20 Miler.

20 mles up at the lake, with a 2 mile walk at the start and end to stretch out the time. Got started about 7:30 before it was too warm, and it wasn't as humid as last Saturday, so it felt better than last week. By the end though, I was really beat. Temperatures were in the upper 60s at the start and low 70s at teh end, but dew point was in the low 40s, so felt very nice, even had a light breeze. But 20 miles is 20 miles, so it wasn't easy. Overall time of 3:29:33, average pace of 10:28. Splits of 10:30, 9:49, 10:09, 10:03, 9:55, 10:20, 10:21, 10:18, 10:22, 10:34, 10:21, 10:28, 10:27, 10:30, 10:30, 10:53, 10:55, 10:57, 10:55 and 11:07. Had to take 2 walk breaks the last mile, but other than that I was able to hang in there. Average heart rate was 156, with the last few miles between 159 and 162, so it never got too high. The 2 mile walk at the end was slow, nearly a 20 min/mile pace, but I was feeling better by the end of it.