Backyard Ultra Tailgate 2026

Backyard Ultra Tailgate is a Greenville running event. Runners begin a new 5 km lap every hour on the hour, starting at 8 am. The format is relaxed for a backyard ultra: run one lap, ten laps, or as many as your legs and schedule permit, then return to the tailgate area between loops. The laps follow the Swamp Rabbit Trail, establishing a repeatable out-and-back rhythm instead of a single point-to-point course. Between laps, runners and supporters can relax in lawn chairs, eat snacks, visit vendors, play games, enter hourly raffles, and watch football on a large screen. This event, still in its early years, directs its proceeds to OVC Kenya, an organization that partners with local churches to offer vulnerable children in Kenya physical, academic, and relational support.