GrassRoots Racing

Okay, let's settle this.

You get back from your yard with 12 minutes to spare.

What's your FIRST move?

🥪 Eat
🪑 Sit
🧦 Feet/socks
🚻 Bathroom
☕ Caffeine
😶 Stare into the distance and reconsider every decision that brought you here

Backyardigans, defend your answer.

There's a moment during your first Backyard when you finally get it.

Maybe it's realizing you don't have to run every yard fast.

Maybe it's the first time the whole corral heads out together again.

Maybe it's when the person beside you starts feeling less like a competitor and more like someone you're genuinely hoping makes it back in time.

What was the moment you fell in love with the Backyard format?

And if you've never done one...

Maybe 2027 is your year to find out.

Register or Volunteer: https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=141741

Experienced Backyard crews, help us out.

Your runner comes back looking completely cooked.

What's the ONE thing you should absolutely not say to them?

And what's the thing you've learned to say instead?

Drop your best crew wisdom below. 👇

First-time crews may want to save this one.

Daytime Backyard and nighttime Backyard might as well be two different sports.

The headlamps.

The quiet.

The temperature dropping.

The conversations getting increasingly questionable.

And that strange little world that exists while everyone else is asleep.

Night yards: love them or hate them?

🌙 Team Night Yard
☀️ Please Give Me Sunrise

Let's make a list.

Tell us something that makes absolutely no sense to anyone who hasn't done a Backyard Ultra—but every Backyardigan will immediately understand.

We'll start:

Getting excited because you finished slower and somehow that's a good thing.

Your turn. 👇

Yep. It’s happening. 🙌

GrassRoots Backyard 2027 is more than 50% FULL.

Backyard 15 — FULL.
Backyard 24 — FULL.

You stepped up. Now you’re stepping into the corral to find out just how many loops you’ve got in you.

And one of my favourite parts? Seeing the roster fill with familiar faces and so many new names ready to experience Backyard for the first time.

Five years in, it’s pretty amazing to watch this community continue to grow and continue to show up for each other.

More loops. More stories. One pretty incredible community.

Well done, Backyardigans. Well done. 🧡

See you in the corral.

Wanna join us? Register: https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=141741&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZnRzaAT1umVwZG9mAmZkaWQWUM7w8Bsj1TaFSmOmkxYVGbKAZVb8ZmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzEyNDAyNDU3NDI4NzQxNAABpy9RwbZhuD5SbL9QnEJhpfPOw8P76EPYaheeZkIUcUyQC3qr56SHkJzdiVaR_aem__0KPhObc2Ae__LmFrSKt1A

Let's hear it from the crews.

You've seen your runner at their absolute best.

You've also seen them stumble into camp and declare, with complete confidence, that they're done...

Only to watch them get back up and head to the corral five minutes later. 😂

What's the funniest, strangest or most memorable thing your runner has said during a Backyard?

No names required. Unless you want to name names.

True or False?

"You have to be an ultrarunner to do a Backyard Ultra."

Everyone remembers their first Backyard.

What surprised you the most?

👇 Tell us the one thing you wish someone had told you before your first loop.

It’s about time the CREW got celebrated.

So, we’ve been working on something special for next year.

Introducing the very unofficial, potentially very official GrassRoots Backyard Ultra CREW hoodie, featuring a tagline that feels painfully accurate:

KEEPING QUESTIONABLE DECISIONS ALIVE.

The idea? Make these available as a pre-order exclusively for crew ahead of next year’s race.

But before we do it, we want to hear from the people who’ve earned the right to wear it.

Crew: do you like it? Should we make these happen?

Drop a 🙋‍♀️ / 🙋 / 🔥 below if you’d wear one.

And maybe tag the crew member who has personally talked you into going out for just one more yard. 😂