Mark Dowdle Makes History At Last Soul Ultra Backyard Marathon with 392 Miles In 94 hours

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For those who are not familiar withe the Backyard Ultra Marathon format it is very different than a point-to-point race or a looped track with a defined start and finish time. In Backyard Ultras like the Last Soul Ultra, runners all step up to the start line every hour on the hour and run one full loop. Each loop is 4.17 miles.



They have 60 minutes to run those 4.17 miles and make it back to the start line. If they finish with time to rest before the next hour/loop begins, they can sit down, use the bathroom, take in some food, sleep if they are able to, etc. But when the next hour begins they are off on the new loop.

If they do not complete the 4.17 mile loop in the 60 minutes they ring the bell and they’re out. If they want to quit at any point they ring the bell and they’re out.

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