Mat ran his first Backyard Ultra back in 2021 when he ran 32 yards at MVP and backed up the next year running 40 yards as the assist in an epic race behind Ben Nicholls. Since then Mat has ran for team Australia at the 2022 Satellite World Champs and most recently he finished as the Last One Standing at GV BYU for an incredible third year in a row.

Brent Ford, from Peak2Soon Podcast came on to host this episode and interview Patto, who had a lot to get off his chest after his 38 yards and assist at GV BYU on the weekend.

Ryan ran his first Backyard Ultra in 2017 at his local race 'Last Man Standing Ultramarathon' where he ran 19 yards as the assist. Since then Ryan has finished as the Last One Standing for the last two years at his local BYU, and earlier this year he ran 64 yards at the Suguaro Showdown which qualified him to run for team USA at the Satellite World Champs next month at Bigs.

So far in 2024 Dan has finished as the assist at Mirrim Wurnit and ran 40 yards at No Time To Die. Dan's biggest race will be in October, when he will be joining team Australia at the Satellite World Champs in Perth which he qualified for by running 51 yards at Herdys last year.

Narchi started running Backyard Ultra's last year when she debut'd at Clint Eastwood by running an impressive 34 yards and finishing as the first placed female. This year Narchi has run at Dead Cow Gully and most recently at Clint Eastwood again, where she smashed her PB and broke the Australian female record in the process by going for 51 hours.

Chris ran an amazing race at Birdys last year, running 33 yards while completing a piece of artwork between loops. Just over a week ago Chris ran at Birdys again and this time finished as the Last One Standing, earning a silver ticket onto the Australian team to run at the Satellite World Champs in October.

Jono ran his first Backyard Ultra just over 12 months ago when he ran 28 yards at Red's. Since then he has gone from strength to strength, finishing as the Last One Standing at Sydney's BYU as well as Coffs Harbour. His most recent result is the most impressive though when he returned to Red's and ran 57 yards which qualified him to run for team Australia at the Satellite World Champs in October.

Last year Helen broke 24 hours in three Backyard Ultras, including her PB of 31 yards at Arrowtown. This year Helen and her Partner Chris have organised their first Backyard Ultra (Kings BYU) and in a couple of weeks Helen will be running at Clint Eastwood. Helen and Chris also run an event kit hire business that caters for runners at Backyard Ultras https://hisandhersevents.co.nz/