EVENT 004: MACKYARD ULTRA
Date: Saturday 2nd August, 2025
Time: Registration from 08:00. First yard starts 10:00
Location: Redbridge Cycling Centre, Forest Road, Romford, Essex, IG6 3HP
Parking: Yes
Showers and changing facilities: Yes
Sympathy: None
Let’s go round again. Unfortunately for you, you have found the way to enter the Mackyard Ultra 2025.
WHAT IS THE MACKYARD ULTRA?
Competitors will run a 4.2 mile (6.7 kilometre) route or ‘yard’, on the hour, every hour, until there is only one runner remaining.
Each yard starts exactly on the hour. Competitors have 60 minutes to complete each yard and cannot start a yard early or finish late.
For example, the first yard will begin at 10:00, the second at 11:00 and so on. A warning whistle will be sounded with 3, 2 and 1 minute before each yard begins.
The faster you complete a yard, the more rest you get, but the more tired your legs will become. Which strategy will you choose?
Competitors will continue to complete yards until only one remains, who will be crowned the winner. Every other competitor is classed as a DNF (Did Not Finish).
LOCATION
The Mackyard Ultra will be held at Redbridge Cycling Centre in Romford, Essex.
Car: The facility can be accessed easily by following satnav, with free and secure parking available on site.
Public Transport: Multiple routes are available, with the facility being one hour from Central London. The fastest route is by taking the Elizabeth Line from Liverpool Street station to Romford, then the 247 bus to Forest Road, finishing with an 8min walk to the facility.
Getting home from the Mackyard Ultra is entirely the responsibility of competitors. If you finish at an unsociable hour, there may be no direct public transport links back into Central London, although Ubers do operate in the area.
FACILITIES AND COURSE
We have exclusive use of the facility for the whole weekend, which includes on-site parking, showers, changing facilities, and hot and cold water.
The route itself will be on a 2km tarmac cycling track, meaning multiple loops will be required to complete each yard. The route is undulating with several corners.
You will get to know this loop all too well over the course of the event.
SUPPORT
It is likely the Mackyard Ultra will be the furthest you have every run in one go.
To help you do this, we welcome small support groups to help each runner.
Whilst on the course, this is an entirely self-sufficient event. However, you can set up camp at Event HQ to help push yourself to your limits.
NUTRITION AND HYDRATION
As mentioned above, this is a self-sufficient event. Competitors are expected to bring enough food and nutrition to sustain them for the entirety of the event. This includes means to consume this food e.g. plates, containers, cutlery etc.
Drinking water will be available at the facility and can be accessed by competitors and support crews.
Limited Early Bird tickets available now. What are you waiting for? Get yourself stuck in!
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
Entry ticket for you and your support crew
Free parking
Hot showers
Changing facilities
Treats from our partners
Hot and cold water
Professional photographs from our very own Mackyard photographer
Finishing memento
Date: Saturday 2nd August, 2025
Time: Registration from 08:00. First yard starts 10:00
Location: Redbridge Cycling Centre, Forest Road, Romford, Essex, IG6 3HP
Parking: Yes
Showers and changing facilities: Yes
Sympathy: None
Let’s go round again. Unfortunately for you, you have found the way to enter the Mackyard Ultra 2025.
WHAT IS THE MACKYARD ULTRA?
Competitors will run a 4.2 mile (6.7 kilometre) route or ‘yard’, on the hour, every hour, until there is only one runner remaining.
Each yard starts exactly on the hour. Competitors have 60 minutes to complete each yard and cannot start a yard early or finish late.
For example, the first yard will begin at 10:00, the second at 11:00 and so on. A warning whistle will be sounded with 3, 2 and 1 minute before each yard begins.
The faster you complete a yard, the more rest you get, but the more tired your legs will become. Which strategy will you choose?
Competitors will continue to complete yards until only one remains, who will be crowned the winner. Every other competitor is classed as a DNF (Did Not Finish).
LOCATION
The Mackyard Ultra will be held at Redbridge Cycling Centre in Romford, Essex.
Car: The facility can be accessed easily by following satnav, with free and secure parking available on site.
Public Transport: Multiple routes are available, with the facility being one hour from Central London. The fastest route is by taking the Elizabeth Line from Liverpool Street station to Romford, then the 247 bus to Forest Road, finishing with an 8min walk to the facility.
