Central Greece

Makrakomi Backyard Ultra

Makrakomi, FthiotidaOpen in Maps Saturday, 3 October 2026

At the Makrakomi Backyard Ultra you do not run to finish; you run to be the last one left. Every hour the bell on the square starts another 6.7 km loop, day and night, for as long as you last. If you are not in the start corral when it rings, your race is over. The winner is whoever completes the last loop alone. At night you run it by headlamp on the forest road above the Spercheios valley, again and again.

Photo: Robin Iversen Rönnlund / CC BY-SA 3.0

Distance: 6.7 km
Ascent: 125 m
Vert / km: 19 m
Time limit: 1 h
Start: Sat 09:00, then hourly

Distance and climb as the organiser publishes them. sourceThe organisers give the loop as 6,706 m (4.167 miles) with +125 m, which is the standard backyard distance of 4 miles 880 feet — the figure the format requires, not a measurement of this line. Their own GPX measures 6.641 km and runs between 127 m and 188 m; ITRA measures 6.65 km with +128 m.

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8–15%
> 15%

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Backyard loop

Course profile