Registration

$175 (Early Registration ends Feb 28th 2024)
$200 (After Febuary 1st)           *GST and Ultra Signup fees not included

2025 event will be capped at 75 runners

Registration opens 8:00am, December 7, 2024
Participants must be 18 years of age or older on race day
You must be registered by April 30th to be guaranteed a T-shirt

What's Included

Custom Race T-shirt
Access to private gorgeous trails
DNF Prize
Fuel/Snack Station
Water/Ice
Coffee
Swag Bag
First Aid
Top Notch Volunteers
Memories to Last a Lifetime!

Event Schedule

Friday July 5th, 2024

Package Pick Up and Racer Tent set up: 6-8pm

Course will be marked for those that want to preview where the suffering will go down!



Saturday July 6th, 2024

Racer Tent set up: 6am - 7:30am

Late Racer Check-in: 6am-7:15am

Mandatory Pre-Race briefing: 7:40am

1st Lap Start Time: 8am

Race End Time: Your guess is as good as mine!

Course

Day Loop (5am-9pm)  Trail loop consists of winding treed singletrack and grass pasture trails
Night Loop (9pm-5am) Road loop will be an out and back along local gravel roads
Maps are located on event website

Race Site

Old Tom Backyard is hosted on an active family farm near Blumenort, Manitoba which is about 25 minutes SE of Winnipeg.  The Reimer family has been raising turkeys and cattle on this site for 3 generations with the 4th generation of kids starting to help out!

The race corral and staging areas will be under the shelter of an open-sided pole shed, so crew and spectators can stay under a roof.  There will be plenty of room in the shed for you to set up your own personal rest/aid station, but if you'd like to set up your own tent outside feel free!

As this is an active farm site, there will be areas of no admittance due to biosecurity reasons and the health/safety of the turkeys.  Please respect any signs/instructions the hosts have provided.

As much as we love our pets, pets will NOT be allowed on the property.

Backyard Rules

Runners must finish each lap within 1 hour.

The next lap starts on the hour every hour after that (signaled by the bell)

Participants MUST be in the starting corral at the bell. NO late starts!

Warning whistles will be given 3, 2, and 1 minutes prior to the starting bell.

Runners may not leave the course until each loop is completed (once the bell goes you must complete the loop before any support is given/taken)

No support to be given/taken from anyone during the loop – no gear, food, or liquids. The only support allowed is a quick verbal encouragement as you pass by

No pacing

No artificial aids (including poles).

Slower runners please allow faster runners to pass.

The winner is the last person to complete a loop within the hour after all others have given up. DNF (did not finish)

If no runner can complete one more lap than everyone else, there is no winner.

Please report to the timing area when you decide you can no longer go on.

This is a self-supported event. You will need to provide your own food.  We will provide water/ice and a few snacks during the event, but don't rely on the aid station for your sole fueling needs.

No littering

No open fires in support area (camp stoves are allowed)

Obey any instructions given to you by race officials.

Be respectful and look after one another.

*Please note, failure to follow any of the above rules will result in a DNF

Event's current local time: 3:09 AM CT