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Cold weather running – ouch!

January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 Crystal Clarke 4 Comments

Running in the cold weather can feel like it’s hard on the lungs, but is it really? The short answer is no. Continue reading →

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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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40-day challenge update – day 13

June 25, 2013 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Over the last two weeks there have definitely been some super lame “workouts” that I’ve claimed as exercise. However, I

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Team 50km Ultra Marathon Race Review

October 23, 2011October 23, 2011 Crystal Clarke 2 Comments

Yesterday my training buddies, MellowJohnny and SpeedyK, and I ran together in a team effort for Saskatoon’s 50km Ultra Marathon

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It’s been a long time

May 16, 2010 Crystal Clarke 2 Comments

It’s been so long and so much has happened. In fact, I don’t even know where I left off. It

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Fear is holding me back

February 17, 2009 Crystal Clarke 3 Comments

This morning I was in the pool with my training buddies and we were talking about the half marathon race

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Another First

February 8, 2009 Crystal Clarke 2 Comments

Today I get to add another first to my list of “things I have done.” Today I am running my

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RunRunRun

January 19, 2009 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

Well, now that I have new shoes and it’s warm out, I’m all about the running. It probably helps that

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Who knew?

October 21, 2008 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

Yesterday’s epiphany about what is causing my lower-back imbalance blew me away. It really did. It was so obvious! As

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Running: It felt better, then it felt bad again

October 20, 2008 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

Over the past week and a bit, I have been training fairly consistently. Last week I did both of my

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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.