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 want to run a spartan race cause it is one of my goals. This next month I’m running my first Half Marathon. I’m looking forward to it and starting to train for it by going to the gym and running every morning and working out at home in the evening. I also don’t get to go much of anywhere cause my husband is disabled. I would be so pleased and excited about me and my accountability partner getting to do a Spartan Race and see a beautiful island. My accountability partner is my baby sister who has Lupus. She is starting to workout and actually wanted me to be her accountability partner. I’m very happy she did and so very proud of her.
That is so amazing you guys are giving away a spartan race! Love you both!! Such an inspiration 🙂
I’ve been wanting to do one of these races for a long time. I would love the opportunity to take on the challenge and feel like a warrior! Thanks for all the constant inspiration!
It’s always fun to have something to work towards and I find that to be one of the best motivators for myself. Spartan race would be a fun experience!
I started a new lifestyle February of 2013 and am currently down 45 lbs. I have researching and wanting to do something like this, just haven’t yet. What better way to do it then to do it big like this!!
Good luck everyone!
I’ve learned so much about my self, doing these races. I can climb high, I can get down low, and go through trenches, I can do whatever I set my mind too. If I don’t finish a obstacle – it feels like that missed chance. That missed moment I will never get back. You don’t get to go around, you go over. If for some reason you can’t get over, you find a friend who will help you — you just don’t walk away. You at least try — and you have fun while doing it. I try to make life this way too.
You cant run it you walk it, you can’t walk it you crawl it, you can’t crawl it you better find a friend to help you across… and you better be laughing the entire time you’re doing it, because you look absolutely insane.
I’ve never been able to go to a Spartan, they are this gold ring, a jewel in your crown. They are beyond bragging rights. I would love to go do one for the first time, and see what I can do.
Just recovering from surgery for cervical cancer and looking for a needed kick in my rear to regain my “spark” and love for exercise!
I would love to win because it has been a goal/dream of mine to run a spartan race since giving birth to my 3rd baby girl 5 months ago!
My accountabilibuddy aka husband of 15 years are on a journey of adopting a healthier lifestyle. We are always looking for opportunities to get moving together. What a better way to go into the fall and winter months to be training as a team for this adventure!
Would love to try a spartan race with my wife after completing 3rd warrior dash, this year and first with my wife!