big dog's backyard ultra 30 hours:final standings in the small countries division:guatemala: 258uruguay:(-13)namibia (-19)in the mid-size division nederland seems determined to eliminate the drama.still with a division leading 12 athletes,they now have 422 cumulative...

big dog's backyard ultra hour 29:.netherlands continues to pad their lead.now at 410 yards and 12 athletes the most in their division.iceland (-6) is holding second with only 11…losing a yard every hour.slovakia (-8) is still third, but has dropped to 9 and is falling...

big dog's backyard ultra heding into hour 28:the small country competition is all but over….depending on two guys from uruguay named jonatan torena and federico molina.you see, guatemala has finished with 258 yards,but these two orientals are still runningand team...

big dogs backyard begins hour 27:we have had some more golden ticket winners:carlos hernandez for venezuelamalek leroul for algeriaandre ross for namibiaedgar nehemias cali for guatemalawhy, you might wonder,this rash of golden tickets right after the 24 hour cutoff?i...

bigs backyard ultra: starting hour 26:the large class competition is still coming into focus.only 6 complete teams remain:new zealandbelgiumhungaryaustraliacanadaUSAit is far too early to project a winner,but certainly those 6 are ahead right now.so far we have one...

big dog's backyard ultra starting hour 25!.we have leaderboard.so it is time to start catching up….i will start with the currently most volatile situation:the mid-size competition..sometimes things work out exactly as intended.basically, the small country competition...

big dog's backyard hour 24:.we have now instituted a search for IT.the fear is that he has been eaten by coyotes..here in tennessee it was as close to a festive spirit as the runners could muster.by the time they return it will be light,and the next yard will be on...

big dogs backyard ultra hour 23:.still no leaderboardand we cannot find ITwe think he is somewhere asleep..but here we are in hour 23.here it is the last hour of darkness.the imminence of dawn is bringing renewalafter so many hours of darkness.the next lap will be...

big's backyard starting hour 22:.it seemed like i had a rhythm going.checking the fire,doing the whistles and bellsfilling in odd jobs or maybe even eat something while the leaderboard updatedand then doing a post(that from out here in the yard it seems like no one is...