Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on December 22, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
All of a sudden I wasmoving, moving forward and we were running, running to make the first obstacleor suffer the penalty of an extra quarter mile. The weather was sunny and tempswere in the high 30’s or low 40’s. A nice day for a run in December. In hindsite I......
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Posted on December 21, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
My Bib I will try to tell the story of this weekend as well as possible. The last couple of days have been a complete daze and anything before the race seems like it was months ago. I sit here staring at the computer wondering how to put down into......
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Posted on December 20, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
I am not ready to put into words all that I experienced over the weekend. I need to let my brain take in all that happened and process this weekend. For as I sit here it all seems like a blur mostly of water and neoprene. At this point all......
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Posted on December 16, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
Yet another race and another time to travel. My bags are packed, just waiting for my road trip partner to get here. Then we pack up the car and head on our trek from Vermont to New Jersey. It’s time to cue the dramatic music and be on our way.......
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Posted on December 16, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
Those three words, “Are You Ready?” have been asked of me more times in the last week I think then I have heard in my life. It brings up an important point, are we ever truly ready. Are we ever truly as prepared as we can be.   I think......