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Travelling

January 28, 2008 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

The past couple of weeks have been wrought with travelling for work. This makes it slightly difficult to keep a

Let the Countdown Begin

July 29, 2007 Crystal Clarke 2 Comments

At 3:30 today, it was at least 30oC (close to 40 with the humidex) and the wind was strong (26

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Recovering is so much fun!

July 11, 2007 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

Last week was my recovery week from the Half IM and I have to admit that I loved every minute

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Long rides are great!

May 29, 2007 Crystal Clarke 2 Comments

Friday night I was lame. All of my friends were out dancing and I was at home sulking at the

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Balance

May 22, 2007 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

I find that balancing my home life with my work life with my training life to be the most difficult

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A quick update

May 14, 2007 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

The holidays were great for my mind and soul, but bad for my training. It comes as no surprise, really.

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Going Long

April 17, 2007 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

I can’t believe it has been so long since I updated. Sometimes blogging just slips my mind. Easter weekend was

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Getting Rhythm

February 22, 2007 Crystal Clarke 1 Comment

After a couple of weeks of being on the road, I am finally settling back into my training rhythm. I’ve

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Another week in review

February 13, 2007 Crystal Clarke 2 Comments

I am really starting to get back into training, which means that I’ll be updating more often from now on.

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Life gets in the way of training sometimes, but I persist!

February 3, 2007 Crystal Clarke 0 Comments

On Tuesday I went for a quick 4km run and did it in under half an hour. That is about

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.