16 Tough Miles

Volunteered at the Girls On The Run 5K in Forest Park in the morning, so didn't run until the afternoon. Ate lunch, looked at the radar and saw that rain was coming in, would probably get here around 4pm or 5pm, so headed out and got running shortly after 12:30. Was planning on running 18, but was running the 16th mile and figured I didn't really need to run 18, so cut it off there. 2:50:37 total time, so average pace of 10:39, AHR of 154. While running temps were around 63F with a 56F dewpoint, so not quite into the 'uncomfortable' range for me. Splits of 10:22, 10:21, 10:25, 10:19, 10:26, 10:47, 10:39, 10:37, 10:36, 10:40, 10:35, 10:38, 10:45, 10:50, 10:56 and 11:33. Was happy when it was over, walked 2.5 miles after the run and they were slow - nearly a 20 minute/mile pace. Guessing standing around at the 5K for a few hours took a bit out of my legs.