Registration:
Registration will open on February 1st at 8 PM each year. Mark your calendar and get in while you can, we sell out quick (within a few days).

Only 37 spots this year, this increases 1 spot per year.

Registration is $100 this year, this increases $5 per year.

When:
Saturday December 7, 2024 8:00 am

Where:
Walnut Creek Resort - 1075 Walnut Creek Rd
Gordonville, Texas

Schedule:
Packet Pickup - 7:00 am to 8:00 am

Gun goes off - 8:00 am

Race Rules:
Only 37 people are allowed into the last-man-standing competition. Runners have
1 hour to complete a 4.5-mile loop, also known as a "land." Every hour the gun will go off to start the new land. If you finish the land in an hour, you wait for the gun to go off again before you continue. If you don't finish within 1 hour or you quit - you're out and ring the bell. The last person standing is titled The Backland Champion.

What You Get:
All finishers will receive a Backland long sleeve shirt and a beer or root beer. Runners who complete 103.5 miles (23 lands), will receive The Backland 100-mile belt buckle. It will be one earned buckle. Any runner who completes the feat of 153 miles (34 lands), will receive The Backland golden 150-mile belt buckle.







The winner of the Last Man Standing gets a $500 cash prize, a big trophy, and a six-pack of beer (or root beer.) 

Whoever has the best setup at the start/finish line will get a trophy for best setup! (example: giant tent, heaters, food, lights etc.)

Aid Station "Menu":
Under the pavilion, we will have our aid station area with the following "menu." All the food and beverages are included with your registration.

Beverages - Hot Chocolate, Water, Beer, Tailwind, Sodas & Pickle Juice.

Food - Mom's Homemade Chicken Tortilla Soup, Macaroni & Cheese, PB&Js.

Snacks - Variety of Fruits, Cookies, and Chips along with other snacks.

We will also have our first aid equipment/medical equipment in the same area. If you would like to help work the aid station click here.

Course Map:  click here to Download PDF

Quote:
"We didn't want this to be like anyone else's race, we wanted it to be unique. In Texas... everything is bigger - So we made the distance for the last man standing bigger. This does make it harder, but that's the point. We just wanted this race to be original, tougher, and not like anyone else's."

Context: The typical last person standing race is 4.167 and called a "yard."
The Backland is a Texas sized 4.5 mile loop and called a "land."

History:
2021 - 11 lands & 49.5 miles... Chad Salyer
2022 - 23 lands & 103.5 miles... Chad Salyer & Nick Petterson TIE
2023 - 18 lands & 81 miles... Jessica Bryant & Ryan Roberts TIE

Travel Information:
If you're traveling out of town you can choose to camp or stay in a cabin at the Walnut Creek Resort. Click the link below.