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Race Report: Bridge City Duathlon

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Last Saturday, I did my first real race in two years. And I haven’t done the Bridge City Duathlon in

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Peaked or Peaking and Last Race Before Ironman

August 11, 2017 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

Emotions have been running high for me lately. Such is the way of the last weeks before Ironman (combined with

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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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Race Report: Frank Dunn Triathlon 2015

September 14, 2015 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

It only took a month to finish, but here’s the race report for Frank Dunn! Pre-Race: It felt like any

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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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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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This is me not freaking out – 1 week away

September 28, 2014 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

This has been my mantra for the past week: I can do this. I am not freaking out. So this

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Second Summer

September 25, 2014 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

This past week a very amazing thing happened… we got a second summer! Considering it’s 35C in Las Vegas right

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Race #2 of 2014

August 6, 2014August 6, 2014 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

In only 3 days I will be participating in my second triathlon this year. My training buddy and I were

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Pre-Race Jitters

July 19, 2014July 19, 2014 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

This morning I went for my pre-race swim with my training buddy, Blair. It went well even though I forgot

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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.