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 another Spartan Race to improve my time and show myself that I can do it even after all the hard times I have been through recently. Plus there is still some time to train for this one.
Race + Cruise= Wicked Fun!
I haven’t had a chance to get my new Reebok all terrain shoes even the slightest bit dirty yet! These babies were made to get muddy! I need to go to one of these races!
i’d like to venture to vermont to see what the hype is all about…
I ran it last year and hope to again soon!
These races look like so much stinkin fun! My husband and I love fitness and staying active and pair it with this and it’s a no brainer! If I were to win I would give my spot to my amazing husband who would totally crush this and have a blast doing it!
Although it’s a bit scary, if I were to win an entry into a spartan race I would totally take it on!! I was scared before I started CrossFit this spring and now I love it!! I hope I’m picked. Thanks for all the tips and motivation 🙂
The last time the Spartan race came close to my hometown, I had just turned 40 and had recently started working towards being fit for the first time in my life. When I heard about the Spartan race, I told my trainer that I wanted to participate. It was 6mos away and I asked for a program that would help me prepare. He told me that I was not capable of doing it and that there was no point in even training for it. I regret to say that I believed him and didn’t train or enter the race. It deflated me mentally at the time but I now know that I can accomplish anything I set my sights on, regardless of what others think. If I won a spot, I would have to train hard and it would take a lot of preparation, but I am ready to prove to myself that I can do it.
I want to compete in a Spartan race because I want to complete my trifecta with my son.
I have lost 140 pounds in 2 years by eating healthy and working out. I am currently in the gym 6 days a week trying to build muscle and maintain my weight loss. I also continue to eat healthy and I genuinely enjoy this lifestyle I also discovered my passion for running, which I never in a million years thought I would enjoy. In the past year I have completed the NYC half marathon (in 1:49:50), the Warrior Dash and most recently the Tough Mudder. I never thought I was capable of running 1 mile never mind 13. I am in this for the long run and my husband is my biggest supporter. This would be such an amazing opportunity!!
Lost 10 pounds and working out everyday, eating right. It’s been my dream to do a spartan race and to go on a cruise. I have 20 pounds left to go on my journey. this is my dream!!!
I’m losing a lot of weight and want to live life in all the ways I’ve been missing.