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Kansas City Backyard Ultra – Last Runner Standing

Course record: 30 yards (Joey Mayberger '25).

We are excited to offer a Backyard Ultra in the heart of downtown Kansas City. This will be a great course loop for people new to the sport or experienced runners trying to break a PR. The course will consist of 4 – 1.04 Mile laps on the Mill Creek Park Trail (4 laps = 1 loop). This trail is paved making it easy to stay on course. In the 1800s, water from a stream running through Westport gave power to one of the mills there. The stream then traveled southeast and emptied into Brush Creek. The area through which the stream traveled was called Mill Creek Valley, a portion of which is now called…

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