Peloponnese

Mani Backyard Ultra

Stoupa, West Mani, MessiniaOpen in Maps Saturday, 12 December 2026 road

The first Mani Backyard Ultra brings Lazarus Lake's race to the seafront of Stoupa: 6.7 km out to Agios Nikolaos and back, every hour on the hour, until one runner is left. The loop is paved and close to the sea, about 60 m of climbing each time, under Taygetos by day and with the lights of the Messinian Gulf by night. There is no finish line. The winner is the last runner to close a loop alone.

Photo: Ζ.Μώρου / Public domain

Distance: 6.7 km
Ascent: 60 m
Time limit: 1 h
Start: Sat 10:00, then hourly

Distance and climb as the organiser publishes them. sourceThe organisers give the loop as 6,706 m, the standard backyard distance, with about +60 m. They publish no file: the line on the map is our own drawing of their route map over OpenStreetMap, cut to their length. Its EU-DEM heights find only about +30 m on this low coast; we show the organisers’ figure.

Course profile

Grade
< 8%
8–15%
> 15%

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Backyard loop

Course profile