Fitness Fun with a Buddy + Spartan Race Giveaway!

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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.

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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.

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Xoxo,
Heidi

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524 Responses

  1. I love challenges and pushing myself past my comfort zone to improve my overall fitness and help me reach my goals. Doing it with a friend will make it that much easier and satisfying for me. The Spartan Race isnt about how fast you run and how fast you finish, but about supporting others and working as a team to cross the finish line and finish TOGETHER. Thats why I want to do a Spartan race. Hoorah!

  2. I would love to have a new challenge! For the past five years, I have been battling eating disorder after eating disorder, feeling that my athleticism is gone. But God is good and I know His plans are much greater than my momentary troubles. I ran a half marathon last year and am ready to take on another challenge!!

  3. I have been meeting every weight loss goal thus far this past year. My goal this year to build upper body muscle, so I am able to compete in the Spartan Race. I have always been an athlete and competitive in my own fitness goals. The Spartan Race would be an amazing accomplishment and would solidify all of the hard work I have put in the last year. I would be more than happy to bring my friend with me that shares the same inner athlete and fitness goal.

  4. I’ve been always wanting to do a spartan race. At sign up time this year I was pregnant with baby #3. My goal is to sign up for 1 or 2 races next year.

  5. As many I have so many struggles and excuses in life. I ran a Marathon back in 2011, injured my knee and was out of the running game for a while. I look back and remember the feeling of such an accomplishment when I finished those long runs. My knee is better now, but I just keep coming up with all the excuses. Kids, work, life extra 20 lbs…….blah blah blah. I would love to run a Spartan race with my husband by my side. Through all my struggles he is my rock and my world. It bring tears to my eyes just thinking about how amazing it would be to finish with him <3

  6. I have recently lost close to 50 lbs. I have done 5ks and am currently training for a half marathon, but have never pushed my limits with an obstacle race! It would be a great opportunity to try something new and exciting!!

  7. I would love to run a Spartan Race to prove to myself, my friends, and my family that I can do anything that I set my mind to. It’s difficult because I’m 4’10 1/2 so I’m looked at funny when I say things like “I’m going to scale that wall one day” or “I’m going to run a 5K”. What better way to prove my worth than to become a Spartan?!

    I’m doing the C25K program now, so I’m a warrior in training! I just need my battleground.

  8. I love OCR. It was the reason I finally got back in shape at 37. I won an entry to Monster Challenges and didn’t know exactly what it was, but I knew it would involve running and looked fun. I went out the first time to “train” and after running 1/4 mile I ended up in bed with a headache, heart palpitations, racing heart, dizziness, etc. Regardless I stuck with it and here a year and a half later I have run over 20 OCR’s from 5k to 10 miles and can run 9 minute miles all day long. OCR has changed my life and given me a very FUN reason to stay in shape.

  9. Obstacle Course racing has become my sport; and I was never athletic as a kid. I’ve only run in a handful, and I’m getting back into fitness after a series of injuries left me way out of shape. I would love both a vacation and the opportunity to participate in my first event in 2 years.

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