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
Have now done two Spartan races this year! The Beast in Monterey & the Sprint in San Francisco. Looking forward to earning my trifecta this year! Love the way that running a Spartan makes me feel: confident, strong, badass 🙂 AROO!
It would be a dream come true and so much to look forward to if I could complete in the Spartan Race in March 2015. I can’t even imagine how awesome it would be to travel to the Caribbean and participate in this race. I recently reestablished a healthier lifestyle, after 10 years of giving up on myself, and this would be such an amazing milestone in my health journey. I would choose my husband as my accountabilibuddy and make it into a one-of-a-kind birthday event for him.
My husband and I have ran a marathon, half-marathons, and different trail runs; we’ve done charity bike rides; and now we’re training for a triathalon; however, we’ve never done an adventure-type of race like a Spartan Race. We would love the challenge!!!
My husband and I did a local mud run together with our 8 year-old last year but this would just be AMAZING!!
A Spartan Race would be incredibly fun AND at the same time keep me in shape. What a great motivator to work out everyday!
I’ve never done a race before, and I think this would be an awesome goal for my B plaque for the BEST program!
This is amazing. I throw myself under the bus far too often and it’s time to get in the best shape of my life and have fun during the journey!
My husband has been my biggest supporter in my fitness life. He pushes me to go to the gym, pushes me to run, pushes me to be a better person all around. I want to push him through a Spartan race and finish something together!!
I want to participate in the Spartan Race because I am now unafraid to not be the best at something and just have fun and enjoy the workout/challenge. I had signed up for a race a few years ago and ended up not racing it at all. I was too scared to go through with it. But now I have more confidence and ability and am READY for a new challenge and to bring inspiration to my personal training clients!
It’s been a goal of mine to compete in the Spartan Race! This would be a firm kick in the rear to train and get ready for it. This could be something I could check off my bucket list! 🙂 Plus, I would like to experience it, so I could inspire others.