Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on December 29, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
What does a 10 month old, a Kindle, Techwick gear from EMS, an axe, Go Girl aka FUD (Female urination device), body glide, and a new pair of socks and hand and feet warmers all add up to. No it’s not the set up for some awful joke. It also......
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Posted on December 27, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
My time with the family for the holidays is over. This year can be described as “Where’s Your Head At?” or “Sleeping the Holiday’s Away” or “Barefoot Christmas”. It’s been a week since I raced and honestly today is the first day I fell like a put together human being.......
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Posted on December 26, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
Originally, I started counting days and training for one purpose to lead up to World’s Toughest Mudder and since that race has ended and is almost put behind me. (I still have dirty clothing) I have thought long and hard about continuing counting days until the Death Race. However, I......
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Posted on December 25, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
Most of what happened after the race is a blur to me. At some point I pulled myself out of the hiding in my sleeping bag and rejoined the world. Danny had brought coffee wicth I gingerly sipped, the nectar of the gods coffee is. I spoke with Carrie on......
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Posted on December 22, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
When I returned to my tent after lap three, things were different. The fun and games of the three previous laps were over. It was sometime after midnight. Most of the competition had packed up and was long gone, the guess was only about 30 to 50 were still racing......