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August 2016 Monthly Recap

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.

Old Hudepohl Brewery, 8/16/16
Old Hudepohl Brewery, 8/16/16

Upcoming

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

Cheers!

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July 2016 Month Recap

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:

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