"Character traits that most people value highly----honesty, integrity, kindness, selflessness, generosity, and sensitivity--are all central to a successful adventure racer's nature. Swallow your pride and relinquish your ego, for the good of the team."..... Ian Adamson

• Sun, April 2: Beginner Navigation Class, Eagle Creek Park FULL

• Sun, Nov 20: CLASS FULL Team Navigation™! Beginner Navigation Class, Eagle Creek Park

• Sat, August 20 (Sat): Beginner/Intermediate DAY/NIGHT Navigation Class, Eagle Creek Park, 4:00pm-10:30pm

• Sun, July 24: CLASS FULL Beginner DAY Navigation Class, Eagle Creek Park

• Saturday, June 4, 2005....CLASS FULL....4:00pm--10:00pm Intermediate Day-Night Navigation Clinic, Morgan Monroe State Forest

• Sun, May 1, CLASS FULL Beginner Navigation, Eagle Creek Park-West, 1:00-5:30pm

• Saturday, April 3, 2005....CLASS FULL 3:00-8:30pm Intermediate Day-Night Navigation Clinic, Morgan Monroe State Forest

• Sunday, March 13, CLASS FULL 1pm-5pm, Beginning Navigation, Eagle Creek Park

TrueNorth offers custom-coaching for Adventure Racers on the following topics:
"The biggest single thing that stops teams from finishing a race is not injuries, illness, equipment failure, hypothermia, worn-out feet, or fatigue. It's their inability to work together." --Ian Adamson

Navigation/Orienteering
Map preparation & management, UTM plotting, route selection strategies & team roles, practicing & training, gear & clothing, night navigation, etc
Bike
Bike selection, tires, shoes, lights, tools, maintenance, prep, clothing, training, etc
Trekking
Shoes, clothes, gear, training, etc
Paddle
Boat types & handling differences, paddle types, paddle technique, team roles, training, canoe vs kayak, gear, safety issues, open water vs current, etc
Transition
Prep, gear, support crew roles, etc
Food/Hydration
Types, carrying, gear, training, etc
Ropes
Rappelling, Tyrolean Traverse, Ascending, gear, training, etc
Injury Prevention
First aid kit, foot care & prep, shoes, clothing, etc
Sleep Deprivation
Training, setting expectations, how to avoid problems, etc
Training Strategies
Block training, team vs individual, repeats, hills, etc
Physical Fitness
Anaerobic, aerobic, upper body, middle torso, lower body, stretching/flexibility, etc
Mental Fitness
Team chemistry, team roles, balance, setting expectations, dealing with mistakes, accepting/learning about teammates under duress, etc

See the Photo Gallery for Photos of Clinics and Lessons Involving Adventure Racers !

Example Past Trainings/Workouts/Clincs for Adventure Racers:

