‘Stop-vember?’

Stoptober- an NHS campaign to encourage people to stop smoking throughout the month of October.

I don’t smoke so that was easy!

Leading up to Christmas to save a bit of money (probably a lot actually) and as a bit of a challenge; as part of my marathon training I am giving up alcohol and chocolate for November.

I’m not a huge drinker but definitely partial to the odd glass of wine or two after a stressful day in the office. Chocolate however, is a problem. This has not been helped by the local corner shop selling huge bars of Galaxy for £2!

Sunday buggy run

So this is a little bit of a personal challenge and it should make the Christmas treats taste all the better!           

After yesterday’s Parkrun and a total of 13.8 miles for the week I decided to do a quick trip to the shop and back with Isabella in the buggy today.

We just needed a few bits, milk, cereal, something for the lunch, maybe a little treat….it wasn’t until I reached the till that I realised the pain au chocolat’s I had picked up had chocolate in them! Dammit! This is actually going to be harder than it looks!

There's chocolate in pain au chocolat!

To distract myself I’ve planned my week of training, an early morning run, a few hill reps and increasing my longer distance run to 8 miles on Thursday. I’ve also signed myself up for the November virtual half marathon race with www.virtualrunninguk.com. It was £5 entry with money going to Clic Sargent- a fantastic cause and a great opportunity to test myself to see how my training is paying off.

Bring on November!