Date
Sat, 10 Jul 2027
Start
06:00
Venue
Tiffin Centre for Conservation, 8195 8th Line, Utopia, Ontario
Essa, Simcoe County
Countdown
July
The open-ended one. Run a flat 6.7 km loop every hour, and keep going until you're the last runner standing. Nobody knows when it ends.
Key facts
01Each loop must be finished within the hour, then you start the next one
02Last runner standing wins, with no fixed finish time
03Loop is flat, with 45 m of climbing at most
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The course
One lap, on repeat
Essa · one lap
Total climb45m
Start · finishOne lap · elevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate6.5 km
Weather
Early-July, Essa
26°CTypical high
16°CTypical low
10°CColdest in 20 years
37%Days with rain
Highs around 26°C and lows around 16°C, but it has dropped to 10°C. Rain on 37% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
Training
Training for the Utopia 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 Utopia Backyard Ultra plan targets
Typical sessions
45 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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