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Training buddies are the shit

June 2, 2014 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments biking, consistency, get going, Motivation, Training buddies

Last year I moved to a small town to be with my partner and his kiddos. It has taken some

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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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Pushing the limits

August 17, 2010 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Like most things in life, it is nice to be pushed. This morning I went running with a good friend

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Hills shmills, how about this wind?

April 18, 2009 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times: hills are a walk in the park compared to the

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A Saturday Morning Simu-Ride

March 21, 2009 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Getting up at 6am on a Saturday is not generally my idea of a good time, but when one is

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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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Hitting the Pool

September 30, 2008 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

My second day of “back to training” week was a success. The biggest part of the success was actually making

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After a long rest, I’m back!

July 28, 2008 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

I was just thinking today as I was biking to work that moving has to be the hardest thing on

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Recovery and Race afterthoughts

July 10, 2008 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Yesterday I went swimming with my training buddies and I realized that I had no muscular pain anywhere. The only

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Training Buddies

June 17, 2008 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

This morning my alarm went off at 5:30 and I cringed. “Already?!?” I asked myself. I contemplated not going to

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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.