*BUP UNSCRIPTED* - Jeremy ran his first BYU in 2024 at GV where he completed 28 yards. He returned to GV in 2025 and ran a new PB of 30 yards. Jeremy is fired up for a big 2026 and is going to be running at 2 Rivers BYU in April.

Tammy ran the most yards by any woman in Australia in 2025. She had a huge year, running totals of 27, 35, 31 and 28 yards. It was over the new year at Glasshouse Standing where Tammy hit two huge milestones, she finished as the Last Female Standing as well as also finishing as the assist.

Dom ran in his first Backyard Ultra in 2021 at Suffolk. Since then he has run many more, including five this year alone. In Dom's most recent Backyard Ultra he finished as the Last One Standing and ran a PB of 32 yards in doing so.

Ben Nicholls, Mat Dube and Tim Kacprzak join Patto to review the BYU year of 2025. They discuss their picks for Race of the Year, Single Best Performance of the Year, Runner of the Year, Best BYU Doco of the year, Runners to watch in 2026, Story of the year and our predictions for 2026.

Simon absolutely loves Backyard Ultra's. Since 2023 Simon has run in 5 Backyard ultras, three of which were run this year. He recently broke through 24 the yard barrier at Reds and he is also part of Jashy's all conquering crew.

Stephanie has been running Backyard Ultra's for less than 12 months and she's already proven herself to be a force in the format. She ran 38 yards at Babbit's BYU in September and most recently completed 67 yards to finish as the Assist at Summit BYU (The Last Dance). That 67 yards ranks Stephanie as the sixth-best woman of all time.

Merlin ran his first Backyard Ultra last year when he ran impressively to complete 30 yards at Wild Dog Backyard Ultra. Merlin is currently more than halfway through a mission running from the highest tip of Australia in Queensland down to its lowest point in Tasmania.

Ned ran 22 yards in his first Backyard Ultra in 2020 when he ran for team Singapore at the Sat Champs. Last year Ned finished as the Last One Standing and Singapore national champion which qualified him to run at the recent Individual World Championships at Big's Backyard. Ned ran the race of his life at Big's, completing an impressive 40 yards and finishing 58th overall.