put me down for helping...........

I saw maps of the course last night.  Be prepared to see most of everything that's out there; Park Road Park, Farmbrook and Marion Diehl.  We're probably using 90%+ of the available trail for this year's event.  If you aren't familiar with the BYT, you will be after the race.  If you are, you know what to expect.

See what you're up against here:

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This race makes me want to come out of retirement.

At our meeting last night, we realized that we should probably remind people that time is running short to enjoy BYT, PRP, and Marion Diehl the way we know it.  Summer of 2015 will see MOST of everything we know CLOSED for around two years.

That means this is the LAST Back Yard Experience for quite awhile.  If you're on the fence about doing it, don't tell yourself, "Maybe next year."

There is no next year.  We're gonna make sure it's a good one.. enough to hold you over until 2017 or so.

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Quick update.

Race is this Saturday.  Pre-reg was going to be open until Friday night, but we're swapping that to Thursday in order to get better numbers on the amount of Sir Ed's awesome food stuffs that we'll need for the after party.  Beer amounts will remain plentiful, regardless of the number of people showing up.

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BTW: Spectators can show up day of, pay $10, and eat and drink with the racers.

The weather is looking good...

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Just a little rain on Wednesday, which should be great for all the bermage and stuff that was built in the last month on the new (more than a) mile of trail we built in anticipation of the event.

Paulywallydoodle built berms until he almost fell out.

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So pre-reg until Thursday night for $25, or pay $35 day of for the event (and looking at that weather, there's no need to blink now).

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And a friendly reminder:

Bring what you need for a day in the woods, expect to carry it the whole time, AND PLEASE PACK OUT EVERYTHING YOU BRING IN.

No wrappers on the trail, torn tubes hanging in the trees, or cans of any sort tossed into the bushes.  We love BYT, so treat it like the golden delight we know it is (even if it is built on old poop and garbage).

Scott Mclain

EAutry wrote on 10/27/14 at 9:45pm:


Hate to disappoint, but it won't be PBR at the after party... maybe in someone's backpack during the race though.

We'll have some adult oriented adult'ish beverages from a local brewery after the race.

Feel free to bring PBR if your taste buds prefer Russian-owned hipster cult beer type products. 

TStroupe wrote on 10/28/14 at 3:12pm:


We had to do some last minute moving around due to a Park Road Park closure, so there is currently no map of Stage 1 (but we know what we're doing).

Without spilling many of the beans, the stages are:

Stage 1: The left hand side of Farmbrook.
Stage 2: (essentially) the jump line/poo track loop
Special stage: Bonus time opportunity to be explained further
Stage 3: The "Tech Loop" (east side of the service road)
Stage 4: Marion Diehl, point to point

There will be lead-ins before every stage so the pack can get split up a bit before hitting the trail.

Food will probably be gone.   

Beer? Maybe.

We plan on heading to Sir Ed's once our vast supply is exhausted.  To be honest, when and if we ran out of beer last year is something I can't remember.

Its supposed to snow.