THE LAST ONE STANDING

The Last One Standing is a backyard ultra in York, Pennsylvania, beginning at 8:00 AM on Saturday from 2950 Lewisberry Road. All participants run the same repeating course. The race does not feature a fixed finish time or a conventional finishing place; each hour begins a new yard, and runners continue until only one official winner remains. Common Running organizes the event, now in its second year. Each yard consists of six laps on a 0.69-mile loop, totaling 4.167 miles, aligning with the pace required to complete 100 miles in 24 hours. Runners must return to the start corral before the next hour commences; any runner outside the corral is eliminated after 3-, 2-, and 1-minute warnings precede the bell. The field is intended for first-timers, returning runners, weekend participants, and experienced marathoners, suiting the format: fast runners do not win by starting quickly, they win by remaining able to answer the bell later than others. The race originated from a simple need for a place to run, a straightforward beginning for a format that transforms one short loop into a prolonged test of patience, pacing, and endurance.