Dirt in your skirt blog

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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......
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Posted on December 22, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
There we were in the Wetsuit tent, the three amigos together. Our team had unknowingly assembled for what would proved to be a long rest of the day and night. We headed off to the water obstacles for the first of many times over the next day. As we headed......
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Posted on December 22, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
Cold and wet, much colder and wetter than I thought this race would be we soldiered on to the next obstacle about half way through the course we hit Shake and Bake. This obstacle was much like the barbed wire, as it was another barbed wire section. This one however......
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Posted on December 22, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
All of a sudden I wasmoving, moving forward and we were running, running to make the first obstacleor suffer the penalty of an extra quarter mile. The weather was sunny and tempswere in the high 30’s or low 40’s. A nice day for a run in December. In hindsite I......