Today ends my 30 day challenge. If you remember, I stated that I was going to try and avoid all alcohol for 30 days and increase my running to 3-4 times per week for 30 days. So, how did I do? Well….I did not make it 100% but did a solid 80% success rate.
I did cut down on alcohol significantly and only had 2-3 drinks on a couple Friday and Saturday nights. So that is much better than the occasional drink during the week and several on the weekends. I am happy with the results but still want to keep this one going as I realized during the last 30 days how unimportant alcohol is to me. It’s nice to have a cocktail with friends or a glass of wine with dinner now and then, but for the most part I would rather drink water or something else. Plus, it’s a lot cheaper!
As for the running, I had a couple good weeks, one week where I didn’t run at all, and this last week where I got 2 days in. So, a good effort and increase from before this challenge, but not a 100% effort as anticipated.
And that is just fine with me. I am not going to berate myself for not doing a perfect job on this because I know that would only encourage me to say “screw it” on my efforts and give up. Instead, I am happy with the progress I made and will push for another 30 days of little alcohol and solid running. I am planning to run the Disney Princess half marathon with some friends in February 2012, so there is my incentive to keep up the good work.
I’ll just keep pushing ahead with my goals and the results will speak for themselves.
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