Horizontes Backyard Ultra is an official race on the Backyard Ultra calendar. An American concept created by Lazarus Lake and which today is repeated in many countries.

The principle of this race is very simple: the objective is to complete a lap (Loop) of 6,706 km in a maximum time of 1 hour. Every hour there is a start/departure and everyone has to complete the “Loop” in less than an hour. If someone finishes before, he can rest while waiting for the beginning of the new “Loop”.

For example: if you complete the first circuit in 45 minutes, you will have 15 minutes before the next match. If you complete the circuit in 58 minutes, you will have a 2-minute break before the next match.

The goal is simple: do as many laps/hours as possible.

The winner is the last person to complete the “Loop” in time. If no one manages to complete the last lap in less than an hour, this edition will be without a winner.

Why the distance of 6,706 km?

Because Laz, the creator of the Backyard concept, wanted that, when completing 24 laps, that is, after 24 hours, a total of 100 miles (almost 161 km) would be completed.

The race will take place in Proença-a-Nova, in a place to be designated, along forest and agricultural paths.

Proença-a-Nova is a municipality in the interior of Portugal, inserted in the large forest area of Pinheiros do Pinhal Interior Sul. It is part of the Beira Baixa Intermunicipal Community. A well-structured municipality, with excellent access and good tourist potential.

• The registration fee will be €60 and includes VAT at the current rate.
• Entries are made on the website: Horizontes.pt/backyard ultra.
• Registration closes on April 10, 2022, or until the 100 available spots are completed.
• Each participant must correctly fill in the registration form, and the participant is responsible for the veracity of their data.
• Payment must be made within 5 days after registration, after which the registration not effectively paid will be canceled.

OBS: Invoice submission must be requested by email to the organization within 15 days after payment, according to the law, indicating the name, address and tax number.

• Bib
• DNF T’shirt, regardless the number of laps (minimum one lap)
• Access to liquid support from the 3rd lap onwards
• Access to solid food support from the 7th lap onwards
• Medical assistance.
• Personal Accident Insurance and Civil Liability Insurance

• Up to the deadline for registrations, a change of owner is allowed.
• Cancellation must be requested by email to backyardultra@horizontes.pt
• In case of withdrawal by the participant, the amount of this edition will be credited to the same athlete or another indicated, exclusively for the 2023 edition of Horizontes BackyardUltra , according to the following table:

Cancellation Table

• Any contact with the organization must be made using the contact form on the page https://horizontes.pt/backyardultra/contactos/ or via email: backyardultra@horizontes.pt
• The organization is not responsible for responding to any other form of contact, namely: messages on Facebook and other social networks.
• Questions put to the organization that have a direct answer in the consultation of the regulation or other technical information on the official pages of the event, will not be answered.

Only the final lap total is considered for the classification. The time for each lap is irrelevant. It will only be informative.

The last person to complete a full lap within 60 minutes is declared the winner and the event ends, the rest of the participants are treated as DNF.

If no one manages to complete the final lap alone in time, the winner will not be declared.

Attention: The Organization reserves the right to exclude from the event, even before its beginning, any participant that, through their behavior, conditions the management and/or its proper functioning. If this occurs, the athlete will not be refunded.

Each start takes place exactly 1 hour after the previous start.

At the start, all participants must be in the Start Zone, otherwise, it will be impossible to start the lap. Therefore, any late check-out is prohibited.

Participants will be notified of the start of the new Loop before it starts with acoustic signals: 3 minutes, 2 minutes, and 1 minute before.

Participants can only leave the route to satisfy physiological needs and will have to return to the starting point.

Personal help is not allowed during the turn.

Each lap must be completed within the allotted time, including the final lap.

The use of artificial means, such as sticks or any other support, such as canes, is prohibited.

The slower participants must facilitate the passage, whenever necessary, to the faster ones.

Any deviation from the marked circuit results in the disqualification of the rider.

Help by third parties is only allowed in the rest area, which will be right next to the Start/Finish area. Each participant will be able to have all the help they want in this area, but they will not be able to help during the return to the course.

The support teams will have a maximum of 2 people, and the organization may at any time limit it to just 1 or increase it. Everything will depend on the number of participants throughout the race.

Each race can last several days and nights depending on the resistance of the participants. Runners are independent with regard to their personal logistics and can carry a bag with all the material they consider, except poles.

In the Departure / Arrival area there are toilet facilities for the exclusive use of participants.

To participate you must be 18 years old on the day of the race. Each participant, with registration, declares to be in a physical and mental shape that allows him to face the effort and assumes the risk of this activity.

Any member of the medical team, or of the organization, may interrupt or prevent the continuity of a participant who is considered not to be in adequate physical or mental health conditions to continue. If the rider insists on continuing, he will do so at his own risk and will not qualify.

Even with an active number, participants run under your responsibility.

The organization is not responsible for accidents, injuries or damages that participants may have or produce throughout the entire challenge.

The Organization will have civil liability and personal accident insurance.

Whenever a participant decides to abandon the race, the organization must be notified. In case of injury or impediment to return to the goal by own means, help will be requested from the organization that will administer the rescue.

Emergency contact telephone numbers will be printed on the identification number.

The circuit will not be closed to the traffic of motor vehicles or others, so all participants are obliged to comply with road traffic rules, taking responsibility for any infractions they may commit, and must respect the passage of cattle, people and vehicles.

To ”Check-In”, participants must present the following documents:

• Identification Document or Passport.

It will be possible to do the secretariat until 30 minutes before the start. We recommend that you do it the day before so you can take the opportunity to clear up doubts and get to know your opponents.

