Lake Placid Half Marathon

So the goal for this race was to see where I was in my condition for Tupper Lake Tinman(which is in 2 weeks).
The morning of the race looked good. The sun was just rising when we left the camp for the trip to The Olympic Oval for the start. The day before brought humid conditions and I was hoping the rain that broke through that night would have broke the humidity. That's all that it was, a false hope.
The horn sounded and the race was off. The sun was shining down on the runners and there were only a few clouds in the sky.
After rounding Mirror Lake for the first 2.5 miles, one could really feel things starting to heat up. I was feeling good at the 4 mile marker which is the beginning of River Road. River Road is an out and back stretch of the race. The road is full of gently rolling hills, nothing too major. I made the turn around mile 8 and headed back down the road. I was feeling really good and I was in 7th place for the half marathon. I finished 14th the previous year and was hoping I could hold this pace for the rest of the race.
As I passed the 9 mile marker, I was around my 15K Personal Best time of 57 minutes. I was still feeling ok.
And then I hit mile 10. Uh-oh. I can't hold this pace. I dropped off and people started to slowly pass me.
I shuffled in about 4 seconds under my best time on this course and 13th overall. My time was 1:29:27.
I came in 2nd in my age group.
Next up, Baxter Mountain 3.5 mile Mountain Run.