Decisions, decisions.

[El Gordo]

Or perhaps El G's onto something with this abstinence? No, surely not!

It's now more than 4 weeks since I last went near the devil's saliva.... and it feels great. It was the answer that suited me, but it won't be right for everyone.

I've bought a mountain of decent wine over the past 3 years, so I'm not contemplating the possibility of never drinking again. I've got too much good claret to experience. I just needed a break from it.

Interesting how we all have our own solutions. Some people (no names mentioned!) never seem to tamper much with food and drink intake, but are able to get fitter by regulating running only. I've tried that, but can't pull it off. If I drink, I eat too much, and motivation plummets. Simple. Only you know what works for you. I don't recall you having trouble drinking beer after a run. I thought that was part of your ritual. How about a glass or two of muscley Aussie wine?

The plan to do some 10Ks sounds good. A plan of any kind sounds good. Perhaps you don't have to name races at this point, but at least settle on a general target (a half marathon within 6 months, say). You can identify a particular race once you know where you'll be. Maybe a marathon sometime in 2009?

Do you ever read training schedules? If you've not looked at Hal Higdon's training page recently, give it a go: http://www.halhigdon.com/#marathon . He's added a few new things recently. Even if you don't religiously follow any in particular, I always find it motivating to look at different plans. I find myself checking the calendar and counting out how many weeks till some race or other.