Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on December 10, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
My feet pounded on the rough terrain, pebbles and sand filled my shoes from the multiple swamp crossings, as I ran I kept hearing her behind me. As I ran down the those last three miles better known to those racing as a the loneliest miles. The barren land, dry......
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Posted on November 29, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
Early morning and time to jump into the car and head west. My first time back to California since 2005 when I took a 10,000 mile road trip in just over a month after graduating college. This time for a race, my first Sprint distance back in mud since summer......
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Posted on November 27, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
A fellow racer once said to me they didn’t know what to think of me at first after meeting me for the first time at a race. I further prodded him with more questions and asked what he meant by the statement. He told me when he first met me before......
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Posted on October 19, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
Still adjusting to city life here in Salt Lake City, did you know you can get to a Home Depot in less than five minutes, compared to twenty when I was living in Vermont. Yes there is more noise, more people, more variety of food choices, and well it’s a......
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Posted on October 10, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
“Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future, that he does not enjoy the present moment. As a result, he does not live in the present or the future, he lives as......