Tromsø Backyard Ultra
About
In the Tromsø Backyard Ultra every runner covers a 6,706-metre lap every hour. A new lap starts on the hour and must be finished within that hour; whoever does not make it is out. The lap length is chosen so that the laps add up to known distances: 4 laps are more than a half marathon, 7 laps more than a marathon, 15 laps more than 100 km and 24 laps 100 miles.
Simple in concept and very hard in practice, it is also a social race: the runners gather before every lap and cheer each other on.
Dates and registration: msm.no.
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Weather forecast from MET Norway (yr.no). An indication, not a promise: aurora activity over this place (NOAA) times the clear sky in the best three-hour window of the night (MET Norway). The next nights rest on the Kp forecast only. More: our Northern Lights Forecast and the Northern Lights Map.
Getting there
Tromsø
Nearby
- Coop Prix Kystens husNearest shop · 100 m
- Circle K Fr Nansens plassFuel400 m
- Toilets100 m
- TromsøNearest town200 m
- Vinmonopolet Tromsø, SentrumNearest Vinmonopolet · 700 m
- Bellvik Ferry QuayNearest ferry17 km
- Tromsdalen Lodge & CampingNearest campsite2.2 km
Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
On the way
Road reports within 40 km and the nearest road cameras, from Statens vegvesen (NLOD). The pictures refresh every few minutes; the reports are put into English word by word. All road cameras
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