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 would love to do a spartan race! I’ve been trying to be more active and I’m always the one to stay with the kids and hold the stuff as my fit hubby and friends go off to do events. Also it would be a great goal to work towards so they can hold my stuff! Thank you!
I would love to do a spartan race to truly challenge myself! I’ve always had a love for sports all my life, but I recently found a love for running. And with this new love for running, I really enjoy challenging myself and pushing myself to run that extra mile. I think doing a spartan race would be a great experience to push myself and see how far my mind and body is willing to go!!!
Could this giveway get any better???
I just had a baby 4 weeks ago and am trying to get back into running shape with my husband so this would be awesome to win!
I’ve recently started my career in real estate. During our training we were told to make a list of 100 things that we want to do in our life both outward and inward focused. The Spartan Race is one of the 100 things I want to accomplish! I am focusing on completing 3 of my goals each month. It would be so great to be given this opportunity and to meet so many new people!
I would want to share a Spartan Race experience because competition breeds companionship and confidence! Being active and pushed to a limit in which you have to make the decision to keep moving forward — focusing on one step at a time. It’s in that moment you find your strength and build your character. I want to be able to share in that experience to push myself and my teammate!
The spartan races have been my motivation to stay in shape and keep striving to get faster and stronger. I would love nothing more then the chance to participate in another Spartan Race.
My husband is training for a marathon and I have just started training for a half marathon. A spartan race would be another goal for the two of us to achieve together!
Running is my passion, I have been doing races for a couple of years (5Ks, 10Ks, half marathons) and I have been looking at Spartan Races since I started following you and Chris on IG. I would love to challenge myself to do one of these and if I like it, continue to do them regularly! <3
I want to do a Spartan Race to challenge myself in a new way while still having fun! Plus, I like getting dirty.