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The Loop Backyard Ultra in Domaine de Labourdonnais
The Loop Backyard Ultra takes its name from the internationally recognised backyard ultra race format, in which runners repeat a fixed loop, typically 6.7 kilometres, once every hour until only one competitor remains able to continue. This edition is set at the Chateau de Labourdonnais estate in Mapou, northern Mauritius, a nineteenth-century colonial mansion surrounded by orchards and heritage gardens.
In Mapou, in the north of Mauritius, the Chateau de Labourdonnais estate preserves a nineteenth-century colonial mansion set among orchards, gardens and heritage grounds, a popular stop for visitors interested in the island's plantation-era history and known particularly for its fruit orchards and juice production.