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
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.
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.
02Taper2 weeks · Sep 27, 2026 – Oct 10, 2026
Volume drops while intensity stays: short, sharp efforts keep the legs awake as fatigue drains away.
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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