Tic-Tac-Toe Trail Party

🏃‍♀️ Tic-Tac-Toe Trail Party

This race is a beginner friendly twist on the traditional trail run. It will be held at 1North Adventure Trails in Blanchard. TTTTP is a different format than your traditional race. It's designed to make running fun by utilizing a game you've known since childhood....tic-tac-toe. You will be timed and your distance will be recorded but there will be no age groups and no overall winners. The goal is 3 O’s in a row but there will be other ways to win as well.

📏 The Rules

• Game Mechanics: Each runner will compete in a game of skill or chance at the completion of each lap. For example: the runner will roll a 6 sided die that has an equal number of X's and O's.
• Rolling O: If the player rolls a O, then the player gets to decide where an O is placed on their tic-tac-toe bib.
• Rolling X: If a player rolls a X, the worker puts an x on the tic-tac-toe bib.
• Course Rules: The course is always x, player is always O. Yes, they will be instructed to block you and no amount of begging on your part will dissuade them.

🥇 Ways to Win

• 1st back with 3 O’s in a row: $50
• 1st back with a tic-tac-toe: $25
• 1st back with 4 corners: $25
• 1st back with X: $25

⏱️ Timing and Distance

This is a timed event. You will get a time for every 5 mile circuit. A circuit is 3 completed loops. If you do one circuit and then two extra 1 mile loops: you’ll get a time for the 5 mile circuit, not the 7 miles. You must do another 3 miles to get a time for 10 miles.

🏞️ Course Description

I don't think this will be a real technical course. However, the elevation is real, especially for this part of Louisiana! There will be an aid station at the Start/Finish area. While it won't be a full on "Ultra quality" aid station because this isn’t an Ultra, it will have more than you’d expect to find on a road course.

🍰 Finisher's Treats

I'm thinking cake and ice cream at the finish. Also, it's BYOB and if you do that, then BRDAB.

🎁 Giveaways and Shirts

I AM PRICING TRIATHLON BIB belts AS A GIVEAWAY - THAT'S THE PLAN - WILL SAY "TIC-TAC-TOE TRAIL PARTY" ON IT. There are no medals! Runners will earn their race shirts. Race shirts will be available at the end of your race and will say (on the back) either: I rock at tic tac toe or I stink at tic tac toe.

📅 Event Details

Join us on 2025-10-18 at 1 North Adventure Trails, Blanchard, LA.