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Sam Harvey, seated, jokes with winner Phil Gore after Gore completed his 119th – and final – lap of the Dead Cow Gully course in the early hours of Thursday (Photo: Dead Cow Gully)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 26, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

West Australian runner Phil Gore has taken out the 2025 Dead Cow Gully Backyard Ultra Marathon, becoming “the last man standing” in\u00a0 the early hours of Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Gore completed Loop 119, setting a new world record.<\/p>\n

Last year’s winner, New Zealander Sam Harvey, was forced to drop out one loop earlier, getting assisted home after collapsing on Loop 118.<\/p>\n

The pair also came in 1st and 2nd in 2023, with Gore breaking the then-world record on Loop 102.<\/p>\n

This is the fifth year that Dead Cow has been held on organiser Tim Walsh\u2019s family property at Runnymede, near Nanango.<\/strong><\/p>\n

About 270 runners hit the 6.7km (4.167 mile) course for the first time (Loop 1) at 7:00am on Saturday.<\/p>\n

(This odd course length means Backyard Ultra runners complete 100 miles every 24 hours, wherever they are competing in the world.)<\/p>\n

After more than 20 hours, there were still 100 runners completing the hourly loops on the Runnymede farm.<\/p>\n

By Monday evening, this number had dropped to 13, then there were eight and then just four.<\/p>\n

The world record was broken on Loop 117 early on Thursday morning with just Gore and Harvey left on the course.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gore was about four miles short of the 500 mile mark when he finally called it quits after completing Loop 119.<\/p>\n

American ultramarathon runner Jennifer Russo was the last woman standing, completing 76 loops.<\/p>\n

Australia’s Holly Ranson retired after completing 61 loops and setting a new Australian record.<\/p>\n

Dead Cow Gully is a test of endurance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each runner has 60 minutes to complete a loop or be eliminated.<\/p>\n

The quicker they complete a loop, the more rest time they can enjoy until the cow bell rings for the start of the next loop at the top of the hour.<\/p>\n

A handful of local runners usually join the elite international competitors in the early stages to test their staying power.<\/p>\n

NB. Polish runner \u0141ukasz Wr\u00f3bel set the previous Backyard Ultra world record at in Belgium earlier this year with 116 loops.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cr Jane Erkens with race director Tim Walsh (Photo: Jane Erkens)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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They’re off to begin another loop on Sunday afternoon (Photo: Deb Dennien)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Runners remove their tags from the wall after they pull out … purple tags are competitors who have won the event previously, white are international entrants while green are Australians (Photo: Deb Dennien)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The camp site set up on Tim Walsh’s family farm at Runnymede (Photo: Deb Dennien)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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