AUTRA Race Report 26-5-2026

Kate Dzienis • May 26, 2026

No Time To Die Frontyard Ultra, SA
Sydreh's Back To Frontyard Ultra, WA
IAU 24hr Asia and Oceania Championships, Japan
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WEEKLY RACE RECAP FOR 26-5-2026

As always, we're continuously on the hunt for your stories and reports, so get those race reports and photographs in to ultramag@autra.asn.au with the following information:

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And remember, it doesn’t have to be about an AUTRA-listed event specifically! You just have to be an AUTRA member for the 2026 year. Also too, if you’ve run in a non-AUTRA listed event anywhere on home soil or internationally, we’d love to include your race results and experience in our Member Updates, so please do reach out to us via email to kate.dzienis@autra.asn.au

If any corrections need to be made in any of the results listed below, please alert me via email.

No Time To Die Frontyard Ultra, SA

The No Time To Die Frontyard Ultra was held from 15 May 2026 at Victoria Park, Adelaide in SA offering participants a backyard racing format of 6.71km on the hour, every hour.

This year’s last one standing was a joint effort with Scott Cameron and Jonathan Ash, who both finished with 76 yards, or 503.25km.

Congratulations to AUTRA’s David Billett who secured the next best placing with 44 yards.

Well done to all our members who raced at NTTD Frontyard Ultra, including Joel Sexton (40 yards/268.40km), Darren Linney (31 yards/208.01km), Gerardo Guerrero Ruiz (31 yards/208.01km), Anthony Parfilo (25 yards/167.75km), Robina Juanir (10 yards/67.10km) and Emma Tanzer (3 yards/20.13km).

You can view the full list of results here.

Images: Facebook/sourced.

Sydreh’s Back to Frontyard Ultra, WA

The annual Sydreh’s Back to Frontyad Ultra was held at Herdsman Lake in Herdsman, WA weekend of 22-26 May 2026.

A big congratulations to AUTRA’s Shane Aris who secured the top spot, the last one standing, with a total of 34 yards, or 228.14km.

Congratulations to all our members who raced at Sydreh’s, including Jen Millum (25 yards/167.75km), Dave Jones (10 yards/67.10km), Nick Cobley (10 yards/67.10km), Jason Simpson (9 yards/60.39km), Frank Chauveau (9 laps/60.39km) and Graeme Boulton (1 lap/6.71km).

Congratulations to Frank Chauveau, who according to race directors, secured the current Australian M73 to go this far in a backyard (yet to be ratified/confirmed).

The full list of results can be found here.

Images: Facebook/Sourced.

IAU 24hr Asia and Oceania Championships, Japan

The IAU 24hr Asia and Oceania Championships were held in Hirosaki, Japan on the weekend of May 23-24, 2026.

Australia sent both a men’s (42 finishers) and women’s (39 finishers) team to the event, where nine countries participated.

In the Women’s event, Jenny White and Carrie Gleeson both walked away with 2^nd Place following total distances of 241.229km each. Maree Connor secured 16^th Female with 201.992km and Corrina Black took 20^th with a distance of 196.502km.

In the Men’s event, Phil Gore took 5^th Male with a total of 253.392km, David Vroom secured 9^th with 244.641km, John Yoon won 13^th with a distance of 234.492km, Chris Dixon at 15^th with 233.072km, and Grant Brisbin took 16^th with 232.993km.

In the Team Results, the Men’s Team Podium finished with India in 1^st (815.833km), Japan in 2^nd (754.726km) and Australia in 3^rd with 732.525km.

In the Women’s Team Podium results, Jenny and Carrie’s dual podium finish secured Australia to claim the silver – Japan took 1^st (707.357), Australia took 2^nd with 684.450km and India claimed 3^rd (667.722km).