It’s the end of August. Time for fall, football, Oktoberfest, and hopefully a few PRs.

In August, I intended to run 116.5 miles.  I ran 118.52 miles.  My average pace was slower by a second, but it was mostly due to extreme heat coupled with a more loaded running plan (I ran 23 miles more than in July).  On the few days where the humidity was down, I was able to bust out some decent runs and not end up looking like I swam across the Ohio River.

I had two short XC races in August – the NKU XC Series race #2 and the NKU XC Series Brian Rohne Championship Race.

Race #2: 16:57
Race #3: 16:56

In both cases, these do not match the official results.  This is not a chip-timed race, so I went by my watch.

Planned for September

Hudepohl 14k. Slightly new course this year, and they reversed it, which means that the race strategy is totally different.  The first nearly 4 miles are net-uphill with one major hill (Liberty Street).  There is a significant downhill going through mile 4 with a short but not-insignificant uphill right where the mile 5 marker is, followed by a downhill slope and mostly flat to rolling into the finish at just shy of 9 miles.

Upcoming

An October to build up, and a half marathon in November? We’ll see…

Cheers!