Where Tech City Meets Primal Grit
This is not your regular Sunday jog down MG Road.
This is Bengaluru Backyard Ultra — an unfiltered, wild, and relentless looped showdown where the only algorithm that matters is survival.
Leave behind the coffee, co-working spaces, and chaos.
This is trail purity — set in the Nandi Hills countryside, where fresh air meets fiery spirit.
☁️ The Setting: Mist, Mud & Madness
Your battlefield?
A 6.7 KM loop set at the base of Nandi Hills, featuring a blend of red-dirt trail, shaded tree-lines, rolling grassland, and old rock paths.
Sometimes cloudy, sometimes blazing — always unpredictable.
Choose your format and pick your fight:
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Backyard 8 – The gateway loop
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Backyard 15 – Warm-up for the wild
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Backyard 24 – Your day, your battle
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Signature Backyard Ultra – No finish line. Just elimination.
🕰️ Format: The Clock Is the Enemy.
This is not a sprint. This is a psychological war in loops.
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Each loop is 6.7 KM long.
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You must finish it within 60 minutes to stay in the game.
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Every hour, the bell rings again. Every hour, the race resets.
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If you can’t complete a loop in time, or miss the next start – you DNF.
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Only one runner can be crowned the last person standing.
No early finishes. No distance bragging. Only one metric matters — how long you last.
🧬 Bengaluru’s Brain Meets Backyard Brutality
Inspired by Gary “Lazarus Lake” Cantrell’s infamous Big’s Backyard Ultra in Tennessee, this format strips everything away except willpower.
Backyard Ultras worldwide are creating legends — and now, Bengaluru joins the cult.
Expect techies, trekkers, triathletes, and trail junkies to toe the line.
But the trail doesn’t care about your LinkedIn profile.
Only your lungs and your legs.
🌍 One Bell, One Winner, One Global Dream
The winner of the Bengaluru Backyard Ultra doesn’t just claim glory — they earn a chance to qualify for the prestigious Big’s Backyard Ultra, where only the most resilient survive.
Every loop you run here is a step closer to ultrarunning immortality.
📋 Race Summary
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Start Time: 6:00 AM
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Location: Nandi Foothills, Bengaluru (exact location TBA)
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Loop: 6.7 KM with a mix of flat sections, incline, and shaded trail
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Categories: Backyard 8 / Backyard 15 / Backyard 24 / Signature Backyard Ultra
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Support: Hydration points, medical team, crew zone, and tech-fuelled motivation
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Swag: BigFoot merch, DNF certificates, and massive city-wide bragging rights
🧠 Think. Run. Repeat.
This is the most minimalist race format — but it’s maximum mental warfare.
With every hour, you start over. With every loop, the mind plays games.
And in a city that breeds startups and solutions, this is the ultimate personal problem-solving loop.
🔔 The Bell Will Ring. Bengaluru Will Answer.
The challenge is simple.
The result? Anything but.
You versus you. Loop after loop. Until the noise fades. Until there’s just one bell left — and one runner standing beneath it.