Wednesday, November 26, 2014

FINAL 2014 Roundup - Giveaways, Contests, Challenges & Guides!

Welcome to the very last Giveaway Roundup in 2014!  There are big things happening on the Blog in December so I wanted to make room for all of that goodness.  So as you know, I go look for Giveaways around the Web and bring them all to you in one place.  But this week, I will also have a few Gift Guides from some of my fellow AWESOME bloggers and even some challenges where you can win prizes.  #WinAllThePrizes  Let's start with the Giveaways!

GIVEAWAYS

1.  As always, let's start with mine.  This week I am giving away an entry into any open heat Spartan Race in the United States.  


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/27.

2.  Megan from Shaping Up to Be a Mom is giving away a Glimmer Gear armband.


Enter to win here.  Ends 12/1.

3.  Melissa from The Valentine RD is giving away Momentum motivational jewelry on her blog.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/29.

4.  Gloria from That SoCal Life is also giving away an entry to a Spartan Race.


Enter to win here.  Ends 12/2.

5.  Heather at For Love of the Deal is giving away 8 pouches of Big Slice Apples on her blog.


Enter to win here.  Ends 12/10.

6.  Jen at Running with the Girls has 2 GIVEAWAYS for you this week.  

The first is for an FRS Energy pack.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/29.

She is also giving away a You Saw Me vest.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/29.

7.  Kay Lynn from Weight Chronicles and fellow America's Finest Fitness Blogger (San Diego) is giving away a pair of in ear headphones from Sol Republic.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/30.

8.  Linzie at Sharp Endurance is giving away a medal display.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/28.

9.  Diatta at Femme Fitale Fit Club has 3 GIVEAWAYS for you this week.  

The first is for Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/30.  US & Canada.

She also has a FRS Endurance 10 day pack for you to try.


Enter here.  Ends 12/5.

Finally, she is giving away a PB2 gift pack.  I LOVE PB2 so I really hope I win!  ;-)


Enter to win here.  Ends 12/5.

10.  Carmy at Run Carmy Run is giving away Vega One nutritional shake to a lucky winner.


Enter to win here.  Ends 12/4.

11.  Annmarie at The Fit Foodie Mama has 3 GIVEAWAYS for you this week.

The first is in collaboration with Bold Fit Mom and it includes a basket filled with goodies including jewelry, apparel & running gear.


Enter to win here. Ends 12/11.  

She is also giving away pouches of the Big Slice Apples.


Enter to win here.  Ends 12/4.

Finally, she is also giving away an UberFit apparel workout tank.


Enter to win here.  Ends 12/3.

12.  Kristin at StuftMama is giving away a book I desperately need - Running a Marathon for Dummies.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/28.  

13.  Erica at Erica Finds has 3 GIVEAWAYS for you this week and 2 of them are part of really cool gift guides.

The first one is for Marathon Fuel: Fuel for Fire Fuel Packs (Sampler) and Fuel 100 Electro-bites (Sampler).



Enter to win here.  Ends 11/30.

Then she has Holiday Gift Guide for Runners and is giving away a Bottlebark bottle and an HB Tune Handband.


Enter to win here.  Ends 12/9.

She also has a Holiday Gift Guide for Most Everyone Else and is giving away a 3 pack of Old Factory Candles and Note Cards from Violet Press and Paper.


Enter to win here.  Ends 12/10.

14.  Teresa at Eat Drink and Be Skinny is giving away a BlendTec 725.  (Back off, this one is mine.)  Haha


Enter to win here.  Ends 12/7.

15.  Lindsay at Fit and Awesome is giving away a Le Creuset baker!


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/30.  

16.  Farrah at Fairy Burger is reviewing and giving away the book, Skinny Me.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/30.

17.  Kaila from The Healthy Helper Blog is hosting a Favorite Things Birthday GIVEAWAY with 11 chances to win.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/27.

18.  Brittany at Naturally Fit Sisters and my co-host for the #FitFabFuelSwap is running 10 days of GIVEAWAYS on her blog.  


Enter to win here.  Starts December 5 and ends December 15.  

19.  Denise at Healthy Disney Family has a Puritan's Pride Smoothie GIVEAWAY for you.



Enter to win here.  Ends 12/1.

20.  Sue at This Mama Runs for Cupcakes is hosting 12 days of Giveaways on her blog!


Enter to win here.  Starts December 8 and ends December 23.  (no posts on weekends)

21.  Lora at Lora Hogan is giving away Feetures socks on her blog right now.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/28.  

22.  Kerri from From Lazy to Lady is hosting a raffle as part of Team Ronald McDonald in the Glass Slipper Challenge.


Find details and enter to win here.  Ends 1/30/15 (prizes drawn weekly until then)

23.  Run Eat Tweet AZ is giving away a bag of customizable oatmeal!  How fun!


Enter to win here.  Starts December 8.

24.  Laura at Fit Running Mama is giving away a $50 gift card to For Two Fitness.



Enter to win here.  Ends 12/3.

