. we have some sort of issue with the leaderboard. both the guys who know how to work it have gone to bed, so we are a little uncertain of the scoring at the moment. . what we do know, belgium got within a single yard of australia before losing their extra runner....

. tighten the screws . it comes on slowly sometimes. sometimes things happen with startling speed. other times it just sort of creeps up on you... . we now officially have a dogfight going on for second place. . belgium is now only 2 yards back and still making up a...

. it aint over till its over. and in the backyard satellites it ends when you run out of runners. then all you can do is sit and watch, wondering just how long your active pursuers can go. . many hours ago it seemed that mexico had caught the last team they could...

watching the runners come inn off the trail loop all day i started to feel a little concern as the afternoon wore on. now on their third day of running they are not as chipper as they once were. and as the yards kept adding up the times kept getting slower. by the...

34 runners remain on course in 10 countries. the us has all but locked up the win australia, belgium, and japan will more than likely follow in that order (dont forget this is the backyard, and nothing is certain until the last yard is run!) canada will probably catch...

. nesting dolls . one of the fun things about the satellite races is the many layers of things going on. . you can look at the leaderboard and tell that australia is ever less likely to catch the us. we have to much manpower advantage. but they have more than the us...

backyard is famous for the great duels when two stubborn individuals lock horns and neither will give up. . these contests of the will can happen at championship races or can spontaneously combust at any backyard. . the first of these was the memorable 19 hour duel...

in addition to the champions already named and the ones yet to be determined, a number of national championships have come down to two runners... . one will punch their ticket to the individual world championships at the big's trail in october of 2023. one will get...

beyond just serving as team championships each satellite event is also a national championship. . along with being a national champion each winner gets a golden ticket to bigs the following year to participate in the world individual championships. winners so far:...