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Counting Blessings

December 1, 2011 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

As I was driving home from the winter biking interval session I coach, I felt so happy. It was at

food journal IMCDA 2009 life in the way missing workouts nutrition on the trainer training with friends work

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

getting back into it swimming winter training work

Training In the Dead of Winter in Saskatchewan

January 21, 2008 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

After a bout of insomnia last night, I decided to use my lack of sleep and tiredness to get in

day off running swimming work

I just felt like running

March 28, 2007 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Tuesday I was out of town for work, so I knew that I had to get a workout in before

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.