The books are closed on July. I planned to run 96.5 miles, but ran 95.35. Close enough. I spent 15:01 running; the monthly overall pace was 9:27 min/mile. This is the slowest I’ve been since January (when I was just getting back into things and affected by snow), and that’s pretty much entirely due to the humidity. Even our local National Weather Service office noted the high humidity:

Muggy July? You bet…Cincinnati just had the 2nd muggiest July since 1938. Avg dewpoint was 69F — normal is 65F. No big relief in sight.

— NWS Wilmington OH (@NWSILN) August 1, 2016

The humidity was a force to be reckoned with.  I had a few runs that I’d consider ‘bad’ from the standpoint of going out only part of the distance and making it to exhaustion before the end of the planned run.  I had many days where I returned from a run soaking wet – like I had been swimming.

I had one race in July – the first of three NKU Cross Country Series 3.2k races. My time was 17:31, which is probably a PR.  Two more of those to go in August.

Planned for August

116.5 miles
2 races, both 3.2k cross country

I wish I could hope for better weather, but this is Cincinnati, and August is usually a humid Hell.  The evening cross country races are going to be hard.

Later This Year

532.35 miles planned (August – December), including 4 100+ mile months.

Two races, a 14k and a half marathon.

Total for the year

544.4 Planned Miles
553.58 Ran Miles
85:59:03 Hours Ran
9:19 minutes per mile average pace