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Last Soul Ultra · the backyard ultra World Series There is no finish line

Last Soul Ultra is a backyard ultra: one 6.706 km loop, a new start every hour, and no set finish distance. Keep going until only one runner can complete another loop.

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What is Last Soul Ultra

A World Series. One last soul.

Three qualifiers in the USA, UK and Australia. One final in Germany. The 2027 Last Soul Ultra World Series brings runners together to earn their place at the final starting line.

Endurance, stripped back.

No set finish distance. No way to know how long you will be out there. Last Soul Ultra tests how long you can keep returning to the start.

Live, loop after loop.

Follow the race through our livestream. Watch the field get smaller, the nights get longer and the next start become the only thing that matters.

More than the result.

The preparation. The people in your corner. The decision to go again. We tell the stories behind the distance, before, during and beyond the race.

What is a backyard ultra

The corral
opens

Complete the 6.706 km loop before the hour is up. Whatever time remains is yours to eat, rest and get ready. At the start of the next hour, everyone still in the race goes again. Miss the next start or fail to finish a loop within the hour, and your race is over.

Understand the format
Overall time limit
None
Loop limit
60 minutes
Base camp
3 × 3 m
To win
One more loop

Season 2 Recap

Season 2 · 2026 · won by Mark Dowdle, 94 yards
Full Season 2 race report →
A runner in a dark shirt walks out of the red-lit start gantry at night.
A runner in a cap and sunglasses holds a bottle, in black and white.
A runner in a white sun hat and neck cover looks down at his watch.
A runner with an ice pack on his head, eyes shut, exhausted.
Two men in head torches talk close together in blue light.
A runner in a head torch drinks on the loop, lit red.
A runner in a green hi-vis vest and head torch, lit blue.
A runner seen from behind under the red LOOP 88 clock.
The base camp tents lit up at night in a forest clearing, a caution tape in front.
A smiling runner under the start arch, in black and white.
A black-and-white portrait of a runner in a bandana and face covering, arms crossed.
A group of runners with their arms round each other in the sun, bags at their feet.
A pile of old coins with one large coin on top.
Season against season

The race keeps
getting longer

Season 1 · 2025 000.0 km Kim Gottwald · won at 67 yards
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Season 2 · 2026 000.0 km Mark Dowdle · won at 94 yards
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90 · german-soil mark until Season 2

Scroll. Both fields set off together, hour by hour.

Nobody knows how long this takes.
That is the point.

EVENTS
The backyard rhythm
Next hour in
00:00

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