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Saturday March 13th, 2027
Mirrim Wurnit Fell Run
Australia's OG Fell Race
Cross-country comes to the Back Paddock
The Farm at Mirrim Wurnit, Macedon Ranges
🏅 Winners
Race Status
Annual Event · Est. 2019
Run until you
can't, on real country
The Mirrim Wurnit Back Paddock Ultra holds a special place in Australian running history: we ran our first event in 2019, making this Australia's original backyard ultra. Each autumn since, runners have returned to Mirrim Wurnit to test themselves on our paddocks, creek crossings and bush tracks in the Macedon Ranges.
The backyard ultra format is beautifully brutal: one 6.7km lap on the hour, every hour, until only one runner remains. No set finish line. No fixed distance. Just you, the land, and the question of how many times you can loop through the back paddocks before your legs or your will gives out first.
We are proud members of AUTRA, the Australian Trail & Ultra Running Association — the peak body for the sport in this country.
In 2022 we were honoured to welcome Lazarus Lake, Gary Cantrell, the Tennessee farmer who invented the backyard ultra format and created the legendary Barkley Marathons, to Mirrim Wurnit. His visit meant a great deal to us and to our running community.
