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 in order to prove myself that after losing 45 pounds I am much stronger than ever! And that I am capable of physically doing things that I couldn’t do before!
Oh how fun. I would love to! It would be a great reason to get in SHAPE!
I’d love to win to train and compete with my husband! I think it’d be great to try something new together and this would give us the motivation we need 🙂
I want to compete in a Spartan race to demonstrate to myself that its the mind you have to convince. Its more then just physical activity its a mental one. I want to be able to demonstrate to everyone but most importantly to myself that I can go far when I just dedicate and take one day at a time.
My husband and I have been doing crossfit for over a year now and love it. The best part is doing it together. Not because I like working out with my smokin hot hubby, but because like you said…..it holds us accountable. A Spartan race has always looked so fun to me. I think we would enjoy doing it together. And as you know with crossfit, the best part is the feeling of accomplishment when you’re done!!!
I want to compete in a Spartan Race to prove to myself that I can do anything that I set my mind to!! My whole life I’ve been told that i was too big to do anything physical and recently i’ve lost 25 pounds and I’m already feeling healthier!! I want to show myself that anything is possible!!
I love competing! Mud runs are my favorite. I want to.complete all 3 Spartans.
This sounds like the best kind of cruise possible. Healthful and fun!
I have completed three tough mudders. I was talking with a fellow mudder who did a spartan race and said it was tougher. So i guess i would like to find out for myself.
This would be a great thing for my husband and I to accomplish together!!! He is my accountability partner for so many things…. It’s time that fitness be added to the list!!! This would be a great way to solidify teamwork!