Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on July 9, 2014 by Margaret Schlachter
I grew up behind the scenes watching my mother work in public relations for over 20 years. She told me of stories working and helping run the pressroom for the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, NY. I have always been interested in sports, and that reach dream in the......
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Posted on July 6, 2014 by Margaret Schlachter
Below is a round up of a few of the articles from other media outlets in the last couple of weeks.   How to Train for Your First Obstacle Race or Mud Run OCR and in particular obstacle race and mud runs are the new must do bucket-list item for any weekend warrior. It use......
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Posted on July 5, 2014 by Margaret Schlachter
Two years ago today I sent an email. After telling my parents in a tearful and hard conversation the day before I sent probably one of the most important emails of my life to date. The email was to my boss, it stated I was giving my notice and would......
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Posted on July 3, 2014 by Margaret Schlachter
This week we feature Frayah Bartuska. She is prepping this year to take on World’s Toughest Mudder and has some pretty big races before then. This 29-year old in Madison Wisconsin with sponsor OCRBUS is ready to take on the world this year one race at a time. Seriously, wait until......
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Posted on July 3, 2014 by Margaret Schlachter
A bit of exciting news: Day-to-day I have a lot of different projects I am working on. People might not see me at races as much anymore but I am more involved than ever in the OCR community. I write about 20-30 articles a month about the industry for About.com,......