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BPN G1M Ultra 2026: Results, Winner and What Happened
Mark Dowdle becomes the last man standing at Bare Ranch, Texas. 73 laps. 490km. 73 hours. Here is everything that happened.
The 2026 Go One More Ultra is done. Mark Dowdle is the last man standing.
After 73 laps, nearly 490km, and 73 hours on the Bare Ranch in Liberty Hill, Texas, the ultra endurance athlete became the G1M Ultra champion. It was one of the most dramatic finishes the backyard ultra format has ever seen, coming down to a single lap and 13 seconds of breathing room before the final showdown.
What Is the BPN G1M Ultra?
The Go One More Ultra is a backyard ultra hosted annually on Nick Bare's ranch in Texas. Bare Performance Nutrition (BPN) sponsors the event, which has grown into one of the most-watched endurance events in the world thanks to its live stream pulling in tens of thousands of viewers.
The format is simple and brutal. Competitors run a 6.7km loop every hour, on the hour. You keep going until you cannot complete a loop inside 60 minutes. Everyone except the last person standing receives a DNF. The name mirrors BPN's brand ethos: can you go one more?
This was the 6th edition of the G1M Ultra. The 2025 race was called at lap 57 due to a severe thunderstorm, with Kendall Picado Fallas and Kim Gottwald sharing the win. 2026 had no such interruption.
2026 G1M Ultra Results
| Place | Athlete | Laps | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mark Dowdle | 73 | approx. 490km / 306mi |
| 2nd | Kendall Picado Fallas | 72 | approx. 483km |
| 3rd | Kim Gottwald | 58 | approx. 389km |
Women's overall: 1st Bryony Keys (37 laps), 2nd Lauren Osborne (36 laps), 3rd Jill Dennes (28 laps)
How Mark Dowdle Won
The finish came down to Dowdle and defending co-champion Kendall Picado Fallas, and the margin was razor-thin. Both athletes completed lap 72 with just 13 seconds to spare before the next start signal. No rest, no recovery window, straight back onto the course for lap 73.
Dowdle ran that deciding lap in 51 minutes 48 seconds. Picado Fallas gave everything in a sprint finish but could not make it back in time. Dowdle was crowned the 2026 G1M Ultra champion.
What 73 laps actually means
Dowdle spent approximately 65 hours in motion across a 73-hour window from start to finish. That equates to around 8 hours of total rest across three full days and three nights. He covered roughly 490km on foot.
Kendall Picado Fallas and Kim Gottwald
Picado Fallas was the defending co-champion. In 2025, he and Gottwald shared the win after a storm forced the race to stop at lap 57. This year he ran 72 completed laps and covered nearly 483km. The last lap was not enough, but the performance was extraordinary by any measure.
Kim Gottwald, 22, went out at lap 58 alongside ultra legend Harvey Lewis. Gottwald had targeted 100 laps heading into the race. He fell short but delivered one of the standout performances of the entire field.
In the women's race, Bryony Keys won outright with 37 laps, the clear standout female performance of the event.
What This Race Means for Hybrid Athletes
The G1M Ultra sits at the extreme end of the endurance spectrum, but the principles it tests are the same ones every hybrid athlete trains around: pacing discipline, fuelling strategy, mental resilience, and the ability to keep producing consistent output when the body wants to stop.
Watching Dowdle and Picado Fallas complete lap 72 with 13 seconds to spare and immediately line up for lap 73 is a useful reference point. The race does not reward speed. It rewards consistency and mental control under prolonged fatigue. Those are trainable qualities. That is what hybrid training is built on.
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