Our Dutch Backyard Ultra Experience: A Beginner's Journey

Follow along as we take on the Dutch Backyard Ultra near Utrecht in the Netherlands as beginner ultrarunners. Held in the scenic forests of Leersum, our adventure started at 8 pm on Friday, March 8th, 2024.
In this video, we share our experiences tackling the course together as a couple, along with interviews from other participants explaining why they love the Backyard Ultra concept.
Join us for a glimpse into the challenges, triumphs, and camaraderie of this unique event, and discover why the Backyard Ultra is more than just a race - it's an unforgettable adventure in endurance and community.
The Dutch Backyard Ultra was organized by Trailrunning Europe www.trail-running.eu
This fantastic company has a feeling for the trails and organizes races every weekend.
Credits to Harm, Yöran and Geert. You can find out more about Harm's running on his website:
www.harm.run.
Geert wrote a wonderful book about how he escaped the rat race of life, called "Ontsnapt" ("Escaped"). You can find this book and all his other adventures on his website:
www.geertvannispen.nl
Big credits to Rik Helming for filming the event and Romy Hurkmans for being our crew.

[@avwie132]

Stelletje bikkels jullie. Inspirerend

[@Leonmacura]

17:35 the guy eating the orange killed me 🤣

[@roberturbanphotography]

Haha lol have to get in some calories 😂

[@rafwesterbeek8067]

Ontzettend bedankt voor het delen! Ik wil zelf graag volgend jaar meedoen, wat tof om te zien hoe het jullie afging. Doorzetters 👊🏻 Wellicht tot volgend jaar!

[@roberturbanphotography]

See you next year 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@christianboddenberg431]

Great achievement, great story telling, thank you both.

[@roberturbanphotography]

We appreciate you for watching. 😍

[@jorixnl]

Leuk om terug te zien! Ik liep ook mee, en gaf na 13 rondes over aan het stemmetje in m'n hoofd... 😅Uiteindelijk had er meer in gezeten, nagenoeg geen spierpijn gehad en kon nog vrij normaal lopen achteraf... Volgend jaar minimaal 15 rondes en wie weet lukt de 24 dan ook wel!

[@Steynberg.]

wow, great video! love the cutting, music and pictures, also great story telling. Looking forward to my first backyard next month. Best wishes from germany for your next running adventures.

[@roberturbanphotography]

We wish good luck on your first backyard. 💪🏼

[@MartinSchabbauer]

Thank you so much for sharing guys. Fantastic achievement.

[@roberturbanphotography]

Thanks for watching!

[@1greener]

This was awesome, what a strong woman to support you while going through the same, I’m looking to do one of these soon! Good to see your choosing strong 😉 💪🏼

[@roberturbanphotography]

Thank you so much for your nice comment, indeed she was awesome 💪🏼

[@trampo-swingocean7043]

Thank you for sharing this. This Dutch backyard ultra is on my plan in the coming two years! Btw, i am also a fan of Sally. She is so inspiring.

[@roberturbanphotography]

We love Sally, she is so cool. And her weird laugh makes us laugh all the time. 😂

[@hikingwithmydrone]

Great video and amazing achievement! 💪🏻💪🏻

[@zaerdy]

Beautifully made film.

[@roberturbanphotography]

Thank you 🙏

[@robvandenbroek6805]

Ik heb 16 rondjes gelopen! Ontzettend gaaf! Hoop jullie volgend jaar weer te zien! En helemaal eens, op naar de 24 rondjes!

[@roberturbanphotography]

Congrats Rob, wow 16 rounds is absolutely a killer achievement. See you next year 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@robvandenbroek6805]

Vandaag jullie docu voor tweede keer gekeken!! En kaartjes zijn binnen! 💪💪 op naar Dutch BYU 2025!

[@roberturbanphotography]

@@robvandenbroek6805we also purchased the tickets, see you again next year. We definitely will make again a new docu, maybe we will include more participants 💪🏼

[@fantastic_robot]

Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed it very much. I'm participating my 1st Backyard Ultra next week in Hamburg. I always said if I could make it to 2 Marathons (13 rounds) would be amazing; but100K (15 rounds) would be EPIC. I consider this video a good sign as you've achieved 13 & 15 rounds :) Good luck & enjoy your future adventures.

[@roberturbanphotography]

Thank you for the nice comment and good luck in Hamburg. Let us know your results and experience. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@fantastic_robot]

@@roberturbanphotography hey guys. I finally did it. I managed to achieve 10 rounds. I enjoyed it very much. As the race continued I needed almost the whole 1 hour to finish each round, the last couple of rounds I only had 1 minute to get some snacks and water and continue. So it was difficult to continue. Definitely need some continuous training.

[@roberturbanphotography]

@@fantastic_robot fantastic achievement, you should be very proud. You killed it. I hope it motivates you to keep pushing for more 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@anneliekehuijerjans]

@@fantastic_robot Wow that's so great! Thank you for sharing!!

[@paulthebox9164]

mooie docu!

[@keesdekroko]

Brilliant! I completed 15 rounds, and I remember passing you two almost every round, probably just when you started walking.

[@roberturbanphotography]

Amazing and congratulations on your achievement. We were amazed by how much people were still in the race after 12 rounds. 💪🏼 next year again?

[@keesdekroko]

@@roberturbanphotography Sure! Can't wait to hear that kutfluitje again 😀

[@GTE_Channel]

Doing my first Ultra this year. This backyard might be one of the next races to train for

[@roberturbanphotography]

100% recommend it to experience a backyard. Which ultra are you running?

[@GTE_Channel]

@@roberturbanphotography Indian Summer Ultra 75k in October. Really looking forward to the event. Thanks for filming your ups and downs, it really insightful. Maybe one day we meet somewhere in de Lagelanden 😆

[@roberturbanphotography]

We wish you very good luck and enjoy the race. I am sure it will be amazing.

[@RunningWithDanny]

Amazing from both of you 😊👏🏻 can I ask what your Garmin / watch strategy was, did you just press start then finish at the end or did you hit the lap button at every new lap etc ?

[@roberturbanphotography]

Hi we don’t use Garmin, we have both Apple Watch. So we just let it run whole the time. But I know some people on Garmin did the lap button at every new lap. For us it was easier to monitor our pace if I didn’t pause the activity.

[@RunningWithDanny]

@@roberturbanphotography makes sense, plus you don’t have the hassle of forgetting to start it again on the next lap. What was your overall AVE pace doing the way you did ?

[@roberturbanphotography]

@@RunningWithDanny it was 8:39, our runs are on Strava, they are both public. If you want to check it out :)

[@RunningWithDanny]

@@roberturbanphotography thank you I shall do just that 🤝🏻

[@MartinSchabbauer]

@@roberturbanphotography Thank you for an inspiring thread. This is Internet and running friends at their best.

[@arwin466]

Hoe train je hiervoor? Tot welke afstand/ tijd bouw je op?

[@rendy5092]

Echt heel erg vet om te zien. Is er een specifieke reden waarom het 's avonds begint?

[@anneliekehuijerjans]

Zodat je zoveel mogelijk uren van het weekend pakt. Denk ik. 😁

[@rendy5092]

@@anneliekehuijerjans aah yes dat klinkt logisch!