Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on December 22, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
When I returned to my tent after lap three, things were different. The fun and games of the three previous laps were over. It was sometime after midnight. Most of the competition had packed up and was long gone, the guess was only about 30 to 50 were still racing......
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Posted on December 22, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
There we were in the Wetsuit tent, the three amigos together. Our team had unknowingly assembled for what would proved to be a long rest of the day and night. We headed off to the water obstacles for the first of many times over the next day. As we headed......
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Posted on December 20, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
I am not ready to put into words all that I experienced over the weekend. I need to let my brain take in all that happened and process this weekend. For as I sit here it all seems like a blur mostly of water and neoprene. At this point all......
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Posted on December 16, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
Yet another race and another time to travel. My bags are packed, just waiting for my road trip partner to get here. Then we pack up the car and head on our trek from Vermont to New Jersey. It’s time to cue the dramatic music and be on our way.......
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Posted on December 16, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
Those three words, “Are You Ready?” have been asked of me more times in the last week I think then I have heard in my life. It brings up an important point, are we ever truly ready. Are we ever truly as prepared as we can be.   I think......