I am so excited!! A winner has been chosen!! See the rafflecopter below to see if you’re our lucky winner! If you’ve won, we will contact you right away! If you are not the lucky winner, don’t fret – we have a surprise for all of our amazing readers! If you’d like to join in on a Spartan Race in your city, enter the coupon code SPARTANBLOGGER at checkout to receive 10% off the cost of your race! I hope to see lots of muddy race pictures from ALL of you soon!
Trust me, I completely get it… you’ve had a long day, work was draining, you’re exhausted and the last thing you want to do is work out. Some days it?s nearly impossible to muster up the energy to get yourself moving again after spending your entire day running around and answering to everyone else’s needs?even IF you promised yourself you would get that workout in after the kids went to bed.
Unfortunately, with so much busy-ness in our lives, it?s far too easy to break promises and cancel plans with the most important person in the world: Ourselves.
So how do we remedy this and get ourselves on track? With?drumroll?.an accountabilibuddy! ?A what-a-bili-buddy,? you ask?? You heard me right ? an accountabilibuddy?a fun little term the fitness community has used for years. An accountabilibuddy is a buddy that holds you accountable. It?s as simple as that.
When you have someone else counting on you wake up early to work out and be there to push them, you?re MUCH more likely to get the job done?AND to have fun doing it! Let?s face it ? everything is more fun with a friend.
One of Chris? and my absolute favorite ways to get our exercise in and have fun at the same time is by participating in local weekend events. Competitions, 5Ks, 10Ks, and obstacle course races (with every theme and cause imaginable) are popping up all across the nation, making it so easy to find a fun event to participate in with a friend or group of friends! While we love them all, some of our favorites are the Spartan Races. SUCH a blast! Who doesn?t want to channel their inner-beast by jumping over fire, scaling walls, running through mud, crawling under barbed wire ? all while running uphill in some gnarly?terrain? The adrenaline rush is unreal, and the sense of accomplishment after is even better.
Well, get this. Spartan has just announced their very own Spartan Cruise , featuring a Private Island Race! An opportunity for you and your accountabilibuddy to explore the Caribbean AND get your Spartan on. You can even bring the kiddos along!
Best part is next: Spartan is giving away a trip for TWO (cruise + airfare for you and your accountabilibuddy) on their March 2015 Caribbean cruise. Click here for details on how you can win!
In the meantime – while we wait for the cruise to set sail – I?m giving away one free entrance to a Spartan Race near you! Using the Rafflecopter below, leave a comment telling me why you want to compete in a Spartan Race and a lucky winner will be randomly selected and announced Thursday, August 28th.
Xoxo,
Heidi
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524 Responses
I think it would be so fun to do a Spartan race and really feel like you accomplished something BIG when you’re done! That would be awesome!
How fun!!
I want to put all of my hard work at the gym towards an event that will show me where dedication can take me!
I want to prove to myself how strong I am!!!
Hi Heidi,
I tried to leave a comment in the rafflecopter but some how it saved before I could write anything and it wouldn’t let me reopen it, so I hope you see this :). My boyfriend (Eric) and I are both personal trainers at our college Fitness Center (SUNY Potsdam). We both just graduated this spring with majors in Community Health. We watch your show religiously and love that you and Chris work so hard with your clients and treat them like family! We understand how rewarding it is to see people reach their goals and feel more confident and happy with themselves. It has been a huge year for us, we have crushed our own fitness goals, I ran my first marathon and qualified to run Boston this April!! Eric has put on 20 pounds of muscle doing Cross Fit. We are from Northern New York and signed up for the Spartan Race in Killington, Vermont September 20. We are very excited and would love to do another! 🙂
My husband and I have been living clean/fit over past 2 yrs. I motivate him with healthy food and he keeps me motivated with exercise. He completed the Tough Mudder this year and signed us both up for another in November. Spartan would be his dream/next challenge. Plus, we have 4 kids, 10 and under. So this would be a little vacation;)
I am a 49 year old mother of 4. Before losing almost 100 lbs 2 years ago, I could barely walk. I spent many years living an unhealthy lifestyle. Now that I have lost the weight I try to take advantage of conquering every physical challenge that comes my way. Be it running/walking miles or jumping rope, I love that I am able to push myself and my goal is to continue doing so. I have always been competitive so participating in this Spartan race will allow me to reach my highest potential. I hope to continue my healthy lifestyle with these challenges and never give up.
My husband and I both grew up chubby. However, when he was to join the military his dad took him running every day and he slowly lost the weight he needed, and became a cw2 in the united states army. After 19 years of being fedup of my weight, I turned to my b husband and his running advice to turn my life around. Over the course of 10 months I have lost a little over fifty lbs and am continuing to work and dropping another 20! My husband is currently serving in Afghanistan, where he also continues to work on getting shape. He has lost about 30lbs over the course of his deployment, and me about 20! I would love the opportunity to do something such as a Spartan race together, to show eachother what our new bodies can do! He ran my first 5k with me, kept at my pace and encouraged me the entire way…it was one of the most amazing things he has done for me and really helped us grow as a couple. This oppurtunity would be such a great way to reconnect after 9 months of nothing but care packages and 20 minute facebook messaging!! On top of that, Heidi and Chris powell run my favorite show..and their probably the best looking couple on this planet…why wouldnt I wanna brag it up that I got this oppurtunity because of them?!
To train and know that I too can do hard things.
Looks so amazing. I would love to take me boyfriend here and show him why I love to run!