Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on March 8, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
The Winter Death Race, in many ways the little sibling to the Summer Death Race but not one to be taken lightly. After having spent over twenty one hours helping out at the 2011 Summer Death Race I thought I knew the drill. This is the genius of the Death......
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Posted on March 6, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
Often we measure the path to greatness in successes and failures. We rejoice in the things we have accomplished and bury the things we have failed at. Can we succeed in failing? Is it possible to not reach the finish line and yet rejoice? We enter races with an eye on......
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Posted on March 2, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
I sit here and sip my coffee the sun has yet to rise over the Green Mountains. An electricity is in the air, a feeling in the house, it’s race day. For me I will be going for over a marathon. For Jason he will be going after the 100......
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Posted on February 26, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
Every runner struggles with the question, compression wear or no compression wear? We look at the prices of the top brands and ask ourselves is it really worth it, do they really give you any benefit or it is just hype. Compression wear and CW-X in particular have been a......
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Posted on February 24, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
Sometimes we all break, whether we find the point of breaking in the gym or in other aspects of our life. When we are pushed to the brink, standing at the edge of the cliff looking over, it’s what we do next that starts to define who we are. Do......