Wolverine 5K adventure race
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2024 4:29 pm
This was the weekend for the Wolverine 5k adventure race & shoot in northern Michigan. It's theme was the movie Red Dawn
https://www.wolverine5k.com/index.html
It was held at the
www.marksmanshiptrainingcenter.com
My son had a team competing in it. He initially asked me if I wanted to compete but after checking it out decided that while I had the skills, I wasn't in shape to do it this year.
The W5K is a 5 kilometer orienteering course with a canoe phase, obstacles and a bunch of other challenges. When done with the 5k part you then do the skills/shooting part which is a series of shooting tests.
I didn't compete but wanted to see the facility which is about an hour northwest of my woods house. So I volunteered to work as a range officer at one of the shooting tests. I think there were 8 or 9 shooting events. The event I RO'd at had 5 phases. It was pretty complicated.
It was a long, long day running my course of fire. Some teams didn't finish. Most teams were 4 people x 5 phases.
Not going to go into details but some general observations...
-Everything was well run. This was the 10th year so they got the thing down.
-Being a new (old) guy, I was made to feel welcome
-Most of the shooters were military, ex-military, law enforcement or ex LEO. There were still a lot of civilians (including my son and his team)
-We ran at least hundred guys through my event. Everybody, and I mean everybody were very safe and competent shooters.
-4 of the phases were rifle, one was with pistol. I was surprised how many guys were using suppressed rifles (including my son). Suppressors take the edge off. There were a couple teams that used all suppressors. We still used hearing protection but what a joy it was running them through our course of fire.
-As a volunteer I got a ticket for the after event raffle. I won a $150 AR scope mount.
-My wife also volunteered, she helped with lunch and everything else.
-We were both exhausted afterward. I can't imagine how tired you'd get actually doing the event.
-I'm probably not going to compete next year. Still debating whether to volunteer again. Kind of a been there, done that kind of thing.
https://www.wolverine5k.com/index.html
It was held at the
www.marksmanshiptrainingcenter.com
My son had a team competing in it. He initially asked me if I wanted to compete but after checking it out decided that while I had the skills, I wasn't in shape to do it this year.
The W5K is a 5 kilometer orienteering course with a canoe phase, obstacles and a bunch of other challenges. When done with the 5k part you then do the skills/shooting part which is a series of shooting tests.
I didn't compete but wanted to see the facility which is about an hour northwest of my woods house. So I volunteered to work as a range officer at one of the shooting tests. I think there were 8 or 9 shooting events. The event I RO'd at had 5 phases. It was pretty complicated.
It was a long, long day running my course of fire. Some teams didn't finish. Most teams were 4 people x 5 phases.
Not going to go into details but some general observations...
-Everything was well run. This was the 10th year so they got the thing down.
-Being a new (old) guy, I was made to feel welcome
-Most of the shooters were military, ex-military, law enforcement or ex LEO. There were still a lot of civilians (including my son and his team)
-We ran at least hundred guys through my event. Everybody, and I mean everybody were very safe and competent shooters.
-4 of the phases were rifle, one was with pistol. I was surprised how many guys were using suppressed rifles (including my son). Suppressors take the edge off. There were a couple teams that used all suppressors. We still used hearing protection but what a joy it was running them through our course of fire.
-As a volunteer I got a ticket for the after event raffle. I won a $150 AR scope mount.
-My wife also volunteered, she helped with lunch and everything else.
-We were both exhausted afterward. I can't imagine how tired you'd get actually doing the event.
-I'm probably not going to compete next year. Still debating whether to volunteer again. Kind of a been there, done that kind of thing.
