Mike Garrison
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Personal Summary
Married to my tough and beautiful wife Cristal, one stepdaughter, KayLeigh.
Always striving to push my limits and see how good my best is.
- Professional Experience
- Current Director of Operations/Engineering: Remco Products Corporation
- 3 ½ years, Product Development: Cook Incorporated
- Undergraduate Studies in Mechanical Engineering and Graduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- Athletic Summary
- Amateur athlete since my first mini-marathon in 1998
- Adventure Racing
- 2009 Planet Adventure Sprint, (1st Coed, 2nd Overall)
- 2009 LBL Challenge 24Hr, (5th Coed, 5th Overall)
- 2008 PA Sprint Redux
- 2008 Indianapolis Adventure Race, (1st Coed, 4th Overall)
- 2008 PA Urban Sprint (2nd Coed, 2nd Overall)
- 2008 Infiterra Adventure Rage 30 hr (7th)
- 2008 Odyssey Wild, Wonderful 24 hr; New River Gorge, WV (4th overall)
- 2007 PA Urban Sprint; Indianapolis, IN (2nd coed, 2nd overall)
- 2007 Odyssey Wild Wonderful 24 hr; New River Gorge, WV (1st premier)
- 2007 PA 24-Hour Challenge; Tell City, IN (5th co-ed,7th overall)
- 2007 Sunflower 24 hr; Lawrence, KS (13th overall)
- 2006 Adventure Rage 30Hr; Cadillac, MI (8th overall)
- 2006 Odyssey Wild Wonderful 15-Hr; (1st Male, 4th Overall)
- 2006 PA Sprint; Brown County, IN (2nd co-ed, 3rd overall)
- 2006 PA 24-Hour Challenge; Leavenworth, IN (17th overall)
- 2005 Indianapolis Adventure Race (2nd Division, 3rd Overall)
- 2005 PA Sprint; Valley Branch, IN (2nd Division, 5th Overall)
- 2004 Circle City Sprint - Indianapolis (10th division)
- 2004 PA Sprint; Clark State Forest, IN (1st Division, 2nd Overall)
- 2004 PA 24 Hr Challenge; Owen-Outman Counties, IN (15th Overall)
- 2003 Midwest Fury; French Lick, IN (1st overall)
- 2003 Wild Scallion; Chicago (10th Division)
- 2003 Indianapolis Adventure Race; Long Course (10th Overall)
- 2003 Circle City Sprint - Indianapolis
- 2003 Benchmark Appalachian; Portsmouth, OH (2nd Division, 18th Overall)
- Orienteering & Rogaines
- 2009 Conquer the Crossroads Rogaine, (1st, 6hr course)
- 2006 ICO 12 Hour Rogaine - Brownstown, IN (4th overall)
- 2005 Conquer the Crossroads 12 hour Rogaine (1st Overall)
- 2004 Conquer the Crossroads 12 hour Rogaine (3rd Division, 7th overall)
- 2004 Indianapolis Metrogaine (3 hour)
- Running
- 2007 Tecumseh Trail Marathon
- 2003 Tecumseh Trail Marathon
- 2003 River to River Stage Run (Illinois)
- 2002 Chicago Marathon
- 1998-2005 Indianapolis mini marathon
- Cycling
- 2009 Three State Three Mountain Century; Chattanooga, TN
- 2009 Brown County State Park Road Race
- Other
- Downhill skiing since 1990
- Climbing and mountaineering since 1992
- Plans for 2009?
- Race!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
15%
It doesn't sound like a lot, but I'm pretty happy with it. It's the net improvement I saw in my average 5 minute "LT" Wattage after 8 weeks of the power cycling class I took at the JCC, taught by Whitney Diggs .
(For those unfamiliar with the term, LT means Lactate Threshold and in this context represents the power output that is the absolute max you can sustain for a given period of time. For the class that I took we would do three five minute tests where the goal was to keep you power output, measured in Watts, as high as possible, while keeping that output steady. After completing the three tests the numbers are averaged and that was established as your "LT". This number was then used as a basis for our training efforts throughout the rest of the class.)
The class met twice a week for 8 weeks and each time Whitney had a new combination of painful workouts for us. The variation in how she hurt us kept me from dreading the class as I never knew what to expect. I certainly felt like I was improving a little each week, but it was nice to have those tests to quantify that improvement.
I'm sure a lot of the gain came from the mere fact that I was actually disciplined in my training during the 8 weeks, but I also felt like the workouts themselves did a good job of focusing on improving your power output in different ways.
Now what does this mean for my riding and ultimately how does it help in an adventure race? Well, if one of the urban races has a stationary bike challenge, I'll be better prepared for it I suppose... I haven't been on a real bike since finishing the class, but I'll be surprised if the consistent efforts don't translate to better riding all around.
We'll see!
posted by Garrison at
2:46 PM
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