Tic-Tac-Toe Trail Party

Event Overview

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.

Race Rules

Game Mechanism: 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 # of X's and O's. If the player rolls an O, then the player gets to decide where an O is placed on their tic-tac-toe bib. If a player rolls an 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. There will be a game of skill or chance at the completion of each lap.

Markers: X's will be marked with black sharpies (provided) and O's with surprise color sharpies (provided).

Winning Conditions

• First Back with 3 O’s in a Row: $50
• First Back with a Tic-Tac-Toe: $25
• First Back with 4 Corners: $25
• First Back with an X of X's: $25
• First Back with an X of O's: $25
• Eight of a Kind (X's or O's): Free Race Entry
• First Back with CAT: $50

Course Details

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 4-mile circuit, not the 6 miles. You must do another 4-mile circuit to get a time for 8 miles.

Course Type: 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.

Additional Information

• Volunteers: I'm also looking for volunteers for the game table and I am offering race credits to future events.
• Finish Line Treats: I’m thinking cake and ice cream at the finish.
• BYOB: Also, it's BYOB and if you do that, then BRDAB.
• GIVEAWAY: YOU GET A BIB/NUTRITION BELT THAT SAYS "TIC-TAC-TOE TRAIL PARTY" ON IT!
• Medals: THERE ARE MEDALS!

Event Link

For more information and to register, please visit: Tic-Tac-Toe Trail Party.