Description
Garmin watch running app specific to the Backyard Ultra and the one hour / 6.706 km (4.167 miles) yard loop. Mutlipe screens with count down / count up and total times and distances, yard counter, heart rate, pace, with 5 minute and 3 minute remaining warnings. Like the backyard ultra, the only way to exit the app is to stop & save or discard. Distance is recorded both in official yard distances, and in the summary total actual GPS distance. Full stats are uploaded to Garmin Connect on save as 'All Activities - Ultra Running'. Compatible with Strava syncing.
Key Points are:
- Setup Page lets you change Units (Km/Miles), turn off Mile/KM distance alert and a Walk/Run Alert Timer
- All pages show a large countdown timer
- First Page shows real-time stats including heart rate, current yard, remaining distance, and current pace
- Second Page shows times - yard elapsed, total ultra running time, and time of day
- Third Page shows distance - total race distance, current yard cover distance and remaining distance
- Fourth Page is the estimates page :
- Estimated Finish Time based on Average Pace
- On Pace:
Done (green) — loop distance complete
Walk OK (green) — enough buffer that walking makes the bell @ 18 min/mile
OK (green) — projected to finish comfortably (≤ 55:00)
Push (yellow) — cutting it close (55–60:00)
Behind (red) — won't make the bell at this rate
- - (grey) — no data yet
- Stop Menu (Start/Stop button pressed)
- Keep Running - don't stop, back to race screens
- Loop Finished - don't stop, but mark the loop as finished for shorter distance runs only
- Setup - display the Setup menu to allow changes to the run/walk alerts, race continues
Stop + Save - stop your run and save data to your Garmin Phone App (with confirmation prompt)
- Stop + Discard - stop your run but do not save data
What is new
This app is evolving. Try it out - give some feedback, its free.
Version 1.0.9
- Added Garmin Forerunner 970
Version 1.0.8
- Added the option to enable/disable the standard Mile/KM distance alert on the Setup menu.
Version 1.0.7 has many improvements based on great feedback:
- Changed the use of Start/Stop button display the Stop Menu to follow Garmin standards
- Disabled Garmin 956/Fenix 6/Epix 2 Touch Screen during race
- Added a Setup Menu that is accessible before the run and also within the run that adds:
- Selection of Units: Km or Miles
- Run/Walk Timer Alerts: On/Off - e.g. Run 6/ Walk 3
- Walk Time: In Minutes:Seconds
- Run Time: in Minutes:Secods
- Start On: Walk/Run (will you start the yard running or walking)
- Note : Setup data persists between runs
- Walk/Run Banner plus Alert buzz/beep added
- Changed the 4th screen to display
- Estimated Finish Time - based on Average Pace and current tims
- Average Pace - this is the average pace of the current yard
- Updated the Stop Menu to read:
- Keep Running - don't stop
- Loop Finished - don't stop, but mark the loop as finished for shorter distance runs only
- Setup - display the Setup menu to allow changes to the run/walk alerts, race continues
- Stop + Save - stop your run and save data to your Garmin Phone App (with confirmation prompt)
- Stop + Discard - stop your run but do not save data
Version 1.0.6 corrects the font sizes / display offset on:
- Forerunner 965
- Fēnix 7 Pro
- Epix 2 family
Thanks to the community at https://www.reddit.com/r/backyardultra/ for the reviews and feedback
Version 1.0.5 has several updates thanks to great feedback from multiple people:
- Added Fenix 9 family
- Added function to support shorter yard loops
- confirmed Strava syncing
- improved battery life
- improved On-Pace calculation and display:
Done (green) — loop distance complete
Walk OK (green) — enough buffer that walking makes the bell @ 18 min/mile
OK (green) — projected to finish comfortably (≤ 55:00)
Push (yellow) — cutting it close (55–60:00)
Behind (red) — won't make the bell at this rate
-- (grey) — no data yet
Screenshots
Supported language (1)
Compatible devices (95)
D2™ Mach 1 Pro
Enduro™ 2
Enduro™ 4
epix™ (Gen 2)
epix™ (Gen 2)
epix™ Pro (42mm)
epix™ Pro (47mm)
epix™ Pro (51mm)
fēnix® 5 Plus
fēnix® 5S Plus
fēnix® 5X Plus
fēnix® 6
fēnix® 6
fēnix® 6 Dual Power
fēnix® 6 Pro
fēnix® 6 Pro
fēnix® 6 Pro Dual Power
fēnix® 6 Pro Solar
fēnix® 6 Solar
fēnix® 6S
fēnix® 6S
fēnix® 6S Dual Power
fēnix® 6S Pro
fēnix® 6S Pro
fēnix® 6S Pro Dual Power
fēnix® 6S Pro Solar
fēnix® 6S Solar
fēnix® 6X Pro
fēnix® 6X Pro
fēnix® 7
fēnix® 7
fēnix® 7 Pro
fēnix® 7 Pro – Solar Edition (No Wi-Fi®)
fēnix® 7S
fēnix® 7S
fēnix® 7S Pro
fēnix® 7X
fēnix® 7X
fēnix® 7X Pro
fēnix® 7X Pro No Wi-Fi
fēnix® 8 AMOLED (43mm)
fēnix® 8 AMOLED (47mm/51mm)
fēnix® 8 Pro
fēnix® 8 Solar (47mm)
fēnix® 8 Solar (51mm)
fenix® 9 - 43 mm
fenix® 9 – 47 mm
fenix® 9 Pro - 43 mm
fenix® 9 Pro - 47 mm
fenix® 9 Pro - 51 mm
fenix® 9 Pro - Solar 47 mm
fenix® 9 Pro - Solar 51 mm
ForeAthlete 245
ForeAthlete 245 Music
ForeAthlete 55
ForeAthlete 745
Forerunner® 165
Forerunner® 165 Music
Forerunner® 170
Forerunner® 170 Music
Forerunner® 245
Forerunner® 245
Forerunner® 245 Music
Forerunner® 245 Music
Forerunner® 255
Forerunner® 255 Music
Forerunner® 255S
Forerunner® 255S Music
Forerunner® 265
Forerunner® 265S
Forerunner® 55
Forerunner® 55
Forerunner® 570 - 42mm
Forerunner® 570 - 47mm
Forerunner® 70
Forerunner® 70
Forerunner® 745
Forerunner® 945
Forerunner® 945
Forerunner® 945 LTE
Forerunner® 955 Dual Power
Forerunner® 965
Forerunner® 970
quatix® 6
quatix® 6X
tactix® 7
tactix® 7 – AMOLED Edition
tactix® 8 – 47 mm, AMOLED
tactix® 8 – 51 mm, Solar
vívoactive® 4
vívoactive® 4
vívoactive® 4S
vívoactive® 4S
vívoactive® 5
vívoactive® 6