Will you be the last person standing?

Two runners, a man and a woman, running on a sandy trail outdoors surrounded by green bushes and trees, under a cloudy sky.

The ultimate race with no finish has arrived on the Gold Coast.

The details:

What is a backyard ultra?

Essentially, you have one hour to run one yard (6.71km). The next yard starts every hour, on the hour. If you don’t complete the yard in an hour, fail to start or decide not to continue you’re out. The race continues until there is only one person left standing.

When and where?

On Friday 13th of March, 2026, the inaugural Gold Coast BYU will commence at Doug Jennings Park, Main Beach.

Runners will commence their first yard at 4pm, and will aim to run one yard every hour, on the hour, until they can no longer continue.

It’s a race against yourself, your own distance personal bests, and your mind.

The Course?

The entire course will be marked, so you will not have to download a GPX file (however, we will have it for you if you’d prefer). This course combines all - terrain from road, to grass, to trail to beach so please prepare for all options.

Elevation: 16m ascend, 19m descend.

Check out the course here.

Entry fees.

$220

Early Bird - Sold out.

first 100 entries - sold out.

$240

Regular

second 100 entry round.

$250

Late entry

last 100 entries.

Entries are capped at 300 places.

So get in quick!

What your entry fee gets you:

Entry into the inaugural 2026 Gold Coast Backyard Ultra.
Finishers gift.
Voucher for P3 recovery center Burleigh Heads thanks to our sponsor P3.
Free race day photos.
Unlimited snacks / hydration courtesy of our sponsors at the communal marquee.
Live DJ sending us off in style Friday night and keeping you going into the weekend.
Recovery zone - think ice baths, foam rollers, recovery boots and our good friends Dr. Hydrate keeping us hydrated.
All runners who go over 24 yards (160 kilometres) goes in to the draw to win a voucher from our sponsor Tarkine Athletics.
Prizes for our last person standing, and assist.

GOLD COAST BYU 2026 IS LIMITED TO 300 PLACES, SO GET YOUR ENTRY BEFORE YOU MISS OUT!!

Join the teams challenge

Run with mates in the Gold Coast BYU teams challenge AND score yourself some great discounts!

To bring running community together (and for some fun and friendly competition) we’re inviting all the local run clubs to be part of the Run Club Team Challenge!

How it’ll work:

• Enter a team of 4 runners.

• Clubs can enter multiple teams if they like.

• Each team receives 1 x free entry between them (that’s 25% off entry!)

• Teams race as individuals, but their results combine for a collective score!

Highest collective yard score wins (we’ll add all the yards completed by the 4 runners). We’ve got great prizes for the top teams!

enter here!