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
Hello,
My name is Christie. I have been on my own personal journey for a little over a year. Thanks to my dear friend Nicholette and your awesome support and programs I have lost over 70 lbs.
Nicholette and I run as many races as possible together. Two years ago I was 242 lbs of self hate laying on the couch eating crap food. Today I’m 70 lbs down running 10ks!!! I even completed the warrior dash with my step kids.
Thanks to this new found health and energy I had the ability to take in foster children who are Deaf and offer the a healthy and happy home where they communicate in there native language!!!
With the support of my amazing friend and my husband my life is changing in amazing ways,
Thank you for always being there on tv to be that voice to tell me to get up and move.
I can’t use the “Rafflecopter” to comment anything. It just skips to the bottom of the page and doesn’t let me enter my text or click “I commented”. But I would love to do this because I believe in myself, and for the future of my kids……if only I could enter. :/
This would be a blast to do with my husband! After 27+ years of marriage a second honeymoon would be a bonus!
I want to complete a spartan to combine my love of running an strength exercises.
Just completed my 3rd 5k….trying to lose weight and get fit after having 4 kids in years!
I’m from AK and we do not have the opportunity to just drive to a different race every weekend. Last year when I turned 39 I told everyone that for my 40th birthday my goal was to finish a Spartan Race. I have been on my weight lost journey for the last 6 months losing half of my weight goal so that I would be able to finish this race. I have ran 5K, 10K and even 2 half marathons this summer to get ready for this goal. To win this would opportunity would just be an amazing experiences. I show my three children that planning, training and believing you can reach a goal is really the meaning to success.
This race would be so fun. I tried the local Special Ops 5k, but I think a spartan race would have more obstacles and be fun in the Caribbean (Closer to sea level).
I’d love this challenge!! My husband & I could motivate each other for this!
I would love to compete to see how much farther I can push myself. I Have been doing Reebok/Les Mills so why not Reebok/Spartan Race?
This would be a great challenge!! I’d love my husband to tag along so we could motivate each other!