Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on July 23, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
Just when you think you have a bit of a break another opportunity springs up. So this Friday I will be boarding a plane and heading to Northern Florida for none other than a race. A new race for me at that, this one called the Superhero Scramble. The scramble......
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Posted on July 23, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
Earlier in the summer I had the opportunity to head over to Ibex headquarters in White River Junction, Vermont and get a lesson on wool. Wool growing up I always thought about as that itchy material that sweater your grandmother gave you was made out of. Wool seemed low-tech and old......
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Posted on July 19, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
“For it is in giving that we receive.” ― St. Francis of Assisi Admittedly after one and a half times on the Spartan Race course in Pennsylvania on Saturday, running it again on Sunday was a little daunting. I was staying at a friends two hours away from the race and......
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Posted on July 17, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
I look over and glance at the two medals from this past weekend and although they are both from the same race course the two couldn’t hold more different meanings. I was lucky enough to be able to race both Saturday and Sunday at Blue Mountain in Pennsylvania in what......
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Posted on July 13, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
I don’t think that my training could ever be thought of as normal or conventional. However, with that said I base most on trail running plans for endurance and some lifting, after years in the gym I have moved my lifting into the functional realm and out of the weight......