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Orkney Islands Backyard Ultra

Course record: 31 yards (Julie Bethune (Scotland) 31 laps).

Orkney Backyard Ultra was first run in June 2022, with the second race in July 2023. With our long Orcadian summer days, dramatic sunsets after midnight and sun rise just an a couple hours after, you will have an amazing experience running in Twatt! However if you want to experience true Orcadian hospitality in a backyard format, I’m sorry you are going to have to wait our next race is planned for summer 2026!! Our Backyard is on Twatt Farm in the west of the very beautiful main island of Orkney. Closer to Oslo than we are to London, Twatt is the perfect place to run and run and run – and run.…

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