1 North Adventure Trails, Blanchard LA
Saturday, April 18th, 2026
This race is a beginner friendly twist on the traditional trail run. It will be held at 1 North 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.
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.
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. I anticipate offering water at the turn-around point of each trail (the game table) but that table isn’t far from the start/finish so it won’t be a full on aid station. I’m also looking for volunteers for the game table and I am offering race credits to future events.
I’m thinking cake and ice cream at the finish. 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!
THERE ARE MEDALS!
For more details about the race, please visit the Tic-Tac-Toe Trail Party page.
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