Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on February 23, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
It’s four AM and I was already late for a workout. Yes another morning training with my training partner Jason in Pittsfield, Vermont. Our workouts are consistently getting earlier and earlier in the AM. Training has been kicked up a notch. As I have before I moved my zombie like......
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Posted on February 22, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
Pulled out an old workout from the archives of Dirt In Your Skirt on Monday back from Day 11… Strength, Speed and Lacrosse…?.  I like going back and revisiting old workouts as the good ones never get old. So after a warm-up on the bike and an active stretch I......
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Posted on February 20, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
Late last night I walked into my room after over ten hours of driving from a four day business trip, my bed never felt so nice. Still fighting off the last pangs of this cold and need to get back into the swing of things after days away today’s post......
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Posted on February 17, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
Sleep is one of the most important elements in any training program and it is often the first to let go. Sleep can easily become compromised with a busy work life and trying to get in that extra workout each day. However, it can be just as an important role......
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Posted on February 16, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
We go go go in life, it’s rare that we stop and see the signs when they are coming. Most of us wait until it’s completely in front of us, staring us in the face like a brick wall. We live in an age of 24/7 and don’t take the......