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Format and Rules
• Distance: Runners complete a 4.167-mile (6.7056
km) loop—known as a "yard"—at the
start of every hour, on the hour.
• Team Structure: More than 70 countries compete
simultaneously with national teams of 15 runners each
on home-based courses.
• Scoring: Every loop completed by each of the 15
team members counts as one point (or yard) toward the
nation's cumulative total.
• Winner: The country with the highest combined
loop tally across all 15 runners is crowned World Team
Champion.
Team Canada
Team Canada will race on home soil at the BC Backyard
Ultra course in Sicamous, British Columbia, starting October
17. Canada's 15-runner roster includes:
• Sandra Auger (Lévis, Que.)
• Nick Burmey (Winnipeg, Man.)
• Austin Sedgwick (Lethbridge, Alta.)
• Michael Serani (Kelowna, B.C.)
• Michael Rouleau (Sudbury, Ont.)
• François Decelles (Châteauguay, Que.)
• Eric Deshaies (Gatineau, Que.)
• Keith Harder (Medicine Hat, Alta.)
• Benoit Labreche (Rawdon, Que.)
• Pier-Alexandre Beaulieu (Matane, Que.)
• Mark Nendick (Merritt, B.C.)
• Nicolas Poulin (St-René, Que.)
• Ryan Quinlan (Paradise, N.L.)
#13Michael Serani
wins the Canada race, completing yard 82 alone; #9Michael
Rouleau is the assist on 81. Canada finish on 830 yards,
#9 overall.
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Michael Serani
is your 2026 Canadian Backyard Champion!
82 YARDS | 549.8 KM | 341.6 MILES
Both Michael Serani and Michael Rouleau headed
out together for yard 82. Michael Rouleau
did not complete the yard, making Michael
Serani our 2026 Canadian Backyard National
Champion!
We have nothing but enormous respect and admiration
for BOTH of these incredible athletes. What
they have accomplished here in Sicamous is
extraordinary.
These two incredible athletes worked together
through the final yards, pushing each other
further than either had ever gone before.
It was devastating for both of them to know
they would not be continuing together. But
the mutual respect, friendship and genuine
happiness they have for each other’s
accomplishments is something for Team Canada.
Michael Serani and Michael Rouleau, you have
made Canada incredibly proud.
There is SO much more to share, but for now,
congratulations to our champion, Michael Serani!
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As of 7 am Wednesday
October 21
4 /67 nations still
running - United States 1,095, leading Japan 1,017
Belgium 998 France 876
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