Quarantine Backyard Ultra
The Personal Peak Quarantine Backyard Ultra started on April 4, 2020. The virtual race had 2400 people start from 65 countries around the world. 45 hours later, there would be only two, Radek Brunner running on a treadmill in the Czech Republic, and Michael Wardian running loops around his neighbourhood in Virginia, USA. They would go head to head for another 18 hours, until Radek Brunner would fail to start the 63rd hour.
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4 april 2020 om 15u: start van de personal_peak Quarantine Backyard Ultra samen met brent_patteeuw
Meer dan 2000 deelnemers uit 53 landen☝🏻 Doel is: op ieder uur een rondje van 6,71km te lopen. En het uur erna opnieuw. En opnieuw... Zo lang mogelijk😬
#berghsports #bergh #personalpeak #qbstartline #quarantinebackyard #quarantinebackyardultra #PPQBY
Apr 4
4 april 2020 om 15u: start van de personal_peak Quarantine Backyard Ultra samen met brent_patteeuw
Meer dan 2000 deelnemers uit 53 landen☝🏻 Doel is: op ieder uur een rondje van 6,71km te lopen. En het uur erna opnieuw. En opnieuw... Zo lang mogelijk😬
#berghsports #bergh #personalpeak #qbstartline #quarantinebackyard #quarantinebackyardultra #PPQBY
Quarantine Backyard Ultra starting 9:00am Saturday April 4, 2020. My first time ever using this format. #PersonalPeak #QuarantineBackyard #QBstartline
Apr 3
Quarantine Backyard Ultra starting 9:00am Saturday April 4, 2020. My first time ever using this format. #PersonalPeak #QuarantineBackyard #QBstartline
Ready to race! Running 4.17 miles on my treadmill each hour until I cannot finish another hour. It will be a new type of adventure for sure.
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#quarantinebackyardultra #quarantinebackyard #ultrarunning #personalpeak #toomuchtreadmill #qbstartline
Apr 4
Ready to race! Running 4.17 miles on my treadmill each hour until I cannot finish another hour. It will be a new type of adventure for sure.
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#quarantinebackyardultra #quarantinebackyard #ultrarunning #personalpeak #toomuchtreadmill #qbstartline
Live from my living room...Running has been the thing keeping me sane, so why not do too much of it? Thanks personal_peak for organizing this, and celebrating the running community even when we can’t actually be together #personalpeak #qbstartline #quarentinebackyard
Apr 4
Live from my living room...Running has been the thing keeping me sane, so why not do too much of it? Thanks personal_peak for organizing this, and celebrating the running community even when we can’t actually be together #personalpeak #qbstartline #quarentinebackyard
Because why wouldn’t you want to add to the chaos and run 4 mile laps every hour on the hour for as long as you can with a bunch of strangers on Zoom??? Last runner standing wins the golden toilet paper roll. Send help, I think I may have cracked! 🧻🥇#personalpeak #quarantinebackyard #qbstartline
Apr 3
Because why wouldn’t you want to add to the chaos and run 4 mile laps every hour on the hour for as long as you can with a bunch of strangers on Zoom??? Last runner standing wins the golden toilet paper roll. Send help, I think I may have cracked! 🧻🥇#personalpeak #quarantinebackyard #qbstartline
Less than two hours until the #quarantinebackyardultra! Looking to be a perfect day for running! personal_peak #hybridtraining #running #letsgetpast25.2 #qbstartline #personalpeak
Apr 4
Less than two hours until the #quarantinebackyardultra! Looking to be a perfect day for running! personal_peak #hybridtraining #running #letsgetpast25.2 #qbstartline #personalpeak
Well here we go! Pretty sure when I look at this picture I see a little crazy in my eyes. stagleaprunningco personal_peak #stagleaprunningco #runfernierun #herecomesthepain #personalpeak #quarantinebackyard #qbstartline #ilikecookies
#cantstoptheD
Apr 3
Well here we go! Pretty sure when I look at this picture I see a little crazy in my eyes. stagleaprunningco personal_peak #stagleaprunningco #runfernierun #herecomesthepain #personalpeak #quarantinebackyard #qbstartline #ilikecookies
#cantstoptheD
And so it begins.... #qbstartline #quarentinebackyardultra #personalpeakquarantinebackyardultra #personalpeak #ipos #ithinkitspronuncedyogging #ithinkthejissilent
Apr 4
And so it begins.... #qbstartline #quarentinebackyardultra #personalpeakquarantinebackyardultra #personalpeak #ipos #ithinkitspronuncedyogging #ithinkthejissilent
Ultras in our own backyard? Crazy crazy people! In 13 hours I`ll start https://personalpeak.ca/quarantinebackyard/ ... wish me luck!  #personalpeak #quaratinebackyard #QBstartline
Apr 4
Ultras in our own backyard? Crazy crazy people! In 13 hours I`ll start https://personalpeak.ca/quarantinebackyard/ ... wish me luck!  #personalpeak #quaratinebackyard #QBstartline
Do you know what drags on forever?
Running? no-no
Swim set? not really
Work? time flies
The hour or two before your alarm goes off - That takes FOREVER!
Hurry up clock. The 7 am start can`t get here soon enough.
I set 3 or 4 alarms before every race... never have I needed one.