CHALLENGES

1.  Steffany at Run Steff Run is hosting a December Run Challenge. You set your own goal for December. Each week you report back with how many miles/days you ran. When you report back you get entered for that week's prize! 


Get signed up HERE!

2.  Morgan at Wildly Fit is hosting a 21 day challenge for you all.  It is a lot more than just fitness.  It is about YOU!


Get signed up HERE!

GIFT GUIDES FOR RUNNERS

1.  Amanda at Run to the Finish has some great ideas for stocking stuffers under $20!


Check it out here!

2.  Cynthia at You Signed Up For What?! has 25 gifts for triathletes under $50!


Check it out here!

3.  Nicole at Fitful Focus has a Healthy Holiday Guide for every budget.


Check it out here!

4.  Gloria from That SoCal Life is going to have tons of gift ideas for everyone in your life including men, women and even pets.


Check it out here!

RUNNING WITH SD MOM

I wanted to give you a little preview of what is in store in December.  Here are the GIVEAWAYS coming your way:


Exciting right??  I am so excited about each of these.  I will be doing 11 days of giving in December with a prize from the above list.  I will also talk about a couple of the products on my wish list!  So make sure you subscribe to the blog, follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest so you can be the first to enter each day!

So there you have it!  31 GIVEAWAYS, 4 Gift Guides and 2 Challenges.  Well, what are you waiting for?  Go enter!  And since this is the last Roundup for a while, I would love your feedback on how I can improve this in 2015.  What have you liked?  Disliked?

Good Luck and as always, I wish you Happy Feet,
SD Mom

Friday, November 21, 2014

Class Pass is here in San Diego! - A Preview!

Have you heard about ClassPass?  You buy one pass and it works for many many many fitness studios and classes in your area.  Well, it's here in San Diego!


I was given a one month complimentary ClassPass to use and there is no shortage of places where I can use it.  Here is a small list:

  • Armone's Core Connection
  • Barre3
  • Bird Rock Yoga
  • Black Sheep Yoga
  • BodyRok
  • Califit Coaching Services
  • Club Pilates
  • CORE40
  • Corebody Pilates Plus
  • DavisFIT
  • Fit in 60
  • Fortis and YOGALUX
  • get Kellyfit
  • Happy-U Namasté Yoga Center
  • I am Beautiful Boot Camp
  • Kettlebell XTraining
  • La Mesa Fit Body Boot Camp
  • Marshall Eklund Pilates
  • NXPT
  • Perfect Fit USA
  • Pilates of Eastlake
  • Pop Physique
  • Pure Barre
  • RideOn SD
  • Studio Barre
  • SweatHaus
  • The Dailey Method
  • The Little Yoga Studio
  • The Training Club
  • TITLE Boxing Club
  • TriPower Yoga
  • West Coast Martial Arts Academy
  • Women’s Elite Yoga
  • Xplicit Fitness
  • Xtend Barre Camino del Sur
  • Yoga Del Mar
  • Yoga Six
  • ZFitness Classes

Pretty awesome right?  This will be a great way for me to get some cross training in during Marathon training!  Stay tuned for my choice of classes and what it is really worth.  In the meantime, you can check them out here.  

They also just introduced the ClassPass Flex which allows you to use your $99 monthly membership in ANY city that has the ClassPass.  This means you can go from San Diego to San Francisco to Los Angeles in the same month, workout and have variety!  Read about it here.  

Have you ever tried ClassPass?  Do you recommend any of the above studios?

As always, I wish you Happy Feet,
SD Mom

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Spartan Races - Thoughts & a #GIVEAWAY

Well, well, well!  There is a category of fitness type things I won't do.  For example, you will never see me compete in a triathlon or an IronMan type event.  Only because I only know how to do the breast stroke.  I am not kidding!  Can you believe it?  When I learned how to swim, that is how I was taught.  I am not about to go embarrass myself in a body of water.

I would do an Ultra before I do a Tri and probably an Obstacle Course Race or OCR before I do a Tri.  The granddaddy of all OCRs is the Spartan Race Series.



I asked some of my fellow FitFluential bloggers about the appeal of OCRs.  Heather at Relentless Forward Commotion had this to say: "The thing I like about the Spartan series over the other obstacle course races is that it is competitive, and mentally AND physically challenging. It's FAR from the "fun-beer-and-mud-run" reputation so many other OCR's have been given. They are a true test of fitness, both strength and endurance. You learn to get "comfortable with being uncomfortable" pretty quick. They aren't for everyone, but I think everyone should at least TRY one."

Julianna Bananna wrote a recap of the SoCal Spartan Beast here.  She loves the physical challenge and just her and her shoes in the dirt.  

Ashley at Running Bun also did a recap here.  Again, "physically challenging and mentally rewarding."

I also spoke with Margaret at Dirt in Your Skirt who did a Las Vegas Spartan race recap here.  She writes about the experience as a whole being rewarding.

