Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on October 20, 2014 by Margaret Schlachter
The question floating around for many this week in the OCR community is “Where are you racing this weekend?” The answer can be a hot button item while it’s a seemingly simple question. In the wake of a string of championship races in the obstacle racing community this weekend caps......
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Posted on September 24, 2014 by Margaret Schlachter
For the past five years I have been an obstacle racer, although the first year we didn’t know what to call ourselves. I have watched this sport grow from a bunch of what many would call weirdos running around in the mud to seeing a true new sport beginning to......
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Posted on July 5, 2014 by Margaret Schlachter
Two years ago today I sent an email. After telling my parents in a tearful and hard conversation the day before I sent probably one of the most important emails of my life to date. The email was to my boss, it stated I was giving my notice and would......
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Posted on April 24, 2014 by Margaret Schlachter
After the last few days and The Photo that Rocked the Sport I have read hundreds of comments, probably almost a thousand at this point about the topic. It has the community talking that is for sure! But the photo aside it brings up the idea what are we doing with......
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Posted on April 22, 2014 by Margaret Schlachter
Recently Mud Run Guide published an article called, OCR-lympics. This article (well worth the read) details sort of what is happening behind the scenes of the sport. It comes on the heals of an Outside Magazine article that Tough Mudder will indeed be sued over the incident in Virginia over......