Ohio's Backyard Ultra
About the race
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Event specs
Date: March 20, 2027
Time: 7:30AM and every hour thereafter
Location: McChesney Ridge Athletic Club, Lucasville, Ohio
Road to Big's affiliation
Ohio's Backyard Ultra is part of the "Road to Big's series", as an "Affiliate Race" and serving as a "Bronze Ticket Race" in the 2025-2026 cycle, feeding into the a Silver Ticket Race, the Ode to Laz Backyard Ultra. Previously, OBU represented a "Silver Ticket" race designation from 2021-2024, sending many runners onto Big's Backyard Ultra.
The winner of a Silver Ticket race will earn a spot on the World Team Competition roster.
World Individual Championship (odd-numbered years)
Every other year (odd-numbered years) the "World Individual Championship" of Backyard Ultras will take place at Big's Backyard Ultra and is made up of 75 runners who: 1. won their national championship, and 2. come from the at-large list of top results.
World Team Competition (even-numbered years)
Big's Backyard Ultra serves as the World Team Competition every other year (even-numbered years), which will be a 15-person team from USA. 6 of those runners will come from Silver Ticket Races and the other 9 will come from an at large list.
The course
The day course is a mixture of double-track trail, gravel, grass, and dirt.
Race weekend schedule
Location
City insight: Lucasville
Lucasville is a census-designated place in Scioto County, Ohio, part of the Portsmouth micropolitan area, with 1,655 residents at the 2020 census. It is home to the Scioto County Fairgrounds. The climate is humid continental, with hot summers and cold winters at about 39 degrees north, so spring and early autumn are the best seasons to race.
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