Endure Better Backyard Ultra
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Endure Better Backyard Ultra - Lakeland, Florida, February 20, 2027
Endure Better Backyard Ultra is a Last Person Standing format ultramarathon held at Se7en Wetlands Park in Lakeland, FL. The course is a single loop of 4.167 miles that all remaining runners must complete within each hour.
A new loop begins every hour on the hour and all remaining runners start together. There is no set distance and no overall time limit; the event ends when a single runner completes a loop that no one else finishes. Runners who do not complete a loop within the hour are recorded as DNF for the event.
Rules require runners to finish each loop inside the hour and to be in the starting area when the bell rings. Warnings are given at three, two, and one minute before each start. Personal aid or pacers are not allowed on the course; all support must occur at the homebase area. Participants may run, jog, walk, or shuffle as long as they return before the hour is up.
The course follows Florida trails and open fields with a short return spur that brings runners back to homebase each loop. Crews are permitted and there is space for tents, chairs, and drop bags at homebase. A staffed aid station at homebase is available each hour and supplies gels, drink mix, candy, chips, hot food, and water.
Organizers are pursuing permission for overnight camping the Friday before the event. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
