In 2024 we will open the 4 events of the Backyard Trial Series to request from the wider running community for suggestions on locations.
Operated as a bit of a contest, runners, property owners, or clubs can pitch their location to us for consideration as a location for an 8 hour Backyard trial race.
Sharing the love for distance running across the region, we want to operate events on courses that the locals love. In that way, we have decided to open up to those locals for race suggestions.
Crowd sourced courses must be as close to 6.7km as possible. This is the only key criteria.
Any location in Northern Victoria is appropriate for a submission. Public or private land, it is all fair game, as long as the owner of the land is aware and agreeable. The most preferred backyard course is a reasonably flat and non-technical course, but if you know somewhere that you love, then why not submit it, we're always on the lookout for something a little different.
Your submission can be emailed to northvicbyu@gmail.com and should include the following:
Once submissions close, all courses will judged based on course location, elevation and scenery. Final determination of the winning courses will be made by North-Vic Backyard Ultras.
The runners that submit the winning courses will be named on the North-Vic Backyard Ultras social media pages and will be given free access to all races in the 4 part series. They will be the race ambassador for their location. Its a great opportunity to share your favorite running locations with others, both locally and abroad.
Once the winning locations have been selected. We will allocate dates, market the event, ensuring that the event ambassador for each location gets great social media coverage.
On the day we provide an aid station and timing for everybody that has registered and paid a small entry fee.
One of the 4 locations will be selected at the end of the 2024 Trials Series as the next location for a full and complete Backyard Ultra event to be held in 2025. This will be alongside the regular GV Last Man Standing in Shepparton. The race ambassador for that location will remain the ambassador for that location into the future, and will in-turn receive free entry into every race held at that location.
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