GUMBY - Great Ultra Mediocre Back Yarder

Friday, 23 April 2027 to Sunday, 25 April 2027

Blue Range Hut, Blue Range Road, Coree, ACT

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The Great Ultra Mediocre Back Yarder (GUMBY) starting from 23 to 25 April 2027 is an endurance running event in ACT.

The event takes place in the Brindabella Ranges to the west of Canberra. The Backyard Ultra has participants running 6.7km lap on the hour every hour until there is only one person standing. Everyone else receives a DNF.

The course is undulating fire trail starting in a corral at Blue Range Hut. It is either run clockwise or anticlockwise with the direction revealed on the Friday morning of GUMBY weekend.

Other weekend events include; the GumbyMOON on Friday, a 4 lap (26.8km) twilight journey under the stars and the GumBABY, an 8 lap race (53.6km) starting on Sunday morning. The GumbyGUMBO multi-stage option has runners completing the GumbyMOON, 12 laps of the GUMBY on Saturday and the GumBABY on Sunday - a total of 24 laps / 100 miles across the weekend.

The event is organised by ULTRA Mediocre Runners of Canberra.

Distances/Events

Friday night:
GumbyMOON 26.8K (4 x laps)

Saturday:
GUMBY - 1 x 6.7K per hour - Last one standing format

Sunday:
GumBABY 53.6K (8 x laps)

Multi-Day Stage Race: 100 miles
GumbyGUMBO: 24 x laps

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This listing was last manually checked on 16 October 2026.