Prohibition time!

I remember I knew a girl who was training for a 10k run and gave up the booze in preparation. I laughed. And laughed some more. Then I had a double gin and soda.

Having put together my run training schedule for the next 3.5 months, I've realized that if I'm actually going to rouse myself for jogging on both Saturday and Sunday mornings, I'm not going to be able to go out partying till 3 in the morning, stumbling back to what I think is my house but actually turns out to be a garage, and passing out under someone's Camaro (don't worry mom - this only happened once. Usually it's a Hummer).

So I thought about that girl, and made a pro and con list for not drinking till the half:

Pros:

I won't be hungover as much

I'll save money that I'll have to spend on really expensive running shoes

Cons:

I won't be able to drink. For four months.

I'll probably be a much less tolerable person.

But I won't be alone. My dad, recovering from illness, is also not able to drink. We can be miserable and anti-social together. Yay!

PS: Haven't actually started training. But I did make a really pretty training schedule.