#runyxe #PersonalPeak #QuarantineBackyard #QBStartline #QBdnf #ultrarunning #funrun
Apr 4
Do you know what drags on forever?
Running? no-no
Swim set? not really
Work? time flies
The hour or two before your alarm goes off - That takes FOREVER!
Hurry up clock. The 7 am start can`t get here soon enough.
I set 3 or 4 alarms before every race... never have I needed one.
#runyxe #PersonalPeak #QuarantineBackyard #QBStartline #QBdnf #ultrarunning #funrun
Aiming for 24. I’ll reevaluate at 12. Personal Peak Backyard Ultra!!! Thanks Tristan for my bib 1915.
#PersonalPeak #QuarantineBackyard #QBStartline
Apr 4
Aiming for 24. I’ll reevaluate at 12. Personal Peak Backyard Ultra!!! Thanks Tristan for my bib 1915.
#PersonalPeak #QuarantineBackyard #QBStartline
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feeds – April 4-6, 2020
The Quarantine Backyard Ultra was a grand misadventure of live streaming. For this reason or that we constantly found our YouTube channels being shut down mid-stream for unknown reasons. We would jump the stream to another channel, then get shut down, then we would jump again. Eventually the stream ended up on Facebook. However, following along has been a seemingly impossible task. So we organized the videos into a timeline.
Below is the comprehensive list of all of the Quarantine Backyard Ultra LIVE feeds.
You can also following along using the interactive timeline above.
RACE START TO MIDDAY
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 1st Elite Feed
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 1st Mass 1 Feed
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 1st Mass 2 Feed
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 1st Mass 3 Feed (Channel Banned)
MIDDAY TO NEXT MORNING
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 2nd Elite Feed (Channel Banned)
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 2nd Mass 1 Feed
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 2nd Mass 2 Feed (Channel Banned)
NEXT MORNING TO ADDING ALL TO ELITE FEED
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 3rd Elite Feed
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 3rd Mass 1 Feed
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 3rd Mass 2 Feed
ALL REMAINING RUNNERS ON ONE FEED
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 4th Elite Feed
FINAL SHUT DOWN ON YOUTUBE
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 5th Elite Feed (Channel Banned)
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 6th Elite Feed
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 7th Elite Feed
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 8th Elite Feed
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 9th Elite Feed
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – 10th Elite Feed
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – FINAL Elite Feed
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – LIVE feed – April 4-6, 2020 – Michael Wardian Final Thank you
Quarantine Backyard Ultra LIVE Updates
The amazing Broadcast Team posted LIVE updates about the Quarantine Backyard Ultra every 6 hours throughout the entire QBU!
This Team was conceived, assembled, and lead by Dave Robertson with much of the heavy lifting done by second year Mount Royal University broadcast students Diana De Gracia, and Ryan Yip with the help of professional newscaster, Mark Villani.
Together, these four produced amazing, LIVE content throughout the QBU. They interviewed participants and organizers, incorporated fun and interesting video content submitted by you, and kept you informed about what was happening from start to finish.
With less than 6 days from initial conception, to “Go Time”, this team managed to pull off something truly incredible!
Thank you Team for producing something truly special! We are so grateful for all of your hard work!
Quarantine Backyard Ultra – Pre-event Show
Quarantine Backyard Ultra Update – Saturday Morning
Quarantine Backyard Ultra Update – Saturday Noon
Quarantine Backyard Ultra Update – Saturday Midnight
Quarantine Backyard Ultra Update – Sunday Morning
Quarantine Backyard Ultra Update – Sunday Noon
Quarantine Backyard Ultra Update – Sunday Evening
Quarantine Backyard Ultra Update – Sunday Midnight
“Marathoning in Place”
April 17, 2020
“How to Run for 2.5 Days”
April 11, 2020
“Amazing Grace of the Quarantine Backyard Ultra”
April 7, 2020
“COVID-19: 170 km de course en 25h pour une bonne cause”
April 13, 2020
“Wardian’s Quarantine Win”
July 8, 2020
“The Quarantine Backyard Ultra Is Perfectly Insane”
April 7, 2020
Did we miss something? Let us know here
Greg Armstrong – Facebook | 43 laps | 🇺🇸
Richard McChesney – “Richard Walks London” | 29 laps | 🇬🇧
Dan Beck – Facebook | 28 laps | 🇺🇸
Ross Noble – “The Noble Nomad” | 17 laps | 🇨🇦
Ella Raff – “Rambling Red” | 15 laps | 🇺🇸
Duc Do – “Do by Duc” | 12 laps | 🇦🇺
Martin Schneekloth – “Ultra Kraut Running” | 8 laps | 🇺🇸
Mark Villani – “Mark in Motion” | 8 laps | 🇨🇦
Martin Parnell | 7 laps | 🇨🇦
Did you write a race report about your experience of the Quarantine Backyard Ultra? Let us know here
Bonus:
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How to make your Quarantine Backyard Ultra Finisher Trophy! |
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Step 1: Fill in your Name, and Number of Laps |
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Step 2: Print off the PDF you receive via email |
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Step 3: Cut out all 7 pieces |
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Step 4: Fold all tabs, and glue pieces together |
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Step 5: Hang it up, and admire your accomplishment! |
