Late-night swim sessions
While Wednesday was technically an “off” day for me, I ended up biking about 15 kilometres commuting, so I’ll count that as a light bike workout.
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This morning I did a 5km run with some short intervals in the middle. It felt good to get back to running after not running for about a week. Tonight was a late-night swim session with the Tri Club and it was pretty good:
200 warmup
4 x 50m, kick/swim
4 x 50m, drill/swim
4 x – 150m free
– 50m nonfree
– 50m fast free
– 50m easy nonfree
4 x 50m, kick/swim
4 x 50m, drill/swim
200m cooldown
Today I ran into a fellow Saskatoonian who’s going to do Ironman next year. She got an online coach, which she says she likes. It’s easier to tell them what she hasn’t done.
) I don’t know, I like the fact that I can call my coach and have a chat with her. I’m feeling very motivated right now, which is different from yesterday when I wasn’t feeling motivated at all. Having a day off work to organize my life was a good thing.
Another Saskatoon triathlete is doing Kona next weekend. He qualified at Ironman Canada, which is awesome. I can’t think of a nicer guy to cheer on. I’m definitely going to be watching it live online. I wonder if some triathletes are getting together to watch it on the small-screen. If so, I’d love to be part of that. Perhaps people could come to my house to watch it. I’m kind of set up for that sort of thing.
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On Friday, January 27 we are holding a fundraising supper. It will be completely vegan (see my post here to understand why).
Where? Masonic Temple 1021 Sask Crescent West, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
When: Friday, January 27, 2012
Cocktails at 5:30pm, Dinner 6:30pm
What: A delicious meal, a silent auction, wonderful musical entertainment, and lots more!
Why? The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada is a voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. LLSC funds lifesaving blood cancer research across Canada and provides free information and support services.
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Purple has a new meaning in my life as it is the main colour of Team in Training, a group that raises money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This cause is very near and dear to my heart as my partner and main training buddy had Leukemia & Lymphoma when he was a child. Blood cancer can be very deadly, so I am thankful for the treatment and care that he got.
It is for this reason that we decided to run a marathon together with the Team in Training group in Saskatoon. We have a goal of $13,000!
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This website is one that I, Crystal Clarke, started in 2007 with big ideas. It is morphing slowly into a resourceful website for vegans and athletes alike. I put my personal touch on this website in the recipes and the training blog, as I'm a writer & a vegan triathlete. So what is a vegan triathlete? Well...
vegan. n. vee-gahn. - a person who refrains from using any animal product whatever for food, clothing, or any other purpose.
triathlete. n. someone who participates in races consisting of swimming, biking, and running in that order; there are several varying distances with some standard distances:
Sprint: 750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run
Olympic: 1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run
Half Ironman: 2km swim, 90km bike, 21.1km run
Ironman: 3.8km swim, 180km bike, 42.2km runPlease leave comments! I love reading and replying to comments. Cheers!
Who am I?
My name is Crystal Clarke. I'm a vegan triathlete. I've been vegan since 2002 and a triathlete since 2003. Since then I have completed 1 Ironman, 4 half IMs, several Olympic triathlons, and many other triathlons, duathlons, running races, and biking races. My goal for each race is to finish. I'm pretty slow, but can be a middle-of-the-pack person if I'm not injured and train consistently.
In addition to being a vegan triathlete, I'm a writer, I'm an Agrologist, I'm a soil scientist, I'm a knitter, I'm an anti-consumer, I'm an environmentalist, I'm a budding Buddhist, I'm a yogi, I'm a student of life, and I'm bipolar. I'm a lot of things! I don't fit into any one category - that's what I think sets me apart from other athlete blogs.
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