Linsey Corbin has established herself as one of the best long course American triathletes. Her most recent success includes 2012 wins at Ironman Austria and Ironman Arizona along with a top 10 at Ironman Hawaii. Linsey is not only a great racer but a excellent ambassador, role model, friend and all around awesome person. Linsey started her triathlon career at The University of Montana and after some success she made the leap from amateur to professional. Her hard work ethic was partially formed by some of the triathletes in Montana that we used as mentors. Unlike most professional triathletes whom choose Boulder, Colorado as home; Linsey still chooses to have Montana as her home and Missoula provides a unique training environment separate from the main stream triathlon world. One of the best parts about Missoula is that you are just another endurance athlete and some our best athletes are not even racing. The essence of endurance sport is really captured in the Missoula endurance community. It is a very active community and provides some unique challenges that helped make The University of Montana triathletes some tough S.O.B.’s:) Linsey has remained a very close friend and in 2010 The Cycling House joined forces with Linsey to host our first camp. The camp was a huge success and the 3rd annual camp shared some of the same successes. The Cycling House provided the ultimate environment for training and getting an inside look at one of the great American triathletes.
The 2013 edition of camp was a huge success and nearly every day started with a core or stretch session. Core & strength work should be a huge part of every triathletes training regiment and Linsey provided some useful routines and exercises in our morning sessions. The weather was nearly perfect and we logged over 250 miles of amazing cycling. The highlight was Mount Lemmon and one of the campers from Alaska set a blazing time on Mount Lemmon. A few of the rides ended with a quick brick run followed by a picnic lunch. The afternoons were spent at the pool, lounging or taking an afternoon nap. The best part about hosting a camp at The Cycling House is the environment that the camp provides. Campers had plenty of time to ask all the training, mental and race strategy questions that they had. We spent one evening around the campfire enjoying Smores and getting a chance to have a question & answer session. Linsey provided some useful insight and Olympian mountain biker (part-time TCH staffer) Sam Schultz added his personal insight as well. Client left the house tan, feeling fit, inspired, motivated and ready for the 2013 season. We are already looking forward to the 2014 edition!
Chef Drew’s Butternut Squash Soup
2 Butternut Squash (skinned and cubed)
2 T Olive Oil
12 Onion- diced
1 T Brown Sugar
1 Can Coconut Milk
Salt, Pepper, Maple Syrup to taste
Optional: Cinnamon
1) Cut up the butternut squash into cubes make sure it is skinned.
2) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2) Place cubes and onions on baking pans with parchment paper. Mix oil and brown sugar together whip. Drizzle mixture over cubes and stir cubes and oil together.(Making sure all cubes are coated)
3) Place in oven and roast till fork is able to penetrate squash.
4) Once roasted place cube mixture in big boiling pot.
5) Add water (enough to cover squash) and boiling squash for 10 minutes.
6) Once boiled down scoop into blender and blend (repeat till all Squash is gone).
7) Transfer blended mixture back into pot.
8) Add coconut milk.
9) Add syrup (this determines how sweet you want it).
10)Add Salt and Pepper to taste.
11) Optional: Cinnamon.
Amount of Water determines how thick you want the soup
