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A week after beating my 5K PB, I smashed my 10 mile and half marathon personal bests too, cutting 25 minutes off my previous half marathon time.

On top of running alcohol free all year, I signed up for the Facebook FiveK, a global 5K where anyone posts their time and a photo online.

With the year over 70% done, there are only 100 days left until a Christmas without beer, as I keep training for the Great South Run.

Three months after starting to run, I passed the halfway point of my 500 mile challenge for the year, with the Great South Run still to come.

After hating running at school, I finished my first race, a quarter marathon, in 54 minutes 42 seconds, powered by a week of juice only.

A trip to the Garlic Farm on the Isle of Wight, the garlic beer I tried again, and why it’s one beer I’m happy to give up for good.

With two weeks to go before my first race in over 20 years, I’ve nearly doubled my running pace and set a new 5k personal best.

Two months into running I’d covered 175 of my 500 mile target, burned over 25,000 calories, and brought my body fat down to 12%.

A trip to Amsterdam ended with a shot of fresh wheatgrass juice rather than anything from the coffee shops, and a look at why this grassy shot is said to be so good for you.

As Team GB won gold after gold at London 2012, I hit 125 miles of my own 500 mile running target and a personal best 5 mile time, while keeping my year without beer going.

After just 6 weeks of training for the Great South Run, I ran 10 miles in 1 hour 41 minutes, smashing my own target and setting my sights on a personal best.

My latest challenge in my year without beer: running 500 miles, starting from a standing start just a month earlier with no running experience at all.