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 do the spartan race because life has shown me some obstacles. It’s time to conquer those obstacles and time to stop using those obstacles as excuses . I got where I was by only doing the the things that were comfortable. I am Ready to be my own super hero
I would love to tackle this with my twin sister she is my biggest support and doing this would mean i could tackle anything im scaired of!!!!! AND i love you guys!
Winning this would show how freaking awesome I am! And my hubby too.
I would love to do a Spartan race as my next challenge. They always seem to be so intimidating and I talk myself out of signing up, but winning an entry would give me the push I need!!
I want to race with my buddy, my husband. You both are such an inspiration Heidi and Chris!
My finance and I got engaged in February. Since then we have been discussing how and where we want to get married. Fitness is a huge part of our lives already. I think participating in this event and making part of our wedding trip would be a great way to celebrate us as a couple!
My husband and I have become even closer in 2014… We started running together in January , ran our first race together in March (his B-day), which was a 7k, then our second race, a quarter marathon (my birthday), and will be running a half marathon together in September. The Spartan race would be the perfect next goal for us to achieve together!
I love having an acountibilibuddy! We push each other harder and I always have a buddy for the next 10km 🙂
I wanna race because I can! Nothing can hold me back
I want to win the Spartan Race for two reasons. One I am an ER nurse who sees daily what the consequences of poor diet and lack of exercise does to the human body and the human spirit. I made the decision that I would do everything in my power to prevent the “preventable” disease processes through eating right, exercising, not smoking or putting toxic substance in my body. I would set the example for my family to follow. Second, I am raising girls. I want them to know through my example that girls can be tough -spartan tough- and that they can accomplish anything they set their mind to if the work hard enough.