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Middle of Nowhere Backyard Ultra

Course record: 35 yards (Juuso Turkia, 2026).

Middle of Nowhere Backyard Ultra (Monbu) – The first, and still the only, official Backyard Ultra-race in the region of Ostrobothnia (since 2023). Bronze Ticket event in Finland 2027. The inaugural race in 2023 was much fun and appreciated by runners and spectators. So we decided to have a go again in 2024. We got 50 runners to toe our starting corral then. 2025 was a little less crowded with 25 runners showing up. Finland’s National Champion (’24 and ’26) came, ran; and almost rested as much; and conquered the Wolf Hill with a 100 mile jog. Then came 2026 and stole the Show: 8 runners of 43 s…

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