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Backyard Ultra

· v1.0.5
★★★★★ (2) ↓ 10 downloads 2 Free

About

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.

What's new

This app is evolving. Try it out - give some feedback, its free. Version 1.0.4 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 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

Permissions

FitPositioningUserProfileSensor

Details

Compatible with 90 devices
Updated Sep 15, 2026
Open on apps.garmin.com ↗