Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on March 30, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
As an alpine ski racer, I was hyper aware of my equipment. If you were off on your wax it could mean the difference between fifth and fifteenth. If your ski are too dull you can’t hold on the hard ice, if the skis were too sharp they would grip......
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Posted on March 29, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
As I am almost a month away from being on this journey for the last year I am starting to realize what started out as a way just to get back into shape has turned into so much more. I look back at life a year ago and at times......
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Posted on March 27, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
Sunday, my first day in about a month in which I did not have a work obligation. I spent most of the morning in bed being lazy. Yes, I can be lazy too. It was raining outside so I was not in a rush to head out onto the trails.......
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Posted on March 25, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
The burpee, an infamous exercise in the obstacle racing world. With the push-up or without the push-up it is possibly the most loved, hated, loathed and feared exercise at the same time. It is also an exercise that has been around forever, however with the rise of CrossFit and other......
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Posted on March 25, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
It’s amazing how YouTube can make someone go from a complete anonymous soul into someone of note. Anton Krupicka is one such person his racing resume in the ultra running world should make him a household name and yet it was the Dean’s and Scott’s that I first heard of......