a dietician and sports nutritionist. She has a lot of experience working with some of the best backyard ultra athletes in Australia and is a wealth of knowledge on the subject. Find her at intenseatfit.com and @intenseatfit on instagram.

Aaron made a big splash in the Backyard Ultra running scene in 2022. He ran 53 yards as the assist at Birdies helping to break the Australian record at the time. Aaron was also a member of the Australian team at the Satellite World Championships where he went for 48 yards he is currently on the At Large list to run at Big's this later this year.

Tim Walsh from Dead Cow Gully and Nicole Jukes from BYU Australia join the podcast to discuss and recap the Backyard Ultra year of 2022 as well as looking ahead at whats to come in 2023.

Holly Ranson recently ran 136.722 in the Goodrunnings 12hr race, breaking the Australian 12hr record. She was one of the LOS at Hysterical Carnage Backyard Ultra when she ran 30 yards and is a confirmed starter at the Australian Backyard Masters in June.

John Yoon has represented Australia in the 24 hour running team twice. He has run two Backyard Ultra's, most recently for the Australian team in the Satellite world Championships where he ran 51 yards to help Australia finish 3rd on planet Earth.

Ivo Steyaert & Merijn Geerts share the Backyard Ultra world record, running for 101 hours for team Belgium at the Satellite world championships. On this podcast we discuss their remarkable achievement and a lot more.

Scott Snell was the #4 seeded runner for team USA in the 2022 Satellite Backyard Ultra World Champs. He has won 4 Backyard Ultras and has run 60+ yards twice. Scott also has a running blog at beastcoasttrailrunning.com .

Big Kev has had a huge running year in 2022 and is about to run The Hysterical Carnage backyard ultra this weekend, just a week after running a 100 miler. So far, Big Kev has run 7 backyard ultra's, winning one and running as the assist in two. Check out Big Kev's website, runbkrun.com

Ryan Crawford ran 75 yards and was the assist for the Australian team at the Satellite Backyard Ultra World Championships, helping to break the Australian record. Ryan called in for a chat and we discussed everything from Backyard ultra's to his diet, yoga and more.

Race Director Josh Duff called in to recap the Old Mates Backyard Ultra that was run last weekend.

Phil Gore was recently the Last One Standing in the Australian team at the Satellite Backyard Ultra World Champs, running 76 yards which works out to 509km in 76 hours. Gemma was part of his crew the whole time. Phil and Gemma Gore join the podcast to discuss his performance as well as other Backyard Ultra related things.

Co race directors Peter Clarke and Peter Munns join the podcast to discuss and preview the Backyard Ultra satellite World Championships that are being held on the weekend at Mirrim Wurnit.

Four members of the Australian Backyard Ultra team call in for a chat. They are competing in the Backyard Ultra Satellite World Championships that begins on the 15th October 2022.

First ever episode of A Backyard Ultra Podcast. Special guest is Tim Walsh from Dead Cow Gully.