Utopia Backyard Ultra 12 hours
RunningTimed laps
Date
Sat, 10 Jul 2027
Start
06:00
Venue
Tiffin Centre for Conservation, 8195 8th Line, Utopia, Ontario
Essa, Simcoe County
Countdown
July
The backyard format with a ceiling. Twelve hours of hourly 6.7 km loops on a flat course, so you know exactly how long you're signing up for.
Key facts
01Each loop must be finished within the hour, then you start the next one
02Fixed 12-hour cap, so the format ends at a set time
03Results ranked by sex and age group
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The course
One lap, on repeat
Essa · one lap
Total climb45m
Duration12hr
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 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.
Intervals.icuWhat a Utopia Backyard Ultra 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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