• Sat. Sept 30, 2006: Intermediate Team Navigation! Class, Morgan Monroe State Forest
• Sat, Aug. 19, 2006: Beginner Team Navigation! Class, Eagle Creek Park, 5:30-10:30pm
• Sat, April 29, 2006: Intermediate Team Navigation! Class, Morgan Monroe State Forest, 5-10pm
• Sun, April 2, 2006: Beginner Navigation Class, Eagle Creek Park,1:00-5:30pm
• Sun, Nov 20, 2005: CLASS FULL Team Navigation™! Beginner Navigation Class, Eagle Creek Park
• Sat, August 20, 2005(Sat): Beginner/Intermediate DAY/NIGHT Navigation Class, Eagle Creek Park, 4:00pm-10:30pm
• Sun, July 24, 2005: CLASS FULL Beginner DAY Navigation Class, Eagle Creek Park
• Sat, June 4, 2005..CLASS FULL..4pm--10pm Intermediate Day-Night Navigation Clinic, Morgan Monroe State Forest
• Sun, May 1, CLASS FULL Beginner Navigation, Eagle Creek Park-West, 1:00-5:30pm
• Sat, April 3, 2005....CLASS FULL 3:00-8:30pm Intermediate Day-Night Navigation Clinic, Morgan Monroe State Forest
• March 13, 2005: Beginner Map Hike Instruction, Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis, IN
• Feb 26, 2005: Beginner Clinic at ICO Orienteering meet, Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis, IN
• Jan 15-17, 2005: Orienteering Instruction at POCAR, Clark State Forest, southern IN
• Jan 2, 2005: Orienteering Instruction at Billy Pig Orienteering Meet, Brookville, IN
• Oct 16, 2004: Orienteering Instruction at ICO Meet, Ransburg Boy Scout Camp, Bloomington, IN
• August 21, 2004: Night/Day Navigation & mtn bike ride, Morgan Monroe State Forest, IN
• August 21, 2004: Night Paddle-Orienteering, Eagle Creek Park, Indpls IN
• August 8, 2004: Mtn bike ride & trail run, Morgan Monroe State Forest, IN
• August 2, 2004: Finish setting Permanent Orienteering Course, Morgan Monroe State Forest, IN
• July 26, 2004: Continue setting Permanent Orienteering Course, Morgan Monroe State Forest, IN
• July 31, 2004: ICO Metrogaine, raced with a rookie, downtown Indianapolis
• June 5, 2004: Global X Sprint Adventure Race, Clark State Forest, raced with 2 rookies, Sellersburg, IN
• Sat, May 15, 2004: set Permanent Orienteering Course markers at Hoosier National Forest, Story IN
• Sat, May 15, 2004: Morgan Monroe State Forest, 1/2 Marathon Trail Run (Run With the Foxes)
• Sat. April 3, 2004: 12 Hour ROGAINE, Yellowood State Forest
• Sat, March 28, 2004: 2 1/2 hour trail run with map, & 1 hour mtn bike, Eagle Creek Resevoir
• Sat, March 6, 2004, 40 mile mtn bike training ride, Morgan County
• Sat-Sun, Feb 28-29, 2004, 24 HOTM Adventure Race, coached team in night navigation
• Fri-Sat, Feb 20-21, 2004, Hoosier National Forest, set & night-navigated the 2003 Planet Adventure O-Course
• Sun, Dec 28, 2003--Navigation lesson at Morgan Monroe State Forest (1:24,000 scale)
• Sat, Aug 2003, Night Paddle Event, Eagle Creek Reservoir, (1:24,000 scale)
• Sun Aug 17, 2003--Navigation clinic for Adventure Racers, 1:10,000 scale orienteering map at Eagle Creek Park West
• Sat, Aug 16, Circle City Urban Adventure Race,Indianapolis, raced with a rookie adventure racer
• Sat, July 12, DINO Mission on the Muscatatuck Adventure Race, raced with 2 new adventure racers
• May-June-July 2003, Various workouts with teams (team canoe paddles, team navigation practices, night navigation, gear strategy sessions, UTM practice plotting, bike hill repeats, etc) for Planet Adventure and Mission on the Muscatatuck Adventure Races
• Saturday, May 17, 2003, Night Navigation, Eagle Creek Park, 1:10,000 O-map
• Monday Feb 10, Navigation-Classroom Session
• Saturday-Sunday, Feb 15-16, Day Navigating, 1:10,000 O-map scale at Eagle Creek Park-West Side
• Wednesday, Feb 19, Night Navigating, 1:10,000 O-map scale at Eagle Creek Park-West Side
• December 2002, various workouts preparing for 24 HOTM Adventure Race on Dec 7-8
• Saturday, Nov 23, 2002, Mtn Bike, Night Navigation 1:24,000 scale map, Morgan Monroe State Forest
• Thurs-Friday, Nov 15-16, 2002, Night Navigation, 1:10,000 O-map scale at Eagle Creek Park
• August 2002, Kayak Paddling Lessons, Eagle Creek Park, White River
  

Coaching: Beginners/Intermediate Adventure Racers
If you're just starting out, and need some insight in any of the following areas, Jeff Coates is available to coach individuals or teams. Coates also enters actual events with rookie teams to offer a hands-on coaching & training experience.

There is a lot in the multiple-discipline of Adventure Racing: Summer & Winter Training, Gear Selection, Appropriate Clothing for Warm & Cold Weather Races, Navigation Techniques, Event Transitions, Proper Food, Adequate Hydration, Team Paddling Techniques, Trekking, Mountain Biking, Support Crews, Orienteering..the list goes on!!

Orienteering Lessons/Clinics
The orienteering section of adventure races frustrate you? Coates can give small group or private lessons, beginning with clearly explaining basics of map feature reading, pacing, orienting the map, & basic compass use (putting "fred in the shed"). Intermediate lessons involve bushwacking (off-trail trekking), using handrails, attack points, aiming-off, collecting features, benchmarking, competitive compass use, team roles, & strategizing different route choices.
DID YOU KNOW? The word "rogaine" was coined from the names of the organizers of a twenty-four hour hike in 1976, RO(d) GAI(l) NE(il), and was retained for subsequent events.


Setting Practice Orienteering Course
If your team has some orienteering experience, but would just like some practice, but don't have the time to go into the woods to set-out controls, Coates can set-out the controls for you, and make you a map, and create clue sheets to give you actual race-ready practice....

Paddling Lessons
Remember paddling that canoe in scouts, or with grandpa growing up? Adventure Racing with two other people in a canoe can be quite a new experience. Coates can guide you through the do's & dont's of team paddling.


