Team in Training – Vegan Triathlete

Race Day!

May 5, 2012May 5, 2012 Crystal Clarke 2 Comments

At tonight’s Team in Training “Inspiration Dinner” we were brought in to the dining hall by cheering staff and coaches

2012 race preparations racing Team in Training Vancouver Marathon Vancouver Marathon

1 Day Left!

May 5, 2012 Crystal Clarke 2 Comments

Yesterday we left Saskatoon with our Prairie Team in Training team. I’ve never done a race with 50 other people,

2012 Reasons for Team in Training Vancouver Marathon

In Memory

May 2, 2012 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

Last week I was asked to send a photo in of the person I was running in honour or memory

2012 Team in Training Vancouver Marathon

Countdown: 5 Days!

May 1, 2012 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

The Vancouver Marathon is coming up in 5 days! After months of training and fundraising, we are almost at our

2012 coaching MellowJohnny Sugar-Free Team in Training Why Sugar Free?

Training hard or hardly training?

April 6, 2012 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

My absence on this blog goes through my mind often when I’m biking outside on the highway. Sometimes I will

2012 MellowJohnny Reasons for Team in Training

Why this? Why now?

January 26, 2012January 26, 2012 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

MellowJohnny really hates it when I talk to people about him having cancer. I can understand that. He’s kind of

2012 balance family Fundraising Team in Training

The Juggling Act featuring Moi

January 24, 2012 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

I have a little juggling act going these days. We are really pressing forward right now on fundraising because our

2012 Fundraising nutrition Reasons for Team in Training

“Vegan Fundraising for Cancer? Uhhh… why?”

January 22, 2012 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

This upcoming Friday, MellowJohnny and I are holding a fundraiser for our endeavour to run a marathon for the Leukemia

2012 Fundraising Goals and Decisions New Year's Resolutions Team in Training

Back at It!

January 8, 2012 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

By “it,” I mean training AND fundraising. Oh yeah, we are still fundraising for Team in Training. We did a

2011 Bipolar Fundraising MellowJohnny Team in Training

“Why Bipolar People Should Not have Dinner Parties”

November 22, 2011 Crystal Clarke 4 Comments

The title of this blog post was suggested to me by MellowJohnny. He said it in a moment of frustration

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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.