2015 – Vegan Triathlete

Cleansing

December 14, 2015December 14, 2015 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Over the past two weeks I have been doing a clean-eating cleanse that involved no sugar, no caffeine or alcohol, no

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Two steps forward, one step back

July 18, 2015 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

This last weekend I went to the Winnipeg Folk Festival with some great people. It was probably one of the stupidest

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A single step

July 7, 2015 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments broken foot, frank dunn triathlon, injury, metatarsal fracture

A mere 4 weeks after I broke my foot I hobbled around the block. I am still wearing my boot

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Welcome back… kind of

June 13, 2015June 13, 2015 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

One week ago my foot broke. Sometimes small mistakes have big consequences. In two seconds half my summer will be in

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.