I don't even know how to type this... I stopped drinking. Just like that! The weekend of 30 June I went to the store and bought multiple bottles of wine for the weekend like I've been doing for years. I even put a few of them in the refrigerator. But this time I didn't open them.
I'm not sure fully why. Partially because I have a cruise coming up and it's getting harder and harder to see my abdominal muscles under this coating of Pinot Grigio. The other reason is because well, I'm training for a marathon. How many marathon runners also drink as often and as heavily as I do? Doesn't that actually defeat the purpose of becoming an athlete? I'm not sure the answer but the solution for me was to stop. Cold turkey and that's what I did.
It was hard at first. Especially during the 4th of July holiday but that day came and went and so did the next and then next and before I knew it weeks had gone by.
The next thing I did was start to work on my diet. I stopped buying 25.00 worth of sushi on Thursdays and I cut back on Chipotle too.
I'm not sure the exact date but it came to my attention that one of the travel agents had a bib for sale for the Goofy Challenge. This was the Challenge I wanted to do but it was sold out by the time I registered. It took a little finagling but I did it! I swapped my Goofy bib for a Dopey. So now instead of running a half and a full I'll be like a bunch of other crazy people. 5k on Thur. 10k on Friday. 1/2 marathon on Saturday and a full Marathon on Sunday for a grand total of 48.60 miles.... Shit just got real!
Turns out I did too. For the first time ever I logged more than 100 miles of running in one month.
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