Misguided Ventures coaches trail runners, hikers, and first-time adventure racers — building the fitness, bike handling, paddling, and map-and-compass skill to go further off the pavement, right here in Oklahoma.
Coach Certified fitness professionalCommunity US Adventure Racing Association memberHome base Oklahoma City trails
Four disciplines. One finish line.
Adventure racing asks you to run it, ride it, paddle it, and navigate all of it — often in the same hour. Training covers every leg, not just the one you're already good at.
Trail Running
Footing, climbing, and pacing on dirt — from first trail miles to race-day legs.
Mountain Biking
Handling skills built in phases: lot and grass drills first, technical features when you're ready.
Paddling
Efficient stroke technique and boat confidence for the water legs of a race.
Navigation
Map and compass from the ground up — bearings, route choice, and finding checkpoints under pressure.
Training that starts where you are
No race résumé required. Programs are built for real Oklahoma schedules and real Oklahoma weather, and progress at the pace your skills — and your feet — can handle.
Program 01
1-on-1 Adventure Coaching
Personal coaching for a specific goal: a first trail race, a hiking trip you're training up for, or a debut adventure race.
Goal setting and skills assessment
Weekly training plan built around your life
On-trail sessions across the OKC metro
Program 02
Small-Group Trail Sessions
Outdoor fitness and terrain training with a small crew — conditioning, hills, and skills practice on local trails.
Terrain and hiking preparation
Bike-handling and navigation clinics
Beginner-friendly, all paces welcome
Program 03
Race-Ready Prep
For athletes with a race on the calendar: discipline-by-discipline preparation that ends with a full mock race.
Transitions and mandatory-gear practice
Checkpoint navigation under time pressure
Race-week plan and debrief
Phase 1 Foundations
Movement quality, gear fit, and basic skills in low-consequence settings — parking lots, grass fields, and mellow trails.
Phase 2 Skills on Trail
Easy singletrack and open water, then technical features one at a time, with drills you can repeat on your own.
Phase 3 Put It Together
Combined sessions and mock checkpoints that rehearse the real thing: tired legs, a map in hand, a clock running.
Sample itineraries · Trips in development
Where this training goes
These are design mock-ups of the multi-day trips Misguided Ventures is building — the destinations the weekly training points toward. They're illustrative examples, not live bookings.
A trail and terrain weekend among 500-million-year-old granite — Oklahoma's most rugged classroom.
Day 1Arrive at the refuge, gear check and pack shakedown, then a sunset shakeout hike as the rock turns gold.
Day 2Full trail day through Charons Garden and the Narrows — scrambling, footing, and heat management on real rock.
Day 3Sunrise climb up Mount Scott, a descent-technique skills circuit, and the drive home to Oklahoma City.
Sample itinerary shown as a design mock-up — dates and booking not yet open.
4 Days
Ouachita Traverse
Ouachita National Forest · Southeast Oklahoma
A point-to-point backpacking trip where the map and compass — not the trail signs — get you to camp.
Day 1Trailhead classroom: topo maps, compass bearings, and route planning, then a short loaded hike to the first camp.
Day 2Point-to-point backpacking on the Ouachita Trail, finding practice checkpoints along the ridges.
Day 3Off-trail navigation day, capped with a guided night-navigation exercise back into camp.
Day 4Final ridge leg, trip debrief, and shuttle back to the trailhead.
Sample itinerary shown as a design mock-up — dates and booking not yet open.
3 Days
Full Send Skills Camp
Lake Thunderbird State Park · Norman, Oklahoma
Every adventure race discipline in one long weekend — run, bike, paddle, navigate — ending in a mock race.
Day 1Trail-running form and pacing work, then transition-area drills until switching disciplines is automatic.
Day 2Morning mountain-bike skills on singletrack; afternoon paddle technique and boat handling on the lake.
Day 3Mock sprint adventure race: map handout at the start line, checkpoints across all four disciplines, finish-line debrief.
Sample itinerary shown as a design mock-up — dates and booking not yet open.
Want first word when a trip opens for real? Email lindsey@misguidedventures.com with the trip name and you'll be on the interest list — no deposit, no obligation.
Home turf
Training happens where the racing will. These are the grounds Misguided Ventures sessions rotate through — most within a short drive of downtown Oklahoma City.
Martin Park Nature Center NW OKC
Shaded woodland trails in the middle of the city — the weekday home base for skills work and evening sessions.
Bluff Creek Park NW OKC
Winding singletrack through the trees, well suited to beginner mountain-bike handling and trail-running drills.
Lake Stanley Draper SE OKC
A dedicated trail system circling the lake, with enough mileage for long weekend training days.
Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge West OKC
Quiet river-bottom trails along the North Canadian — flat, wild-feeling miles for navigation practice.
Lake Thunderbird State Park Norman
Trails, singletrack, and open water in one park — the natural venue for multi-discipline camp days.
Wichita Mountains Weekend trips
Granite peaks, boulder gardens, and prairie two hours southwest — where training weekends go to get serious.
Spring miles in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge — a Misguided Ventures training-weekend destination.
Misguided, on purpose
Misguided Ventures is an Oklahoma City adventure training and outdoor fitness business built on a simple belief: the best training ground isn't a gym floor — it's a trail, a ridgeline, a lake at first light.
Founder and coach Lindsey Boucher is a certified fitness professional and an active member of the US Adventure Racing Association. She trains clients for terrain and outdoor hikes, prepares first-timers for adventure racing, and coaches the unglamorous skills that decide race day: feet that hold up, a bike you can actually handle, a map you can actually read.
Every program follows the same phased progression she trains by herself — drills in safe places first, easy trail next, technical features when you're ready — so progress feels earned, never reckless.
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