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Make Plans, Achieve Goals

January 4, 2016January 4, 2016 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

It is the beginning of January, the time of promises and good intentions. I like to make plans. I’m very

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The No-Goal Triathlete

August 5, 2015 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

In 4 days I’ll be participating in my first triathlon in almost a year. This will be the 10th time

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Consistently Inconsistent

June 16, 2014 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Last week was a tough week. I actually wrote a blog post about being consistently inconsistent and it turned out

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Unbelievable

December 5, 2013 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Ever since my run on Tuesday my right foot has been bugging me. There has been a constant mild pain

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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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Benchmark

November 11, 2012November 11, 2012 Crystal Clarke 2 Comments

Before starting a training program, it’s important to know where an athlete is at. You have to get a benchmark

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Happy New Year to all!

January 17, 2009 Crystal Clarke 3 Comments

Right. So it’s been a while since I’ve updated. It’s also been a while since I have trained. My two

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Untraining Ends, Re-training Begins

September 29, 2008September 29, 2008 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

For the past several weeks, I have been happily in untraining mode. I have been drinking beer and wine without

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Back to regular programming

February 7, 2008 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

This week was my first week with my coach’s training schedule and me being ready and raring to go! My

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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

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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.