Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on September 13, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
Words like epic, emotional,transformative, reflective and many more could be used to describe this pastweekends events in NYC. It seems when I take the time to sit down and writeabout most of my more recent profound experiences I always want to prefacewith, where do I begin, as so many others......
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Posted on August 14, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
Who plans a race schedule with 2 races in 7 days, really. Oh yeah this one does. So when I planned this schedule the Beast was suppose to be only 8 miles and the Warrior Dash well I knew how much that was. So this morning I set off for......
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Posted on August 9, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
  “From the outside looking in you’ll never really understand it.  From the inside looking out, you can’t ever really explain it.” ~ Unknown After sixty days of training for the Spartan Beast it is finally here! Even with getting home late I couldn’t sleep and was up early staring......
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Posted on July 25, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
After a heat wave spreading across the country I arrived in Bethel, Maine Friday night in preparation for the Tough Mountain Challenge at Sunday River, ME. I signed up for this event because a few friends whom I had done a race with last fall had signed up so I......
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Posted on July 18, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
Saturday, July 16th marked the 33rd Annual Moosalamoo Goshen Gallop in Goshen, VT near Brandon and Middlebury. It is tauted as the toughest 10.2K trail run in New England. This marked my first time attending this event and it did not disappoint. A GOOD CAUSE:Moosalamoo according to their written brochure......