I've done around 150 miles since I changed my seal, today when the car was on the ramp I had a look at the seal again and it's completely bone dry. The seal I fitted was very pliable, definitely not old stock. If yours does spring a leak, there's another trick you can try, you can pop the spring out of the seal, unscrew the part where it's joined then snip a couple of mm off it. Screw it back together then reinstall the spring into the seal. This will marginally increase the force that the seal puts on the shaft and the chances are you will have a more reliable seal. I've used this method a million times and it always works.
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