Lion King Backyard Ultra

08/10/2026

In honor of being 62 days out from the race we’re recognizing everyone who’s completed at least 62 miles on the course (aka 100k / 15 laps). Congratulations fellas. We need to add some ladies to this list!

08/09/2026

How happy would look after you’ve been running for 24+ hours?? Brian and Conor looked like they were on cloud nine as they rounded out mile 100 at our first ever LKBU in 2024.

Brian Smith remains our course record holder at 116.7 miles. (28 laps)
Conor Sprick was the assist with 112.5 miles (27 laps) respectively

Will the course record be broken this year? Maybe, but it takes 2 to tango.

08/09/2026

🏃 🏃🏽‍♀️ 🏃🏾‍♂️ 🏃 ⏳

07/26/2026

We bought a marquee for the race. Inspired by the BPN G1M Ultra. We’ll use this marquee on race day to display the lap #. When we get down to 5 runners we’ll put names on there as well. It’s back lit so it’s easy to see at night.

It’s hard to believe we’re only 11 Weeks out!!!

07/18/2026

Josh Kerr just broke the 1 mile record that stood for 27 years. New Record is 3:42

07/04/2026

We’ll see you on October 10th

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07/04/2026

100 days out…

07/04/2026

06/28/2026

100.2 Miles with 18,000ft of gain and 23,000ft of descent. Vincent did all that in less than 14 hours 🤯