Yes, Terri said I could email her a week before the race to see if any slots opened. How did you find the navigation? Her races aren't a piece of cake, they're marked as advertised but it's not hard to get off the trail IME.

 

Oh I thought I was incredibly lost at one point and I was actually on the right trail!  I don't think I saw a marker for 6 straight miles.  And then at one point I went off trail and I couldn't actually see the real trail, and that was pretty late in the game.  Not marked well at all.  I think that's considered part of the "charm" of the Chattooga race

Unfortunately, I kind of agree with this. I wish she would use some arrow markers for the turns instead of the ribbons. I carried a map of the course in my pocket that I had to refer to at almost every "intersection" in order to make sure I took the right "road". I felt it was better to spend a few minutes checking the map than to risk going the wrong way and then having to make up for it later. Also, I ran by myself most of the time because I was one of 5 or so way off the back of the pack runners - everyone else had already cleared the turns and the aid stations whenever I would arrive there and I could not count on people to catch up to me and help me. The map proved very useful.