Events/Winona Forest Backyard Ultra

Winona Forest Backyard Ultra

RunningBackyard
Date
Sat, 21 Aug 2027
Start
08:00
Venue
CCC Camp, Co Rt 90, Winona State Forest near Mannsville, New York
New York, New York
Countdown
August

A backyard ultra where the only goal is one more lap. Run a flat-ish 6.7 km loop every hour, and the last runner still going wins.

Key facts
01Be back in the corral within the hour to start the next loop
02A new loop starts every hour on the hour
03No pacers allowed
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The course

One lap, on repeat

New York · one lap
Total climb65m
Start · finishOne lap · elevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate6.7 km
Weather

Late-August, New York

26°CTypical high
21°CTypical low
16°CColdest in 20 years
41%Days with rain

Highs around 26°C and lows around 21°C, but it has dropped to 16°C. Rain on 41% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Organiser
OrganiserWinona Forest Recreation Association
Running since2024
Training

Training for the Winona Forest 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.

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What a Winona Forest Backyard Ultra plan targets
Typical sessions
65 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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