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 completely changed my lifestyle in 2013 and have made fitness a passion. I love training and completing in different events like 5k, 10k, half marathons and mud runs. This is what I live for now… spending my weekends with my workout partner at these events. I am doing my first Spartan race in November at Nebraska. I’m a little nervous and excited. There is nothing like this event that will challenge your body and mind at the same time. My workout partner loves these races and I’m finely ready to take that leep and join him on that race. I know after I finish one that I will be hungry for another race.
I’d looove to be in a spartan race! what better way to prove to my family how far I’ve come in the past two years with crossfit and fitness?
I’ve always wanted to do a Spartan race!! I just turned 37 and feel like I’m getting OLD. My goal is to be in the best shape of my life by the time I’m 40!
My husband and I just started working out. I can’t even imagine working up to do this and getting to do it in Hawaii!!! You and Chris are amazing!
I have never done, my friends has and I think it would be something new and fun to try out! Im not a big runner and not sure I love to run but this could be new and exciting!
I love feeling strong! i am a US Army veteran who is trying to get back to that fitness level i was 7 years ago, (starting a family may trow you off for awhile) My brother and I want to do the spartan race as soon as he returns from his mission! finishing any single workout is the best feeling and I would love to be able to scratch this off my list of things to do! not to mention showing my children that they can do anything!! 🙂
Being able to participate in the spartan race is an amazing opportunity. I see the spartan race as a physical goal I could never dream to achieve I would love the motivation that would come in getting prepared to achieve such a physical goal.
I am in the middle of a huge transformation of trying to lose 250+ pounds. I am doing this by exercise and diet alone. I am already down over 100 pounds and have set my challenge to complete a spartan race. I will hold myself accountable to finish this challenge. A free admission would help immensely as my finances are limited.
I have never ran in a race. I have been working on being healthy for me and my kids. I’ve been over weight all my adult life and I’m now taking my life back.
Spartan Race? This is something that I have been wanting to do for a long while but have honestly doubted myself. I would love the opportunity to put all self doubt aside and finally complete one of my goals!