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 Os in a row but there will be other ways to win as well.

The Rules:

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 A O, then the player gets to decide where an O is placed on their tic-tac-toe bib. IF A PLAYER ROLLS A X, the worker puts an x on the tic-tac-toe bib.

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. _ Second loop for example: The worker will hold their fists out in front of them. One fist contains and X and the other an O; you must choose. You get O you pick where it goes, you get x, the worker selects. _Once again no whining, they're gonna be mean._ 3rd loop for example: Worker flips a coin with an X and an O. -_There will be a game of skill or chance at the completion of each lap._

_X's will be marked with black sharpies (provided) and O's with a surprise color sharpies. (provided)_

Ways to win:

1st back with 3 Os in-a-row and no Xs-$50

1st back with a tic-tac-toe (this will probably be a person with three Os but if it isnt) $25

1st back with 4 corners (4 os with one in each corner)-$25

1st back with an X of X's-$25

1st back with an X of O's-$25

8 of a kind (X's or 8 O's)-Free Race Entry

1st back with CAT (Every box has an X or an O and no 3 in a row)-$50.

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; youll 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.

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.

_I AM PRICINGTRIATHLON 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.