Backyard Ultra Podcast

The Crow & Farms

Brandon 'The Crow' Lee and Dan 'Farms' Farmer have been running together in the Ardeer Trotters for just over a year now.  Over the last couple of months The Crow and Farms have been training together in preparation for MVP which was run last weekend in extreme conditions.  The Crow finished as the assist with 30 yards and Farms finished third with 27.  

Intenseatfit - Gaby Villa

Gaby has been fuelling athletes for 10 years, working with many of the worlds best Backyard Ultra Runners.  It was great being able to have Gaby back on the podcast, where we explored the vital role of nutrition in Backyard Ultras and gained valuable insights from her expertise.

Sean Lyons

Sean ran his first backyard ultra at Dead Cow Gully back in 2022 when he ran 30 yards.  Since then he has increased his PB to 37 and just recently finished as the Last One Standing at Glasshouse Standing.

Frank Gielen - 110 Yards

Frank was part of the all conquering Belgium Backyard Ultra team that finished on top of the world standings at the World Satellite Team Champs in 2024.  Frank was one of three runners who broke the world record in that race when he, Ivo and Merijn called it a day after running 110 yards.

2024 BYU year in review

Tim Kacprzak, Mat Dube and Ben Nicholls join the podcast to relive the Backyard Ultra year that was 2024.

Clayton Talbot

Clayton loves Backyard Ultra's, he's run in three and his best result is currently 25 yards which he ran at I'm Still Standing BYU earlier this year.  Clayton also organises a BYU run club that meets monthly and runs in different locations around Sydney.

Vic Owens - The Happy Runner

Vic has been running ultras since 2017 and ran in her first Backyard Ultra at Rasselbock in 2023 where she completed 30 yards.  Since then Vic has run many more Backyards including a recent 40 yard LOS performance at God's Own BYU.  Vic is also 11 BYU's into her mission of running 12 BYU's in 12 months.

Sarah Perry & Alex Sweet

Sarah Perry was the last one standing at the Sat Champs for Team UK when she ran 59 yards, breaking the UK female record. Alex Sweet also had a remarkable race, achieving an 18-yard personal best as the assist.

Viktoria Brown

Viktoria ran 34 yards at her first Backyard Ultra for team Canada at the Sat Champs in 2020.  Since then she has run a PB of 49 yards and ran for the Canadian Sat Champs team again in 2024.  As well as her impressive BYU results Viktoria also holds the Canadian 48hr, 72hr and 6 day ultra running records.

John Bayne

John has outstanding results across all different types of ultra running distances and formats.  His breakout backyard performance was last year when he ran 51 yards at Dead Cow Gully.  Most recently he was team Captain for the 'Flying Kiwis' at the Sat Champs and ran a new PB of 72 yards as the assist.