ironman – Vegan Triathlete

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

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Getting it back!

December 8, 2014 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment consistency, Consistent Training, IMCDA, IMCDA2015, Ironman, Ironman Coeur d'Alene, Swim workouts, Training

Last week I was accidentally consistent! The past few weeks I’ve been trying to get on the treadmill a couple

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40 Day Challenge One Month Update

July 10, 2013 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

The other day I kind of cheated on the 40-day exercise challenge that I have been doing. I weighed myself.

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Being Organized

June 28, 2013 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Today I printed out my Ironman Coeur d’Alene Registration confirmation and started my Official Ironman Coeur d’Alene Binder. My progress

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Decisions of the head and heart

August 27, 2009 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Yesterday I decided to go for my shortest run in at least 6 months. I took my dogs out for

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Ramping up

June 12, 2008 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

This week is the first of my peaking cycle and it’s going… well… it’s going all right. I was doing

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Ironman advice

December 14, 2007 Crystal Clarke 2 Comments

So I subscribe to many online ‘zines about triathlon. The one I got today from Trifuel is a really good

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Life after Ironman

September 14, 2007 Crystal Clarke 3 Comments

The day after Ironman was intense. I awoke at 9:30am to pain. Every molecule of my body screamed in pain,

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Balance shmalance

June 25, 2007 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

I know it has been almost a month since my last update. There really is no excuse. However, I guess

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.