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Ohio's Backyard Ultra Specs

Date: March 22, 2025
Time: 7:30AM and every hour thereafter
Location: McChesney Ridge Athletic Club, Lucasville, Ohio

Silver Ticket (Laz's Championship Bracket)

Ohio's Backyard Ultra is part of the "Road to Big's" series, serving as a "Silver Ticket Race".  In the "USA Backyard Ultra Bracket" there are 6 Bronze Ticket Races; the winner of each Bronze Ticket race will be invited to run at Ohio's Backyard Ultra for a chance to earn a slot into Big's Backyard Ultra.
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If a runner qualifies from our Ohio's Backyard Ultra, SEOTR will pay for your race entry into Laz's Big Dog's Backyard Ultra, in addition to the $500 prize money that will help provide travel to Big's.
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See all details on Laz's Road to Big's World Individual Championships by clicking the link below:
LAZ'S ROAD TO BIG'S INFO

The 2024 "World Team Competition" Affiliation:  The winner from the 2024 Ohio's Backyard Ultra will win a Silver Ticket and make it to "World Team Competition" at Big's.

The 2025 "World Individual Championship" Affiliation: The 2025 year does not technically have silver ticket races. However, OBU has traditionally been a Silver Ticket race on the even-numbered years to send a representative to the "World Team Competition". This means that there is no "Silver Ticket" race (like OBU) that will have an automatic entry into the World Individual Championship at Big's in 2025. To make this field, runners must be high up on the At-Large list from all the backyard affiliated races.

The 2025 Big's Backyard Ultra will serves as the "World Individual Championship." From Laz, this is how runners make it to the field of 75 at the "World Individual Championship":
The top 50 winners of the national championships will secure berths at the World Individual Championships to be held at Big Dog’s Backyard starting October 18, 2025. In addition to those champions, there will be an additional 25 runners selected from the At-Large list… the top performances of the previous 2 year qualifying period (August 16, 2023 to August 15, 2025).

Event's current local time: 4:40 AM ET