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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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Week 14

April 8, 2013 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

14 weeks. 14 weeks until my A-race of 2013. Holy S**t. When I counted the weeks this morning I had

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Yesterday’s Disaster

September 23, 2010 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Well, disaster is probably too harsh of a word to use for yesterday. Hurricane Katrina was a disaster, Chernobyl was

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Things that Get in the Way of Training for Ironman

December 19, 2008 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

As I was laying in bed, listening to my alarm clock sound at 5:30am I couldn’t help but swear at

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Time Flies

December 8, 2008 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

I can’t believe it has been a month since I have updated this. In my head, while I’m training, I

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Last week was a bust, but this week is looking up

October 28, 2008 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Last week I had to take time off of everything so that I could deal with some personal life stuff

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Rewards

June 19, 2008 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

This morning I slept in through my run and decided that I would go for a run this afternoon. To

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Water, Water, Everywhere, not a drop to drink… only to swim in!

April 9, 2008April 9, 2008 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments balance, life, running, swimming

I have really been focusing on my swim for the past couple of months. I’ve always considered it to be

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Simplicity

March 26, 2008 Crystal Clarke 3 Comments , simplicity

Sometimes life can see so complicated – work, relationships, nutrition, and training. Then there’s housework, bike maintenance, massages, chiropractor, movies,

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Going Long

April 17, 2007 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

I can’t believe it has been so long since I updated. Sometimes blogging just slips my mind. Easter weekend was

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.