Backyard Ultra Podcast

Bigs Preview with Justin and Dom

Justin Wright ran on team USA at last years BYU Sat Champs and Dom Halbert completed 30 yards at Suffolk BYU this year.  They joined the podcast to preview Bigs 2023 which starts on the 21st October.  We go through each runner and give our picks and predictions.

Mark Sims

Mark has a real passion for Backyard Ultras.  He ran in his first Backyard in 2020 at MVP and has improved his PB in each running of MVP since.  Mark is a Type 1 Diabetic and it was really interesting and inspiring to hear his approach to Backyard Ultras.

Adam McDonald - Search4hurt

Adam is the man behind the TV show 'Search4hurt'.  Season 4 of Search4hurt is going to be ultra exciting as it is going to feature its contestants running at Mirrim Wurnit Backyard Ultra in March.  The application process to be a contestant sounds like a lot of fun too.

Robbie Howse

Robbie is a race director and runner.  He is the main man behind North Vic Backyard Ultra's and just over a week ago saw the second year running of his Backyard Ultra in Shepparton 'GV Last Man Standing'.

Kevin ’Brick’ Heaton

When it comes to running ultra's Brick has almost done it all.  He is adding race director to his running CV at the moment as he gears up to host Sydney's first Backyard Ultra, the inaugural 'Bricks Backyard Ultra'.

Margie Hadley

Margie is the Australian female Backyard Ultra record holder, she broke the record last year when she ran 47 yards for team Australia at the Satellite World Championships.  Just recently she was the last one standing at Birdys Backyard when she ran 46 yards.

Harvey Lewis

Harvey Lewis ran his first Backyard Ultra at Bigs in 2017.  He was the Last One Standing at The World Championships at Bigs in 2021 when he ran 85 yards, which broke the world record at the time.  Harvey also ran at The Backyard Masters at Dead Cow Gully this year when he ran 90 yards and he will be defending his world championship crown at Bigs this year in October.

HendrikBoury

Hendrik was the Last One Standing for team Germany at the Satellite World Champs last year, earning himself a golden ticket to Bigs.  Also, he was recently the assist at Suffolk Backyard Ultra when he ran 81 yards, which places him 11th of all time.

David Patterson - Big Kev takeover.

After Patto ran 34 yards at Birdys Backyard Ultra a couple of weeks ago, Kevin 'Big Kev' Matthews came on to the podcast and turned the tables by asking Patto all the questions.

Barry Keem & Red Barnett

The inaugural running of Reds Backyard Ultra was held just over a week ago.  Barry Keem was the Last One Standing running 35 yards and Red Barnett was the race director.  We had a great time talking about how the race was conceived, run and won.