Utö Backyard, live.

A backyard race on an archipelago island

Utö Backyard is a backyard format trail race on the island of Utö in the Stockholm archipelago, held on 24 April 2027.

The format is simple. Laps start at fixed times, and anyone not back at the start and finish before the next start is out. Placings on the earlier laps do not count, because the fastest woman and the fastest man on the final lap win. Participants may run one lap, several or all of them. The organiser describes Utö as an island with a long history of iron ore mining and as the place where Swimrun was invented.

There are two races. Utö Backyard 3.3K uses a loop on the northern part of the island, laid out by trail runners from Utö and described as challenging and hilly. A lap starts every 30 minutes and the full race is 15 laps, 49.5K in total. Utö Backyard Extreme 6.4K goes around eastern and northern Utö on technical trail mixed with paths and gravel road. It opens with 1 warm-up lap on the 3.3K loop, followed by 7 laps of the 6.4K loop, each within 1 hour, for 48K in total.

Both races start at 10.30, with starts every half hour until the last one at 17:30, when the race is decided. Prize giving follows at 18:00. Anyone watching on the island will find the field gathering at the start and finish by Utö Värdshus before every lap.

A person taking part can choose to share their own live position on Livebib from their phone, so friends and family can follow them lap by lap. This is not the organiser's timing, and official results come from the organiser.