Caroline Gaynor: Guide for Visually Impaired Athletes (ep. 564)

Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

John O'Leary

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🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Caroline Gaynor is a testament to the power of dedication, compassion, and human connection. As an accomplished triathlete, Caroline dedicates her talents to guiding athletes who are blind or visually impaired. Acting as their eyes during a race, Caroline spends upwards of 16 hours tethered to a blind or visually impaired athlete keeping them safe while swimming, cycling and running (and often isn’t credited in the results of the competition!).

Today, Caroline shares her journey in completing ten Ironmans as a guide, yet her story doesn’t end there. Hear Caroline explain how serving as an endurance athlete has helped her in her career, in raising her daughter, in caring for her mother with Parkinson’s disease and in loving others as they are.

My friends, let this conversation serve as a reminder that in life, sometimes you’re the guide to others, but other times, it’s someone else taking your hand and guiding you forward Yet, what we know to be true is that we can’t do life by ourselves.

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0:47.2	Welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary. John is the number one national bestselling author of the book On Fire.
0:56.2	He's a world-class inspirational speaker, and he's the host of the live-inspired podcast.
1:01.3	John interviews extraordinary individuals on their life story so that you can wake up from
1:06.8	accidental living and more fully live your life story.
1:13.6	Here's your host, John O'Leary. Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary.
1:19.6	I'm always amazed by individuals who accomplish great things. I think you listeners know that that's oftentimes who we bring on to these shows.
1:28.2	They're individuals who climb the ladder. They win the race. They go to the very tippity top of the
1:33.3	mountain tops. They do mighty things in their lives. And that's awesome. But I am far more amazed
1:41.0	and even more impressed by individuals who strive to accomplish great things
1:45.4	with and for others.
1:49.0	Today, we have that type of guest on our show.
1:53.6	Her life story is a testament to the power of dedication, of compassion, of endurance, of service, of human connection.
2:02.9	As an accomplished triathlet, Carolyn Gaynor dedicates her talents to guiding athletes who are
2:09.2	blind or visually impaired. So the races she runs, in other words, are not for her, they are for
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