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Big's Backyard Ultra World Team Championship

Big's Backyard Ultra World Team Championship takes place on Sat, Oct 17, 2026 in Bell Buckle, United States. The main route is 6.7 km.

Date
Sat, Oct 17, 2026
Start
Bell Buckle 🇺🇸
Distance
6.7 km
Level
Mixed field
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The 2026 Backyard Ultra World Team Championship is a last-runner-standing event starting 17 October 2026 at Big Farm–Short Creek in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, with national teams racing simultaneously worldwide. Runners complete a 6.706 km loop every hour until only one remains; the listed distance is one lap, not the total.

Your road to race day

Race day at Big's Backyard Ultra World Team Championship is 5 weeks away. This is how a coach divides that time. The first phase starts now.

  1. 01Peak2 weeks · Sep 13, 2026 Sep 26, 2026

    The hardest weeks of the plan: race-specific intensity at nearly full training load, sharpening exactly what this race asks for.

  2. 02Taper2 weeks · Sep 27, 2026 Oct 10, 2026

    Volume drops while intensity stays: short, sharp efforts keep the legs awake as fatigue drains away.

  3. 03Race week1 week · Oct 11, 2026 Oct 17, 2026

    Openers, rest and logistics. The work is done; the job now is arriving fresh.

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