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
Me and my boyfriend have been getting into don’t more competitions like this and a spartan is on our list. Would be so fun to win one.
I’d love to compete in Spartan Race for the challenge and endurance. I would take this challenge on with hubby by my side. Training together would be our push to focus on us, our health and spend time together away from work, coaching our kid’s sports,, playing chauffeur and everything else that comes with having a family. Good luck to all!
I enjoy doing obstacle runs but have never had the chance to do a Spartan race yet. I would love to have the opportunity, especially on a private island.
My good friend and workout buddy just did one this past weekend, loved it, and told me how much I’d love it too! I would love to be able to do this with her!! 🙂
I have lifelong asthma and at 26 was diagnosed with copd. In my weight loss journey I decided I would run, I wouldn’t just do a mile, I’d do races. The spartan race is one I plan to tackle and I would love to mark that off my list as conquered.
I’d love to do a Spartan Race!!! Since my transformation journey began it’s all been towards one main goal to get healthier and do the unimanginable. 3 months ago Spsrtan Run would not have crossed my mind. 50lbs lighter now, and although still heavy Spartan Run is possible for me. I even took the creator of the runs 30 day burpee challenge. I’m averaging about 30-40 burpees a day! The Spartan Run would be another great challenge for me.
I would love to be able to do this race with my husband. We have the desire to be fit but have to take a running leap to get going. Race season is starting here in Phx!
I have some unfinished business I’d like to take care of. I ran the Beast in Sac a couple years ago with a couple of girl friends. I found out that my friend was pregnant while running the race (after it started!!!) and while we had a blast doing it I would like the opportunity to run it for time.
Umm Yes please! Also is the man standing behind you and Chris, Chris’s brother? Looks just like him!
I started running 4 years ago!! I had set goals for my self to get my weight off and running became the push to do it I did the PF Chang race with a dear friend that helped and was such an encouragement for me 4 years later I’ve done 3 1/2 marathons and my big goal for next year is pikes peak in Colorado I’m not sure what or if I’m crazy at my age to do it!! The past few months have been a struggle for me to get things done !! I have a friend I run with and we are both at same place me more so! Maybe this would help get me to the next step!! I’ve talked about doing a spartan before! That’s about it!!!