Trekking/Trail Running
Not sure of what gear to use when trail running or trekking? Not real sure of going off into the woods to run? Coates has run trails for years, & loves to serve as trail guide! Don't know what "bushwacking" is, Coates can give you the do's & dont's of proper clothes, shoes, food, hydration, workouts, etc.

Mountain Biking
Urban mountain biking and single track riding are quite different. Not sure of the difference, Coates can give you the scoop on the down & dirty! Towing, drafting, map management, pacing, preventative maintenance, basic tools, tires, hard tail vs suspension, shoes/pedals, transporting your bike, bike lights, fixing flats, off and in-season training: are all things you need to know to race in the land of Adventure Racing..!!


TrueNorth Team Adventure Racing

Jeff Coates Adventure Event Resume
2004
• August 28-29: Dynamik Adventures Night Adventure Race, Richmond, IN
• Aug 14: Circle City Urban Sprint Adventure Race, Downtown Indianapolis, IN (volunteered)
• August 8, MMSF 40 mile bike ride & Low Gap 10 mile Trail Run, Morgan Monroe State Forest, southern Indiana
• July 31: ICO Metrogaine (Urban Orienteering), Downtown Indianapolis
• June 26, Benchmark Applachian Adventure, Paint Creek State Park, Bainbridge, OH
• June 19, "Upside-down" Rogaine, Tar Hollow State Park, Laurelville, OH
• June 5, Planet Adventure Sprint Race (6-hour), Clark State Forest, Sellersburg, IN
• May 22-23, Mission on the Muscatatuck 18-hour Adventure Race, North Vernon, IN
• May 15, Run With the Foxes 1/2 Marathon Trail Run, Morgan Monroe State Forest
• April 17-18, Planet Adventure, 24-hour Adventure Race, Owen-Putnam County, IN
• April 3, ICO 12-hour ROGAINE, Yellowwood State Forest
• Feb 28-29, 24HoursOnTheMove (24HOTM), West Lafayette, IN
• Jan 17-18-19, POCAR (Purdue Outing Club Adventure Race), Morgan Monroe State Forest

2003
• Sept 13, Indianapolis Adventure Race, Indianapolis, IN
• Aug 16, Circle City Urban Adventure Race, Indianapolis, IN (finished 1st 3-person coed)
• July 12, Mission on the Muscatatuck 18-hour Adventure Race, North Vernon, IN, Muscatatuck County Park
• May 31-June 1, Planet Adventure 30-Hour Adventure Race, Hoosier National Forest
• May 17, Run With the Foxes, 1/2 Marathon Trail Run, Morgan Monroe State Forest
• April 12, Knobstone Trail 26.2 Marathon, Hoosier National Forest (7 hours)
• April 5, 12-Hour ROGAINE Orienteering Meet, Morgan Monroe State Forest
• March 29, Flying Pig National USOF Orienteering Meet, Cincinnati, OH
• March 22, ICO Orienteering Meet, Ransburg Boy Scout Camp, Bloomington, IN
• March 8, ICO Orienteering Meet, Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis
• Jan 18-19, POCAR-Purdue Outing Club Adventure Race, Hoosier Nat'l Forest near Tell City, IN, 17 hours
• Jan 4, Score-O Orienteering Meet, Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis

2002
• Dec 7-8, 24-Hours OnTheMove Adventure Race-West Lafayette, 23.5 hours,
• Nov 2, Knobstone Trail Mini-Marathon, Morgan Monroe State Forest, 2 hrs
• Oct 19, 12-hour ROGAINE Orienteering meet, Hoosier Nat'l Forest
• Sept 14, Eagle Creek Adventure Race, Indianapolis, 7th overall, 5th coed
• Jan 5-6, 24-Hours On The Move Adventure Race, West Lafayette, 16 hours


2001
• June 7-8, Wild Onion 24-hour Urban Adventure Race, Indianapolis, 15th
• Planet Adventure 30-hour Adventure Race, Bloomington, DNF

2000
• Eagle Creek Inaugural Adventure Race, 3rd overall, 2-person male
• Warrior 2K Adventure Race, Chicago, 3rd place co-ed
• Greater Mississippi Adventure Race, 7th overall, 2-person coed

1999
• Extreme Team Adventure Race, SIU, Carbondale, IL, 7th overall
• Ohio Adventure Racing Series, 1st 2-person male division
• Ohio Adventure Racing Series, 3rd place, 2-person male division
• Ohio Adventure Racing Series, 4th, 2-person male division
• Ohio Adventure Racing Series, 5th place, 2-person male division

1998
• One-Day Adventure Race, Odyssey Adventure Racing, North Carolina, 24-hour Spring/Winter Adventure Race, DNF (hypothermia)

1997
• One-Day Adventure Race, Odyssey Adventure Racing, North Carolina, support for Planet Adventure team

Contact TrueNorth & Associates:
Email: truenorth360@comcast.net
Phone: (317) 876-1871