Backyard Ultra Podcast

Brandon Lee Grech

Last year, Brandon dipped his toes into the world of Backyard Ultras at the Shepparton 'GV BYU', where he successfully completed 32 yards. Building on this experience, he recently participated at the Wild Dog Backyard Ultra, finishing an impressive 4th overall and completing 37 laps. Coming up in August, Brandon has a significant challenge ahead, as he prepares to run from Bondi to Melbourne to raise funds and awareness for Osteosarcoma Bone Cancer.

Levi Yoder

Levi ran 37 yards in his first Backyard Ultra in 2022 when he was the Last One Standing at Bob's Big Timber Backyard.  He has run five Backyard Ultra's since, including the Individual World Champs at Bigs last year.  Levi most recently finished as the Last One Standing at Capital BYU running 65 yards.  His run at Capital cemented his spot to run for team USA at the Sat Champs in October later this year.

Jacs & Jamie - Red Dirt BYU

Next weekend, the Red Dirt Backyard Ultra will be held for the first time in Karratha, Western Australia, as a Bigs affiliated event. Jamie Oborne, a local Karratha resident and experienced ultra runner, will be participating in the event. Jacs Homann, one of the Race Directors, has played a key role in organising the race. The Red Dirt Backyard Ultra will also mark the return of Phil Gore, who will be running his first BYU since Bigs last year.

Ryan Crawford

Ryan Crawford is one of Australia's best and most experienced Backyard Ultra Runners.  In 2023 his best result was when he ran 60 yards at Clint Eastwood finishing with James Blanton and he was also the LOS at DCG and Glasshouse Standing.  Most recently he ran at Dead Cow Gully where he was the assist when he ran for 68 yards.  

Paul Pratt

2024 is the year of the Backyard Ultra for Paul.  So far this year Paul has already run in three Backyards Ultras, MVP, Herdys and Dead Cow Gully.  Not only that, Paul is also the mastermind behind 'Wild Dog BYU' which will be kicking off for the first time on the 21st June.

Stephen Cousins - Film My Run

Stephen is the creator & host of the youtube channel 'Film My Run', which is a great resource for all things running.  This Saturday Suffolk Backyard Ultra begins, featuring some of Europes best ultra runners.  Stephen will be there from beginning to end hosting the livestream which can be viewed here: www.youtube.com/@FilmMyRun

Megan Eckert

Megan ran in her first Backyard Ultra in January at Saguaro Showdown and proved herself to be a natural at the format.  Not only did she finish as the Last One Standing, but she also earned a Silver Ticket on to team USA to run at Satellite World Championships in October.  Her 65 yard performance at Seguaro Showdown is the fourth highest total by a woman of all time.

Tim Walsh - Dead Cow Gully 2024

In June last year Dead Cow Gully found itself the talk of the Backyard Ultra World when Phil Gore ran a world record 102 yards.  It's exciting to see the return of Dead Cow Gully Backyard Ultra on the 4th May and race director Tim Walsh came on to talk all about it.

Aaron Young - Does Ultra

Aaron is going from strength to strength as an endurance athlete and BYU runner.  Last year he came 18th in the World at the Backyard Ultra World Championships at Bigs when he ran for 75 yards.  Aaron has a big 2024 planned and started recently with a win in the Delirious West 200 miler.

Johan Botha

Johan ran his first Backyard ultra at Hysterical Carnage in 2021.  He has run in five backyards since and was the assist in his last two.  Johan's most recent race was at Herdys where he ran a PB of 52 yards which earned him a place on the Australian At-Large list.