Wow, I haven’t updated for a few days. It’s been an emotional little while with a loss of a friend. However, I’ve still been training.
On Saturday, I did my first long run in a really long time. I ran with a couple of friends for a 12km run. It felt good, but hard at [...]
Yesterday, I had a day off of training. My body needed that so much. My legs were pretty sore and my muscles needed some time to recover. I love having my recovery day on Wednesdays. It’s like in the middle of the week, I have the whole day to myself. Back to the grind today, [...]
Today I had a heavy day of training. At lunch, I ran 40 minutes and just over 3 miles (our treadmill is in miles for some reason) and did intervals within that. It felt good, but kind of boring. I really need to get a poster to put up in front of the treadmill. Maybe [...]
If this “saying” is true, then I just felt a whole lot of truth. This week is Testing Week! And everybody loves tests, right? Actually it wasn’t that bad, which makes me think I should have pushed harder. A kudos goes out to my roomate for being my timer. This is to test my HR, [...]
So my mantra for the next little is going to be “in pain there is truth.” At least, it will be until another one comes along. I have it written in red, capital letters on a card that I put in front of me when I’m biking.
Today I started off my day with my [...]
It’s true. It is confession time.
I love to watch The O.C. It is my guilty pleasure. I don’t even watch t.v. normally, but I have been addicted to this show for many years now and since it doesn’t hurt me that much, I accept it as a weakness. So what does this have to [...]
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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 friend 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 $5,500!
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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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