IMCDA 2017 – Vegan Triathlete

Peaked or Peaking and Last Race Before Ironman

August 11, 2017 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

Emotions have been running high for me lately. Such is the way of the last weeks before Ironman (combined with

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Race Report: SaskMarathon Half Marathon, plus 1km

May 28, 2017 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Race stats: 22.2km, 2:45, 7:27min/km I can’t believe I haven’t written in my blog since February! A former training buddy,

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Life is an Ironman

January 9, 2017January 8, 2017 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

It’s Sunday night and I just re-read last week’s post. It feels like I wrote it a month ago. It

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It Starts Right Here, Right Now

January 2, 2017January 1, 2017 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

I don’t really know how to start this post. My intentions are always so good, follow-through sometimes isn’t. This post

I’m Crystal Clarke and obviously I’m a vegan triathlete. I started my triathlon journey in 2003 and since then have completed all distances of triathlon, including 3 Ironman triathlons and many halfs.

In addition to triathlon, I have many hobbies and interests. I also have an illness called bipolar disorder, which is a mental illness that I’ve worked hard to manage as, like diabetes, there is no cure. I’m not the most consistent triathlete, which makes my triathlon “career” all the more interesting.

My family is important to me, but I try not to talk about them ’cause they don’t like it. However, my dogs get lots of air time.

Oh yah, and I like to write; I used to be very prolific thinking my thoughts were profound. Now I’m less prolific but I think it’s because Facebook has killed my creativity. Sometimes I don’t follow all the grammar rules and write how I talk. I’m educated, but not, like, academic.