All participants will be informed of the event’s schedule digitally: via e-mail, event website, and social networks. At no time will printed information be produced on paper.

Each participant must wear their dorsal at the start of the race and keep it until the end. In the absence of the visible number at the beginning or end of each lap, the participant will be disqualified.

The electronic identifiers must be placed according to the information provided by the organization. If this does not happen, the reading of the identifier is not done, it is considered as an unfinished lap and disqualified.

1.- Footwear and clothing suitable for off-road running and weather conditions. Road running shoes are suitable for the type of terrain, but the choice is up to the participant.

2.- Red front and rear lights from 8:00 pm to 7:30 am. This schedule may be changed by the organization whenever the existing conditions require it.

Highly recommended equipment

• Mobile phone.
  Mainly at night or when there are few runners in the race, as it minimizes the time needed to provide assistance.
• The rest of the material to be used on each lap is the rider’s responsibility to adapt it to the circumstances existing on that day and at that time. In the Departure / Arrival area you will be able to have a bag with everything you may consider necessary.

* The use of sticks is prohibited.

Any participant authorizes the organizers, their partners, and the media to use the static or audiovisual images in which they may appear throughout the event, including in promotional or advertising documents.

Participants who have any restrictions on the use of their image must notify the OrganiZation in advance and in writing. Otherwise, they will automatically authorize its use at any time, without the right to receive financial compensation from the Organisation.

The organizers will decline any responsibility in case of physical or psychological failure, or in case of injuries that occur during the event, as well as in case of theft or damage to material goods of the participants and / or companions.

Participants must help each other. If a problem occurs and the runner is unable to return to the start/finish area by his own means, he must alert the organization that will have the means of intervention. If the situation is serious, under any circumstances leave the injured person alone.

Any violation of these basic rules of good conduct may be sanctioned with the elimination of the rider who commits the violation.

Respect for the environment is a basic condition in the organizations of Horizontes, Turismo Desportivo. All participants who are caught before, during or after the race throwing garbage on the ground will be immediately disqualified.

The route passes through places of high ecological value, so in these spaces the usual guidelines for behavior must be followed: do not leave waste, do not light fires, do not produce noise that disturbs the fauna, do not leave the marked route, minimizing the footprint of our activity in the environment.

The use of plastic will be kept to a minimum. The organization will use reusable or recyclable material whenever possible.

Anyone who does not respect the participants, organizers, partners and everyone involved directly or indirectly in the event will be expelled from the race and the organization reserves the right to file a complaint with the competent authorities based on the seriousness.

The organization is covered by organization liability insurance and personal accident insurance, one for each runner, for race contingencies.

Participants will be automatically insured, in accordance with Decree-Law No. 10/2009, of January 12th.

In the event of an accident, the participant must first contact the organization, which will arrange for their referral to the nearest medical institution. If the participant goes to the medical institution on his own, he must notify the organization.

The participation of the claim can be dealt with after completing the first aid to the participant, who must send an email to the organization to activate the participation of the claim with the Insurer.

The payment of the insurance deductible, in the event of an accident, is the sole responsibility of the athletes. The organization declines any type of payment.

The organization will not assume expenses for claims, which it did not become aware of in a timely manner to activate the insurance.

By imposition of the insurers, the Expenses of Treatment and Permanent Disability for athletes over 70 years of age are excluded.

Claims must be filed with the insurer within a maximum of eight working days from the date of the claim. After this date, the insurer reserves the right not to accept said claim.

Any and all expense documents related to a claim that has already been reported will be paid in advance by the respective claimant and the originals sent to the insurer for subsequent reimbursement.

All expenses are paid by the victim and are then reimbursed by the insurer according to the insurance coverage, that is, if the insurance claim is duly made and accepted by the insurer.

In times of a pandemic caused by the contamination of the COVID-19 virus, if the authorities do not allow the event to take place, all confirmed registrations will be transported to the 2023 edition.

In case of force majeure, natural disaster, or any other circumstance that jeopardizes the safety of competitors or volunteers supervising the event (excluding Covid-19), the organization reserves the right to cancel the event without the possibility of refund.

If the minimum number of 50 participants is not reached, the organization reserves the right not to hold the race. In this case, all registered persons will be fully refunded.

Participants, when registering, do so freely and voluntarily, declare to be aware of and accept these Regulations and the COVID-19 protocol. In case of doubt or if any situation arises that is not reflected in it, the provisions of the Organization will prevail.

Each participant, with the registration, affirms that he is in a physical and mental shape that allows him to face the effort, and assumes the risk of this activity.

Any registration at Horizontes Backyard Ultra implies knowing these rules and accepting them.

The organizers reserve the right to modify all or part of this regulation and the program, without prior notice and at any time, but subscribers will be informed. You can also cancel the event for reasons imposed by the competent authorities.

The Organization declines all responsibility in case of accident, negligence, theft, as well as the objects and values of each participant.

It is exclusively up to the Organization to approve any correction it deems opportune and at any time, which will be published on the Internet, on the official website of the event, in the participant’s guide, and at the secretariat.

If this Regulation is to be published in other languages and in case of doubts regarding its interpretation, the Portuguese text will be the only one considered valid.

The organization, in cases of bad weather and/or for security reasons, reserves the right to interrupt, change schedules or suspend the performance of the test on the scheduled date and place. In these cases, there will be no reimbursement to be made to the competitors of the sums already paid or to the sponsors.

Cases omitted from this regulation will be resolved by the ORGANIZATION, whose decisions will not be appealed. The Justice Forum of the Organizing Company’s domicile is hereby established.