I ran this race the first year it was held and got stopped on the course for three or four minutes because a bear was standing in the middle of the trail. You're in a relatively remote area, and the race is quite small, so you can very easily be 10+ minutes away from the next closest runner. Honestly, I remember not wanting to make any noise and scare the bear because I couldn't tell if there were any cubs around or if the bear would get spooked and want to defend itself.