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 lost 50 lbs to reach my goal during my fitness journey and am now a fitness instructor. I love doing races with my husband and especially ones with obstacles! With 4 kids we have never been on a cruise and what better way to throw all that together, I love to mix fitness with my vacations!
Would LOVE to be able to get away with the Mrs. and do something challenging/fun together! With two little boys under 3, time spent alone together seems few and far between. This would be the perfect way to decompress and recharge our batteries!
It has been a long journey and I still have a long way to go to be the person that I want to be. I have been trying for so long and I feel that I am at the point in my life where I am going to make some real progress. I have been doing 5ks and cannot wait to do my first mud run. It is a huge accomplishment and reminds me I can do anything I put my mind to. Thanks to Heidi and Chris for being such awesome inspirations! You help more people than you even realize! !
I’ve never done a challenge in this magnitude!! I’ve been working hard to get fit and stay healthy, I think that being able to do a Spartan would give me the drive to keep pushing and keep setting goals!!
Hello my name is Iris and I am from Katy, Texas! I started my weightloss journey one year ago on my own and since have lost 50 pounds. I’m 23 years old (will be 24 on Sunday) and have one son of 3 years old. I have never felt better and y’all are one of my many inspirations. this would be a great reward for my self. Something I wouldn’t have been able to do a year ago and wouldn’t even think about entering for. I still have a long way to go but this would totally motivate me to push even harder. It would be somethin to look forward to and I promise I would not take it for granted. With that being said, I will keep my fingers crossed:) thank you for your time
-iris n
Simple…to show my small-town High School Cheerleading team that you are worth taking care of and are never to “old” to be active!! P.s. They think mid 40’s is old lol
Losing 30 pounds .I want to prove myself that I can do it.
I would love to win the entry to pass it on to my daughter, Alexa. She has been working hard on her AA degree while still in high school and continues daily to get to the box to work on her dream of one day being in the CrossFit games. She does jewelry parties to pay for all her own CrossFit competitions and charity runs whenever she can. The Spartan was on her list next. It’s just an extra way for me to thank her for working so hard.
To prove to myself that I can and to build a stronger relationship with my accountibilibuddy!!
I would LOVE the opportunity to win an entry in a Spartan race! I’m about to graduate from pharmacy school, and one of my professors is really into obstacle course races, including Spartan. He posts pictures all the time that look so fun! I’ve secretly been wanting to do this for awhile now, but I haven’t been able to work up the courage. It would be so awesome if I won! 😀
I love a mental and physical challenge.