Bracarvs Backyard Ultra Vila Verde - 4th Edition

🚀 Challenge your limits at the 4th edition of Bracarvs Backyard Ultra in Vila Verde!

This unique event, inspired by the legendary Barkley Marathons, is an extreme test of endurance and strategy. Held at Praia do Faial, Vila de Prado, Vila Verde, Braga, athletes must complete 6.706 km loops in under one hour, with starts every hour until only one winner remains.

The course is an out-and-back loop of 3.35 km each way, with approximately 15 meters of positive elevation gain, marked and equipped with reflective night markers for safety.

🏔️ Races Backyard Ultra – 6.706 km loops · Start 09:00 · No fixed cutoff (each loop must be completed within 1 hour) · Minimum age 18 years

⏰ Schedule June 4, 2027 19:30 – 20:30 — Registration at Vila de Prado Parish Hall June 5, 2027 07:30 — Registration opens at Race Arena 09:00 — Official start of Backyard Ultra

🎽 Registration includes

• Personalized bib
• Event T-shirt
• Light liquid and solid refreshments from 3rd and 5th loops onwards
• Sports insurance (civil liability and personal accidents)
• Entry to Portuguese national team for 2028 world final (top 15)
• Prizes for winner, best female athlete, and assistant
• DNF gift and other goodies

🏆 Prizes

• Prize for the winner (last athlete to complete a loop alone within time)
• Prize for best female athlete
• Prize for assistant

🏅 Circuit Independent event with guaranteed entry to a Silver race for the winner.

💪 Prepare for a unique mental and physical endurance challenge! Register now and prove you can go further with every loop! 🏃‍♂️🔥