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First: a recap. I've had some excellent success on my master quests since I began doing these challenges. I spent a season and a half doing HIIT workouts on top of my regular jogging in order to get ready for a Warrior Dash. That was a great experience! After that I start practicing trail running and I also took up the sword against my personal dragon: unhealthy eating. (See beginning of the dragon quest here.) My main quest for this challenge is simply to end the year with a bang. But first, here's some pictures of me from the race on November 1st. Toward the aim of ending the year with a bang, my three goals are: Firstly, to complete National Novel-Writing Month, which entails writing 50,000 words of fiction within the month of November. Obviously, I've already started on this goal. Secondly, to accomplish my new year's resolution of running 500 miles within the year 2014. Again, this goal is already well begun, but I'm not there yet. And thirdly, to continue sparring with the dragon. This goal is broken into component sections: A. There shall be no dessert eating by myself, dessert being defined as any sugary food or beverage of more than fifty calories. (Exceptions made for a moderate amount of candy and caffeinated beverages consumed while writing. My brain is a miser and simply works harder when there's inducements on hand.) B. Social dessert eating shall not be instigated by myself, and shall be limited to moderate quantity. Example: Thanksgiving. C. I will make this possible by taking advantage of the two primary lessons learned in my previous challenge: preparation and determination. I don't quite have metrics for these yet, but I will by the start of the challenge.