07/10/2026
97 runners. One 4.167-mile loop. Every hour, on the hour, until only one was left.
Last weekend, we helped “fuel the pen” at Cornwall’s Backyard Ultra (near Newquay) , looping the lanes and the stunning Coast Path at Bedruthan Steps.
No finish line. No set pace to chase. Complete the loop within the hour and be ready in the pen again before the bell.
That’s where nutrition stops being an afterthought. Over a day or more on your feet, the fuel you pack has to work at hour one and still be something you want to eat at hour twenty or thirty!
💡 Real ingredients, real food, variety in texture, flavour and temperature.
When the race HQ is handing out chocolate éclairs after lap 1 and bacon sandwiches after hour 27, you know this is a crowd that understands the power of real food.
😋 Our Perform range kept runners fuelled lap after lap, with natural energy bars, chews and gels.
💪 Our Recover range was there for the hours that come after, with recovery protein crunch bars and shakes. Real ingredients, real food from first lap to last.
🥇 Massive congratulations to the winner! Laura Swanton-Rouvelin after 30 hours and 125 miles demonstrating a masterclass in backyard ultra.
❌ To the other 96, the format says you’re a DNF. We say every lap was earned.
The beautiful thing was that none of those laps were run alone. Behind every runner was a crew of partners, friends, parents, children and more than a few dogs. Through the day, through the night and into the next morning, they worked together in those minutes between laps to make the next one happen. That’s what a backyard ultra really runs on: resilience on the course, and community all around it.
Thank you to Harriet Frost for organising such an incredible event, to the Cornish weather which stayed calm and dry for the most part, to Theresa & Peter for welcoming us onto your farm for the weekend, November & Rainbow for the tail wags, to the volunteers, medics and stewards who kept everyone safe and to every runner who showed up and went again.
See you in 2027?
📸 Photography by willhp.studio
