Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on September 29, 2015 by Heather Cammarata
More and more people are challenging themselves in the obstacle course world by completing back to back races in order to test their strength, stamina, and will.   How far can you take yourself in one weekend?   Have you ever thought about completing a Spartan Beast on Saturday and......
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Posted on August 31, 2015 by Melanie Blenis
  I recently spent a weekend at an Ivy League school. When headed to the gym, I was told that the gym I was to use is informally deemed the ‘men’s gym’. Of course, women are permitted in the gym, but all but a few women are found in another......
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Posted on August 27, 2015 by Melanie Blenis
Talking with friends the other day, the subject of ‘that thing’ came up. ‘That thing’ refers to that which keeps us from being our best, most healthy selves. It is a thing of sabotage, feelings of inadequacy or worse. It is that thing that causes, in spite of knowing what......
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Posted on June 22, 2015 by Ambassador Valerie
June 26th is the start of the Death Race in Vermont and my 4th one. They say it will be the last one but there are a lot of skeptical thoughts on this happening. I bought my plane ticket a few weeks ago and the gear list came out recently......
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Posted on June 18, 2015 by Jackie Rust
  At my very first Spartan Race in 2010 I came across a zig-zag balance beam and incorrectly assumed that it was going to be no problem. It was not until my next Spartan Race that I encountered the balance stumps and once again I was doing burpees. I concluded that something as simple......