Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on July 4, 2013 by Margaret Schlachter
As I still sit here and let my ankle heal, I think about the 4th of July. I think about those who helped make this country what it is today, and the many freedoms we each have. I am thankful I live in a country were you can take chances,......
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Posted on July 3, 2013 by Margaret Schlachter
April Luu spent most of 2012 quietly making a name for herself on the Colorado obstacle course racing circuit and then burst onto the national scene at Texas last year for the Spartan Beast, where she won both days handily.  She ran her first race in 2011 and said she......
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Posted on June 27, 2013 by Margaret Schlachter
As I walked through our garden and picked a couple carrots out of the dirt as an afternoon snack, my thoughts were not what I was consuming but about others. Before you tune me out as a Pollan – Foodie, or a Clean Eater, or assume Paleo, or whatever assumptions......
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Posted on June 26, 2013 by Margaret Schlachter
The Dirt in Your Skirt Athlete Profile series is back for the summer. Last summer we looked at athletes outside of the obstacle course racing world, and this summer we focus on those within the growing sport. The first in our profile series is Corinne Kohlen, we first met each......
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Posted on June 22, 2013 by Margaret Schlachter
After days of being laid up on the couch waiting for the ankle to get back to normal, it was finally time to go see the doctor. Still on crutches days after a missed landing on a trampoline at Alpha Warrior and continuing to live with not knowing the extent......