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Halloween Without Beer

Oct 31, 2012 | Life

Ten months into my year without beer, I looked at why cutting back on alcohol matters and how my running challenge was progressing alongside it.

How is it Halloween already? This year is going so fast and Halloween marks ten whole months alcohol free!

Year Without Beer Needs Your Support!

How would you like to reduce your cancer risk and also help others? Health experts warn that drinking one pint of beer, a large glass of wine or a couple of measures of spirits a day increases the risk of liver and bowel cancers by a fifth.

The Olympics may be over, but my Year Without Beer isn’t! I am spending all 366 days of this leap year alcohol free in an attempt to raise money for 2 charities that are both very close to my heart.

As part of my running challenge I have completed a quarter marathon, a 10 mile road race (Great South Run) and am signed up to do an 8 mile off road challenge (The Grim Original).

In 2012 I was raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and Cancer Research UK.

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