Seriously, I have the biggest girl crush on Linsey Corbin… it is a little weird! Most of the people I follow on this path to
becoming a triathlete are more like me.
They are mothers, full time corporate gals, some are chubby…er curvy
like me. But this woman is a FULL
TIME athlete. This blows my mind.
Her focus all day, every day is making herself a
BEAST! I don’t really envy people, but I
do fantasize what would it be like to get out of bed and instead of conference calls
you have a whole day of training. I am
pretty sure this old grandma couldn’t physically take it… but it would be cool
as shit to try for a day! I keep
thinking in the back of my head when I get close to the first tri this spring I
might just do it that way one Saturday and Sunday.
And then there is her pain
cave… I have more than fantasies about this. I am a very lucky single girl in the city of
Chicago in that I have three bedrooms all to myself. This winter, I am 99.99% sure one of them
will be my pain cave. (To everyone who
complains I am giving up ‘your spare bedroom in the city’… How many times have
you slept there???) I have already
ordered the trainer. Her cave is in a
garage (I think) and very clean and crisp.
Mine will be a bit more me, colorful and cluttered. I am going to print/find motivational phrases…
I love that stuff… and hang them up.
Drag in a TV or at least a laptop for marathon Walking Dead/bike
sessions.
She seems to always be smiling, maybe that is because her
handsome hubby does a lot of her filming I'd smile for that cutie, too!! But I have the sense she appreciates she is strong
and powerful and fortunate to have such an opportunity. Smile more… yeah, basically a good idea I can emulate. After all, my life is equally a
fortunate, though in different ways.
This Saturday watching the Ironman World Championships in
Kona I really admired her spirit. She
didn’t have the swim she wanted and that meant getting on the bike mentally she
was in a deficit. Still, she powered on and had a sub 3 hour marathon after an
otherwise disappointing day (to her). I
found every single step inspiring. (I was so bummed when the phone doing her tweeting died!!!) The
physical power to complete such a daunting task – with that kind of grace – truly is
Awesome. So inspiring, in fact, mid
IMKona viewing I found myself outside for a 5k walk/run of my own.
That is what her attitude and style does for me – it encourages
me to take one more step.
(I stole the picture above from her website…. Hope she forgives
me… even if I am a little bit girl crush crazy!!)
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