Joe Rogan Experience #2544 - Chris Williamson · Aired Aug 21, 2026
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Backyard ultra races require participants to run a four-mile loop every hour on the hour until only one participant remains.
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The format is right, the distance is rounded down. A backyard ultra loop is 4.167 miles, or 6.706 kilometres, which is 100 miles divided by 24 so a runner covers exactly 100 miles in a full day. Everything else holds: one loop on the hour, every hour, until one person is left.
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Is it true that Backyard ultra races require participants to run a four-mile loop every hour on the hour until only one participant remains?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The format is right, the distance is rounded down. 706 kilometres, which is 100 miles divided by 24 so a runner covers exactly 100 miles in a full day. Chris Williamson said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2544 - Chris Williamson, aired Aug 21, 2026, at 1:19:42. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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