Getting home from the Mackyard Ultra is entirely the responsibility of competitors. If you finish at an unsociable hour, there may be no direct public transport links back into Central London, although Ubers do operate in the area.
FACILITIES AND COURSE
We have exclusive use of the facility for the whole weekend, which includes on-site parking, showers, changing facilities, and hot and cold water.
The route itself will be on a 2km tarmac cycling track, meaning multiple loops will be required to complete each yard. The route is undulating with several corners.
You will get to know this loop all too well over the course of the event.
SUPPORT
It is likely the Mackyard Ultra will be the furthest you have every run in one go.
To help you do this, we welcome small support groups to help each runner.
Whilst on the course, this is an entirely self-sufficient event. However, you can set up camp at Event HQ to help push yourself to your limits.
NUTRITION AND HYDRATION
As mentioned above, this is a self-sufficient event. Competitors are expected to bring enough food and nutrition to sustain them for the entirety of the event. This includes means to consume this food e.g. plates, containers, cutlery etc.
Drinking water will be available at the facility and can be accessed by competitors and support crews.
Limited Early Bird tickets available now. What are you waiting for? Get yourself stuck in!
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
Entry ticket for you and your support crew
Free parking
Hot showers
Changing facilities
Treats from our partners
Hot and cold water
Professional photographs from our very own Mackyard photographer
Finishing memento
Date: Saturday 2nd August, 2025
Time: Registration from 08:00. First yard starts 10:00
Location: Redbridge Cycling Centre, Forest Road, Romford, Essex, IG6 3HP
Parking: Yes
Showers and changing facilities: Yes
Sympathy: None
Let’s go round again. Unfortunately for you, you have found the way to enter the Mackyard Ultra 2025.
WHAT IS THE MACKYARD ULTRA?
Competitors will run a 4.2 mile (6.7 kilometre) route or ‘yard’, on the hour, every hour, until there is only one runner remaining.
Each yard starts exactly on the hour. Competitors have 60 minutes to complete each yard and cannot start a yard early or finish late.
For example, the first yard will begin at 10:00, the second at 11:00 and so on. A warning whistle will be sounded with 3, 2 and 1 minute before each yard begins.
The faster you complete a yard, the more rest you get, but the more tired your legs will become. Which strategy will you choose?
Competitors will continue to complete yards until only one remains, who will be crowned the winner. Every other competitor is classed as a DNF (Did Not Finish).
LOCATION
The Mackyard Ultra will be held at Redbridge Cycling Centre in Romford, Essex.
Car: The facility can be accessed easily by following satnav, with free and secure parking available on site.
Public Transport: Multiple routes are available, with the facility being one hour from Central London. The fastest route is by taking the Elizabeth Line from Liverpool Street station to Romford, then the 247 bus to Forest Road, finishing with an 8min walk to the facility.
Getting home from the Mackyard Ultra is entirely the responsibility of competitors. If you finish at an unsociable hour, there may be no direct public transport links back into Central London, although Ubers do operate in the area.
FACILITIES AND COURSE
We have exclusive use of the facility for the whole weekend, which includes on-site parking, showers, changing facilities, and hot and cold water.
The route itself will be on a 2km tarmac cycling track, meaning multiple loops will be required to complete each yard. The route is undulating with several corners.
You will get to know this loop all too well over the course of the event.
SUPPORT
It is likely the Mackyard Ultra will be the furthest you have every run in one go.
To help you do this, we welcome small support groups to help each runner.
Whilst on the course, this is an entirely self-sufficient event. However, you can set up camp at Event HQ to help push yourself to your limits.
NUTRITION AND HYDRATION
As mentioned above, this is a self-sufficient event. Competitors are expected to bring enough food and nutrition to sustain them for the entirety of the event. This includes means to consume this food e.g. plates, containers, cutlery etc.
Drinking water will be available at the facility and can be accessed by competitors and support crews.
Limited Early Bird tickets available now. What are you waiting for? Get yourself stuck in!
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
Entry ticket for you and your support crew
Free parking
Hot showers
Changing facilities
Treats from our partners
Hot and cold water
Professional photographs from our very own Mackyard photographer
Finishing memento