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 have always struggled with my weight. I am now 30 years old, a mother, and am engaged to be married to an amazing man. My fiance Joe just competed in his first Spartan race 2 weeks ago. You should have seen him. A 300 pound man , wearing a purple speedo, completed the Spartan Sprint in 3 hours and 38 minutes. I was so proud! And sad. Sad that I didn’t have the guts to compete myself. Sad that I was so ashamed and self conscience and worried about what people would think of me. Joe finished the race and is now obsessed with everything Spartan. He is scoping out the next race. He wants the tri-fecta! And I want to do it with him! Competing in this race would be so much more than just a competition against other people. It’s a competition within myself that I want to beat.
I want to race because I have sweat for it.
My goal is to be in good shape for my kids and wife. That started this summer with starting to train for a 5k and ultimately a marathon. My first race was a RAID event and now I can’t wait for another opportunity to come along.
I have made great progress in my strength and fitness and I would love to do a race to see how had I could really push myself.
would be great to have a concrete goal to work towards.
I want to take part in a Spartan race to kick start myself after being in and out of the hospital for the past 8 months. Two short years ago I began a transformation of my life. I lost 28 of the 50lbs I wanted to lose. I also began competing in obstacle course races. I completed the Kiss Me Dirty 5K mud run and the Warrior Dash 5K(without skipping any obstacles). I found a passion for fun events like this and vowed they would be my way to get fit. However, life got in the way. I became pregnant with my second child, what a blessing, but that began what is now a nightmare. When my daughter was born, the anesthesia did not work during my c section. I blew the two main vertebral arteries to my brain. I suffered from constant extreme head pain for months until they could find meds that would lessen it at all. I will now live with constant headaches. I was put on a slew of medications including blood thinners. Five months later I finally had normal blood flow to my brain, but then disaster struck again. My body reacted to the blood thinners and a blood vessel popped in my thigh. I had a fist sized hematoma develop and my artery ruptured. Over two liters of free flowering blood filled my leg overnight and I lost use of my right leg. After three blood transfusions, to avoid amputating my leg, I was left with a barely working limb. I lived in the hospital and rehab facility for a month. I baffled all my therapists when I walked myself out of rehab less than two weeks after being admitted there. I am still undergoing intensive PT and OT but am getting stronger everyday. All my doctors and nurses said I should’ve been dead twice over, but I beat the odds and will continue to do so. My daughter is now a happy, healthy eight month old and even though I had to quit my teaching job due to disability, I have been blessed with the opportunity to stay at home with her and my handsome four year old son.
I have been wanting to run the Reebok Spartan race! What better way to get quality time with your loved one and get a fun workout in! Would love to do this!
I just recently completed my first Spartan Race (Sprint in Amesbury, MA) with a team of 11. (it was suppose to be 12 but someone threw out their back beforehand). We started as a TEAM, we worked through the obstacles (as needed) as a TEAM and we finished as a TEAM!! First off, it was suppose to be a 5k but due to NBCSN filming, it was 4.8 miles. Not quite a Super, but a little more than a Sprint. It was the hardest race I have ever done but very rewarding.
I would like to be able to continue to challenge myself BUT these races, especially Spartan, can be pricey. I am signed up for Spartan Fenway on November but I can always make more room on my schedule for next year.
You guys continue to inspire me. Keep up the great work Powell Pack!!
Jen Sanders-Boston, MA
This would be such a great opportunity to be given. I would love to be chose to completed this challenge and say I did it for me.
I’ve heard how fun and challenging the Spartan challenge is. This is one of my goals. I want to be able to say, “I did this.” This is definitely my biggest goal (other then leaving behind 50 lbs).