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 compete in the Spartan Race! It has looked like so much fun I just can’t get the nerve to sign up. I love your show, everything that y’all do and your sweet family!
My new soon to be be husband and I are fat-to-fit stories. I met him after already losing 70 pounds on my own. He is a police officer who decided to get fit a few years ago after a foot chase that could have ended badly. He quit smoking and started focusing on getting fit. My weight loss journey was after years of being trapped in an abusive marriage. We are actually getting married at the Rock n Roll Las Vegas Marathon in November. This would be a perfect “honeymoon” for the two of us. He is my accountability partner. We often squeeze in late workouts after the kids get tucked in. Fitness has become our life and it is our goal to make it a part of our children’s lives as well. I must say our 8 year old does a mean downward dog, our 10 year old does pullups, and our 11 year old just ran his first 10K. Thanks so much for giving us extra motivation for us to watch on Tuesday nights. We fight over who gets the treadmill then 😉
Running in spartan races is something I would have never been able to do 2 years ago. Between me and my husband we have lost over 100lbs and have continued on a new path to health and fitness! The spartan races have taught us how to work as a team to over come obstacles and we love to take on the challenge whenever we can.
Me and one of my best friends have been working on our weight loss and fitness goals together for a while now! We push eachother to do better constantly. As we are both single mothers of multiple kids, we don’t get much free time and have to squeeze in time to workout whenever we can, which usually means early mornings and late nights so we can still spend time with the kiddos! We would love the opportunity to go and get away and also get some great workout time in!! Sounds like a dream come true!!
I competed in my first one on the Fort Carson base in Colorado. I would love to compete in another one and beat my time!!
It would be the icing on the cake this year to win a spot in a Spartan race. This upcoming December I am graduating from college on my 22nd birthday. Two very big events for me all in one. It is my goal to be the best version of myself I can be by that weekend. Over the last two years, I’ve lost myself, with that, my self confidence and assurance has significantly plummeted. Last winter, I was diagnosed with PCOS. In order to overcome this, I am determined to transform my attitude, diet, and fitness. Winning this spot will fire me up to train and compete while finding my fit! I want this challenge for myself!
I’ve never done anything like this before! I’m a Mommy of 4 little monkey’s and I love it!. I would love this challenge. I want to be mentally & physically healthy so I can be the best person I can be. I know that sounds cheesy but seriously depression, addictions & extremely bad health “run” in our family. I want to break through those chains!! I am strong & even though I’ve never done anything like this before, I know I can do it!! Please give me that chance! Thank you so much!
I want to do this with my husband. It would give us a chance to complete something Amazing together…
I am working hard to get fit and these races are so much fun and keep me going!
I want to run AND finish a Spartan race so at the finish I can yell, “We are Spartaaaaa!!!!!!!!!” 🙂