Events/Little Backyard Adventure

Little Backyard Adventure 12 hours

RunningTimed laps
Date
Sat, 13 Mar 2027
Venue
L.B.A
Andrews, Andrews County
Countdown
March

Twelve hours on a gentle 4-mile loop, and you decide when you are done. Rack up laps at your own pace and stop whenever you like.

Key facts
01Shared 6.4 km loop with the 6 and 3 hour runners
02No DNFs: you can stop at any time and your laps count
03About 61 m of climbing per lap, so the hills are mild
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The course

One lap, on repeat

L.B.A · one lap
Total climb61m
Duration12hr
Start · finishOne lap · elevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate6.3 km
Weather

Mid-March, L.B.A

22°CTypical high
6°CTypical low
-5°CColdest in 20 years
11%Days with rain

Highs around 22°C and lows around 6°C, but it has dropped to -5°C. Rain on 11% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Organiser
OrganiserRock Candy Running
Running since2019
Training

Training for the Little Backyard Adventure 12 hours

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.

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What a Little Backyard Adventure 12 hours plan targets
Typical sessions
A sustained 12hr effort
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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