Date
Fri, 5 Mar 2027
Start
10:00
Venue
Smith Shelter, Queeny Park, 550 Weidman Road, Manchester, MO 63011
Manchester, Saint Louis County
Countdown
March
One 4.19-mile loop, every hour, until only one runner is left. The loop is gentle (131 m of climbing), so the real race is how long you can keep showing up.
Key facts
01Complete each 4.19-mile loop within 60 minutes, a new loop starts every hour
02The race runs until one runner remains, everyone else is recorded as DNF
Create a free training plan for the Queeny Backyard Ultra
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The course
One lap, on repeat
Manchester · one lap
Total climb131m
Start · finishOne lap · elevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate6.7 km
Weather
Early-March, Manchester
12°CTypical high
-1°CTypical low
-16°CColdest in 20 years
29%Days with rain
Highs around 12°C and lows around -1°C, but it has dropped to -16°C. Rain on 29% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Organiser
OrganiserTerrain Trail Runners - STL
Websiteterraintrailrunners.com
Instagram@terraintrailrunners_stl
Running since2021
Training
Training for the Queeny Backyard Ultra
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.
Intervals.icuWhat a Queeny Backyard Ultra plan targets
Typical sessions
131 m of climbing to prepare for
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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