Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on September 25, 2015 by Margaret Schlachter
Lauren Cisneros is a young woman who has overcome many real life obstacles as well as those faced on the course in her racing career. At 22-years old she is a Death Race finisher, has completed a GORUCK Heavy, and recently ran the TransRockies multi-day stage race. Read about what......
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Posted on September 7, 2015 by Margaret Schlachter
What happens when life throws you a situation when you are forced to deal with all the things that make you uncomfortable? What happens when you have no other option than to look that one insecurity in the face? Just about a week and a half ago I got a......
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Posted on September 3, 2015 by Margaret Schlachter
After watching a Spartan Race on television in September 2014, Kate Cramer knew she wanted to give the sport a shot. The 31-year old mother of three from Baton Rouge, Louisiana and LSU graduate jumped into the sport head first. Her first season on the OCR circuit has been impressive......
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Posted on August 31, 2015 by Melanie Blenis
  I recently spent a weekend at an Ivy League school. When headed to the gym, I was told that the gym I was to use is informally deemed the ‘men’s gym’. Of course, women are permitted in the gym, but all but a few women are found in another......
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Posted on August 27, 2015 by Melanie Blenis
Talking with friends the other day, the subject of ‘that thing’ came up. ‘That thing’ refers to that which keeps us from being our best, most healthy selves. It is a thing of sabotage, feelings of inadequacy or worse. It is that thing that causes, in spite of knowing what......