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One 4.167 mile loop through wooded trail along Lake Manchaug and open farm pasture at Waters Farm, run again every hour, on the bell, until one runner remains.
The 4.167 mile loop is roughly half wooded trail, with stretches along Lake Manchaug, and half open farm pasture, on the grounds of a working 1757 farm. The race's own terrain description does not map cleanly onto NavRun's five terrain categories (road, gravel, dirt_trail, singletrack, technical): 'open pasture' has no equivalent, so surface_breakdown was left out rather than forcing pasture into one of those five.
Dead Last Ultra is a backyard ultramarathon at Waters Farm, a working 1757 homestead in Sutton, Massachusetts. Runners complete a 4.167 mile loop every hour, on the bell, until only one is left standing; that runner is the race's sole finisher. Race day is paired with a full community festival: a 4.2 mile run/walk over the same course, a free kids' fun run, live music and food trucks.
Dead Last Ultra held its first edition on October 24, 2026, the first backyard ultra hosted at Waters Farm, a 1757 homestead on the National Register of Historic Places.
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