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
My husband is my accountability partner and this would be an amazing opportunity for us to grow together and encourage one another! We would LOVE to participate in this!! Thank you!
I would love to tr something new! I have only ran regular races! I would live to try an obstacle course race!!!
I’d like to challenge myself as I just recovered from a knee surgery I’ve had a few months ago!
I’ve never done a spartan race but it sounds like an awesome experience!!
I have done 5ks for every cause under the sun! I love them and would run one every weekend if my wallet would allow it. A Spartan race is definitely on my to-do list! I get so excited thinking about the challenge of it! 4 years ago, I spent nearly a year and half in and out of the hospital and went through 7 different abdominal surgeries due to medical complications. It was a trying time and really took a lot of my strength. I have worked so hard to gain back my strength and endurance, I think a Spartan race would be a huge feather in may cap!
I have been training this year for Tough Mudder – a few of the guys I am running with keep talking about Spartan too. Would love to hit the beach and all the obstacles it throws at us!
I want to compete because I want to prove to myself that I am strong enough to do and finish something as awesome as this! If I could choose a buddy to do it with me it would be my best friend Rebecca who currently lives in Korea. We text and talk to each other every day motivating ourselves to get up and work on our goals! To be able to do this with her after how far we’ve both come would mean the world to me!
This would be so awesome to do with my husband. He has been gone most of the summer fulfilling his duties in the Army National Gaurd. We’ve been married almost 5 years and have never been away together without our kiddos. At least once a year we enjoy running a 5k or 10k together and he has talked about doing a Spartan run with his Army buddies. I would love to surprise him with this great opportunity .
I’m 48 years old. After many years of illness and weight gain, I was able to start working out at age 43. I’ve lost 80 pounds and have run in three 5Ks. I think a Spartan Race would be the ultimate challenge.
I am ready to take my competitions to a new level! I want a charity run to challenge me and my new found love for fitness. Doing it with people you love and want to help achieve their goal is just as rewarding.