nutrition – Vegan Triathlete

Recent Food Journeys

March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

On this blog I’ve mostly focused on my training, injuries and races. Recently, though, I’ve been very focused on my

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Pain is not life

February 13, 2017February 12, 2017 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

Life is pain. That’s what some believe and in some ways it’s true, especially for me right now. The past

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Recipe: Tomato and Rice Soup

February 10, 2016 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

When I cook rice and quinoa I like to cook a whole bunch at once so that I can use

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Cleansing

December 14, 2015December 14, 2015 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Over the past two weeks I have been doing a clean-eating cleanse that involved no sugar, no caffeine or alcohol, no

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Two steps forward, one step back

July 18, 2015 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

This last weekend I went to the Winnipeg Folk Festival with some great people. It was probably one of the stupidest

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Welcome back… kind of

June 13, 2015June 13, 2015 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

One week ago my foot broke. Sometimes small mistakes have big consequences. In two seconds half my summer will be in

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Raw Vegan Olympian: Alexey Voyevoda

February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

Alexey Voyevoda is a World Champion arm wrestler and an Olympic bobsledder from Russia. He is a big guy…. like,

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Salads

January 24, 2014January 27, 2014 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

I have a secret to disclose to everyone: I don’t like salad! I’ve been vegan for almost 12 years now

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5 Days Strong

June 17, 2013 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Today it was a struggle to get outside for some “real” exercise. I managed to get out for a good

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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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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.