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Posted on September 30, 2013 by Margaret Schlachter
People often think of sponsored athletes and see the Football, Baseball, Basketball and other high profile sports bringing in millions each year on top of seven figure salaries. That is the dream of any sponsored athlete to be at that level but the reality is a little more humble. Actually......
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Posted on September 30, 2013 by Jackie Rust
After a few days of letting reality set in I am still at a loss for words to describe how overcome I am with all kinds of emotion after the Spartan Race World Championships and Ultra Beast. I guess if I start from the very beginning it would be best......
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Posted on September 27, 2013 by Margaret Schlachter
“Without Risk No Great Rewards Will Ever Be Gained”   Over the past couple of days post Vermont I have surfed the social media world and seen many different opinions of the recent Spartan Race World Championships and the Ultra Beast. Many finished and achieved new personal bests, conquering fears,......
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Posted on September 27, 2013 by Ambassador Jessica
So in the last post, I wrote about the first perhaps 11 hours of Chicago Heavy class 014.  As the sun was coming up and we were eating for the first time that night in our little penguin huddle.  It was a pretty magical moment there on the beach and......
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Posted on September 26, 2013 by Ambassador Jessica
I found out about GORUCK Heavy late last year and decided with several of my close Cincinnati friends that we would attempt one.  GORUCK Heavy is billed as 24+ hours of special forces training and will cover 40 to 50 miles.  Same brick requirements as a regular challenge so 4......