As a balance, I asked Axel from Iron Rogue for his opinion on Spartan Races and for various reasons, he didn't have a great race experience, mostly due to disorganization.  Read his recap here.



So where does that leave me?  Is this something I should even start to think about doing?  I am not sure I am there yet.  Maybe a itty bitty mud race first to get my feet wet dirty?

There sure are plenty of opportunities around me to try out a race.


Here are the next few races coming up:

Malibu 12/6
SoCal Beast 1/17
SoCal Sprint 1/18
SoCal Super 1/24
Arizona Sprint 2/7/15
Atlanta Sprint 3/7
Charlotte Sprint 4/11

So I am going to think on it and ponder long and hard about this.  But what about you?  Do you want to win a free entry to a Spartan Race?  Here is your chance!

No purchase necessary.  Void where prohibited.
1 winner will be randomly selected via a random number generator.
Open to anyone 18 years of age or older, as long as you can get to the race location in the United States by the race date and time.
Valid for an open heat (non-confirmed start time) only.
Winner will notified via email (if available) and blog post, and will have 24 hours to claim prize.
If original winner does not claim prize within 24 hours an alternate winner will be selected.
Contestants must enter on the comments in order to win.
All winning entries will be verified. If a winning entry cannot be verified as completed, a new winner will be drawn.
You have until Thursday November 27th at Midnight Pacific Standard Time to enter.  Winner will be selected on Friday November 28, 2014.
Code for the free entry will be provided by Smitha (SD Mom). 

All you have to do is comment below with which location you would use your free Spartan entry on.  And tell me why you think I should do a Spartan race in the future!  If you don't win or don't want to wait, use code SPARTANBLOGGER for 10% off your entry fee.

Good Luck and as always, I wish you Happy Feet,
SD Mom

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Wednesday GIVEAWAY Roundup!

Welcome to another edition of the Wednesday GIVEAWAY Roundup! I go looking for GIVEAWAYS around the web and put them in one place so you don't have to. As always, I am entering these GIVEAWAYS too! So here we go!

1.  As always, we start with my super awesome GIVEAWAY of the week and this week I bring you November's Smoothie Challenge GIVEAWAY from Puritan's Pride.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/21.  Continental US only.

2.    RunEatTweetAZ has a fun GIVEAWAY for you running the entire month of November in partnership with Fleet Feet Sports Scottsdale and Pocket Fuels.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/30.  Winners will be selected every Friday in November.

3.  Gloria at That SoCal Life is giving away a free entry to any US Spartan race.


Enter to win here.  Ends 12/2.

4.  Carmy is giving away 24 snack packs of popcorn to one lucky winner!


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/19.  ENDS TODAY!!!!

5.  Annmarie at Fit Foodie Mama giving away a seasonal smoothie package form Puritan's Pride.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/20.

She is also giving away a 16 pack of mixed flavor Lara Bars!


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/26.  

6.  Kerri from From Lazy to Lady is hosting a raffle as part of Team Ronald McDonald in the Glass Slipper Challenge.


Find details and enter to win here.  Ends 1/30/15 (prizes drawn weekly until then)

7.  Brie at Lean Clean and Brie is giving away a seasonal smoothie package form Puritan's Pride.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/20.

8.  Nicole at Fitful Focus is giving away a smoothie prize pack from Puritan's Pride too!


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/19.  Ends TODAY!

9.  My friend and fellow Spandits ambassador, Jen, has two GIVEAWAYS for you today.

She is giving away a Hands Free Hipster!


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/24.  

She is also giving away a You Saw Me Vest.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/28.

10.  Erica from Erica Finds has 3 GIVEAWAYS for you this week.  

First, she is giving away a Sampler of All Natural Products: Kuli Kuli Bars, Matcha on the go and Torie and Howard's Lemon Raspberry candies to 3 winners.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/19.

She is also giving away a 6 pack of Jessica's Natural Foods GF Granola.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/25.

Finally, she is also giving away Marathon Fuel: Fuel for Fire Fuel Packs (Sampler) and Fuel 100 Electro-bites (Sampler).



Enter to win here.  Ends 11/30.

11.  Jamaica at RARAX3 is hosting Part 2 of her Thank You GIVEAWAY.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/24.

12.  Jen at The Z Beat is giving away a Zumba themed prize pack.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/28.  

13.  Kay Lynn at the Weight Chronicles and fellow America's Finest Fitness Bloggers (San Diego) member is giving away 2 full size bottles of WIN Detergent.  This stuff works!


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/23.

14.  Cassandra from Powered by Bling is giving away 2 packs of Kooee! snacks.


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/24.

15.  And finally, Lora from Lora Hogan is giving away DANG! chips.  YUM!


Enter to win here.  Ends 11/20.

And there you have it.  15 Bloggers.  19 Giveaways.  1 Post.  Which ones will you enter??  

And don't forget to sign up for the #FitFabFuelSwap going on right now!


Make new friends and get in the Holiday spirit with all your Blends!

As always, I wish you Happy Feet,
SD Mom