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Posted on April 22, 2016 by Margaret Schlachter
The SISU Iron is quickly approaching. The annual 30-hour event takes place outside of Los Angeles in Monrovia, California. The event gets people to the core of who they are through a series of tasks and challenges to tax them both physically and mentally. This year the mother/daughter team of......
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Posted on February 17, 2016 by Margaret Schlachter
What is your bias? We all have them. No matter the topic of conversation, we all have our own bias that led us to think one way or another. There is no getting around bias, it is always there, always with us. But the question becomes, what is our bias?......
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Posted on February 11, 2016 by Margaret Schlachter
The dust has settled on another year at FUEGO Y AGUA NICARAGUA and my third trip to the island of Ometepe is complete. Now settled comfortably back in the United States in a smog filled Salt Lake City I can take the time to reflect on FUEGO Y AGUA NICARAGUA.......
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Posted on January 4, 2016 by Margaret Schlachter
It’s a new year, and the Dirt in Your Skirt Athlete Profile Series is starting again for the new year. This year we continue to bring you interviews from women of all backgrounds in and outside of obstacle racing. This week we highlight Irena Michalcik. She is a music teacher......
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Posted on December 31, 2015 by Margaret Schlachter
    Hey, you at the gym, yeah you… it’s the first, and you made the resolution to get fit in 2016. You are the one wandering around the gym, not knowing anyone, not knowing the unspoken rules of the particular gym you decided to join. Some of us are......