Who Loves Knee Socks?

This girl!  I know, crazy to love knee socks, but I think you would, too, if you were not able to pull them up over your calves for as long as you can remember.  As of Friday, I could pull my knee socks up.  Want to see?

I was very excited!  So much so that I dug through my sock drawer this morning and found another pair of knee socks to wear today.  I may just be the crazy girl wearing knee socks in the middle of a hot Indiana summer.  We'll see. 

I did my longest run yet this morning.  Originally I planned to do it outside.  I even mapped out my course last night.  This morning I decided to run inside because I needed to get it done pretty early this morning.  Early enough that is was still dark out - safety first!  I drove to the place that I do my indoor long runs, and began the long four and a half mile trek that was on my training schedule today. 

I rocked the run today!  I am SO HAPPY!  Here are my results:

It took me one hour and fourteen minutes to complete, and my pacing has improved.  Woo-hoo! 

This run I decided to chart my pacing to see how much time it took me for each mile.  Here are those results:

 

These results make sense to me.  My first mile was definitely my best mile.  I slowed down as my miles increased.  However, each mile was still faster than my time last week.  Yippee!

 

Four and a half miles is a long distance.  I feel so much better now that I have done it.  I am stronger than I think I am.  I can do this.  I can be a better, healthier, happier me.  I saw this, and it made me laugh.  It is also a goal of mine so I thought I would share it on here: