Last Soul Ultra 2026 Results, Livestream and Winner

Mark Dowdle won the 2026 Last Soul Ultra with 94 completed yards, 630.4 kilometers (391.7 miles). Ayyoub “Ello” El Osrouti was the assist with 93 yards, 623.7 kilometers (387.5 miles). The final race timing places Norman Mascher-Aspensjö third with 80 yards and Caroline Maria Bolte ninth overall and first among the women with 52.

Dowdle and El Osrouti were the last two runners from a field of 169. After El Osrouti stopped at 93 yards, Dowdle returned to the course and completed the required final yard alone. The race marked the finish with its “jobs finished” video and a second post honoring the two athletes who reached the last loop.

What is a backyard ultra?

A backyard ultra has no set finish time or total distance. Runners start one 6.706-kilometer (4.167-mile) yard every hour and must finish it before the next hour begins. Whatever time remains after a runner finishes is available for eating, changing clothes, sleeping, or simply sitting down before the next start.

The distance is deliberate: 24 yards equal 100 miles. Speed does not determine the result as long as a runner finishes within the hour and returns to the starting corral on time. According to the Last Soul rules, the race continues until one athlete remains, and that athlete must complete one final yard alone to win. Everyone else is recorded as a DNF. The runner with the second-highest yard total is known as the assist.

Last Soul Ultra 2026 final results

The decisive margin was one yard. El Osrouti completed 93, then Dowdle completed yard 94 alone to become the race's only finisher. The final classification lists El Osrouti as the assist and every other athlete as a DNF, which is how backyard results are recorded.

Mascher-Aspensjö had been the third member of the last overnight group. He stopped after 80 yards and 536.5 kilometers (333.4 miles), and the race published a tribute to him soon afterward. Bolte led the women with 52 yards, 348.7 kilometers (216.7 miles).

How the featured athletes finished

Mark Dowdle: Dowdle won with 94 yards and 630.4 kilometers (391.7 miles). In April, he won the BPN Go One More Ultra after 73 hours and 306 miles. At Last Soul he added 21 yards to that winning total and completed the final loop without an assist beside him.

Ayyoub “Ello” El Osrouti: El Osrouti was the assist for the second consecutive Last Soul, this time with 93 yards and 623.7 kilometers (387.5 miles). The inaugural Last Soul results credit both him and winner Kim Gottwald with 67 yards and 448.9 kilometers. His 2026 performance was 26 yards longer.

Andrew Glaze: Glaze was the earliest of the featured athletes to stop, completing 20 yards and 134.1 kilometers (83.3 miles). Last Soul was his seventh ultra of 2026. Before coming to Germany, he had already raced 881 miles this year, including the Arizona Monster 300 in March, Cocodona 250 in May, and Crazy Mountain 100 in July.

Mike Egan: Egan's Last Soul ended with 30 completed yards, 201.2 kilometers (125 miles). The Marine veteran and bilateral amputee covered 152.37 miles in 24 hours to set a Guinness World Record in November 2025. At the BPN backyard in April, he finished 27 yards after pulling his chair through mud when its wheels locked. Last Soul took him three yards farther.

Harvey Lewis: Lewis stopped after 46 yards and 308.5 kilometers (191.7 miles). He won Big's Backyard Ultra in 2021 after 85 yards and returned to complete 111 yards at the 2025 individual world championship.

Hendrik Boury: Boury stopped after 68 yards and 456 kilometers (283.4 miles). At Big's in October 2025, he completed 100 yards to set the German backyard record. His Last Soul ended one yard beyond the winning total from the race's first edition.

Norman Mascher-Aspensjö: Mascher-Aspensjö was the last runner to stop before the final two, after 80 yards and 536.5 kilometers (333.4 miles). He came to Last Soul as the reigning two-time German 24-hour champion, having defended the national title with 243.2473 kilometers in June 2025. The live board and the race's tribute did not give a reason for his withdrawal.

The published timing and race updates did not give withdrawal reasons for the other featured athletes. We will add those details if the athletes or organizers share them.

Last Soul was built to be watched online

Kim Gottwald won the first Last Soul Ultra in October 2025 after 67 yards and 448.9 kilometers. BackyardUltra.de reported that the 2025 broadcast passed 40,000 concurrent viewers at times.

The organizers initially advertised 150 selected entrants; the 2026 live feed ultimately listed 169 competitors. The race's FAQ says the venue remains undisclosed and spectators are not allowed on site. For viewers outside the crews and production team, the live board and continuous video broadcasts were the way to follow the race.

Watch the Last Soul Ultra broadcasts

The race was carried on two YouTube broadcasts. Kim Gottwald's broadcast has German commentary, while the rappid. broadcast has English commentary.

The final Last Soul results include the winner, assist, third-place runner and top woman. The race timing has the full classification, and the race guide has the format and organizer details.

We will revisit this report if the classification changes or the organizers publish more detail about the featured athletes' races.