I was thinking about posting this and received some encouragement from u/drhawary-pt with their 5K post.

I finished this run and managed to climb the hotel stairs afterward, which made me happy. Came in to the room and my husband had breakfast almost ready, which made me ecstatic. I was starving. Thankfully, we recently got a Camelbak for hiking/climbing, so I wasn't thirsty, though the "sun-kissed" aspect was hitting hard. Training in 83° Kentucky afternoon weather is VERY different from running in 87° Florida morning weather, even at a slower pace.

Then I immediately Google "average beginner 10K pace" and kicked myself in the face with data. I shouldn't have. It killed the buzz for a little bit. Then I remembered, this is VERY likely race day beginner pace, not first 10K training day pace. I can knock off 3-4 minutes/mi by November (my first race day 10K - running for turkey dinner). I did it with my 5K time. I can do it with my 10K time. And the temperature will be more favorable too.

So, I guess this is a placeholder/benchmark run. Let's see how I can move those numbers by Thanksgiving!