The 2020 Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra World Championship Mexico was a great success. Please follow this page and check back often for the dates (as the pandemic allows us to establish), locations, and details for the Mexico Backyard Ultra Championship 2021-2022 SERIES events and ‘Golden Ticket’ details.
SERIE DE CAMPEONATO
A series of “Golden Ticket” Backyard events throughout Mexico that allows endurance athletes to compete in this unique format where mental strength is as equally important as physical endurance (please see format details and rules below). The events will place the best of Mexico’s long distance runners against one another to see who is the last person standing and who will win a Golden Ticket to represent Team Mexico in Chihuahua at the Mexico Backyard Ultra World Championships (October 2022)- an event that will feature the 15 Best Athletes from 50 countries throughout the planet to determine which country and which individual athletes are the greatest in the World!
THE BACKYARD FORMAT AND RULES (all series events)
Course
Loop style or out and back
Must be 4 miles 880 feet in length
Metric equivalent 6.7056 kilometers
Starting Corral
Measured to fit entire starting field
Corral stays the same size thru out the event
Participants must be in the starting corral at the bell
Starts
Each loop starts precisely 1 hour after the last
Warning must be given 3, 2, and 1 minutes prior to start
All competitors must start at the bell (no late starts, they must be in the corral)
Loops
Except for restrooms, competitor may not leave the course until each loop is completed
No non-competitors on the course (including eliminated runners)
No personal aid during a loop (common aid stations are allowed)
Each loop must be completed within an hour to be counted… including the final lap.
No artificial aids (including trekking poles)
Slower runners must allow passes.
Timing
Timing of the loops is optional
Winner/Results
The winner is the last person to complete a loop
All others are technically DNF
Results of each runner in terms of distance covered are to be given.
If no runner can complete one more loop than anyone else, there is no winner.
Cap
Race must be open ended - there is no set end time.
Event Management and support
Big Dogs Backyard World Championship Mexico is presented by Copper Canyons Endurance Runs with support from and in conjunction with the State of Chihuahua Mexico and the Municipality of Urique, Chihuahua. The event is sponsored by True Messages a US based 501c3 nonprofit that facilities projects that supports the peoples and lands of the Sierra Tarahumara.
The Mexico Backyard Ultra ‘Serie de Campeonato is organized by Copper Canyons Endurance Runs and Frogs Trail Mexico and includes individual events in locations throughout Mexico presented and organized by independent Endurance Running event companies.
THE BIG DOGS MEXICO BACKYARD ULTRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2022
a Team Mexico invitation only Event. Comprised of 15 athletes that includes the winners of the Serie de Campeonato events winners and a few of Mexico’s other top endurance runners
Team Mexico competes against the best of the best from 50 other countries in this event like no other. Follow along with our social media and other partner channels to learn more. This event will be live broadcast throughout the planet and is destined to becomes one of the greatest endurance athlete worldwide events ever conducted.
