Badass Contest Entries

As promised, here are the rest of the Badass Kettlebell Giveaway entries:

Fitzalan from Sweets and Sweats

and then im posting this one of her from her blog, because i think its pretty badass, too

Arthi sent in this picture witha little background story:

in october, i ran the marine corps marathon. i had been training for months so i was pretty excited. at mile 10, they were handing out oranges, at the top of a hill. everyone was dropping their peels right on the road, and i slipped on one going down the hill. i felt an excruciating pain in my knee and it started ballooning right there. it was so painful just to step on it or bend it or anything. after training for something that long, there is no way i was giving up with a fight – so i popped an extra strength tylenol and decided to keep going. i later found out through an MRI that i had dislocated my kneecap! the tylenol numbed me from mile 14 to about 22. and after that, well, who gives up with THREE MILES LEFT? so that is my badass story – i finished the last 16 miles of a marathon after i dislocated my kneecap. well, i guess that is actually more stupid than badass :)

JessieP over at ModelBehavior had an entire badass photoshoot. And im really hoping she gets those tattoos for real. My Little Ponies are badass.

Ashley and Georgia win for most creative

So for my fitness routine I enjoy extreme kung fu while wearing masks
in public parks………and lifting houses. It may not be the most
traditional form of fitness but it is definitely bad ass.

Alex sent me the following pic with the following story:

My badass picture comes with a little back story.  I’ll make it as short as it can be.  In middle school, I struggled to run a mile. I remember, because once a year, they made us do a timed-mile-run for our pain and their entertainment.  Naw, I’m sure there was some sort of actual fitness- or health-related reason, but whatever.  Details.  Anyway, I always vowed that I would run the whole thing and finish valiantly and I never did.  Also, I was overweight.  My highest, at some point in high school, was 175 pounds.  I’m 5′4″. And 1/2″. But even that extra 1/2″ did not make me less overweight.  One day, senior year, I decided I was fed up.  I started exercising, eating right, etc. and the pounds came off.  I felt so much better.  I could run more than a mile at a time.  By my junior year in college, I had lost 60 pounds and I could run. Really run. I decided to join my University’s marathon team – which was pretty much just a group of people who trained together for the LA Marathon.  Weekly short(er) runs and a long run every Sunday at 8 AM. I did it my junior year and loved it. I was asked to come back and be a coach my senior year, and I did. I loved it again.  So far, I have run 3 marathons in total, PR 3:39, and am signed up for my fourth. I plan to do one every year until I can’t walk anymore.  And some day, I hope to run an ultra.

The end.

Thanks guys, that was fun. I can;t wait until the next contest.  Next time I score some swag, I’ll hold another one. and if you still have badass pictures that you didnt get a chance to submit, go ahead and email them to me, and ill put them up.

My Fat Acceptance post will be up on Monday, so keep an eye out for it! Have a great weekend!