STRONGER OR NOT?

177.4!

Down another 0.4lbs today. That's 0.8lbs over the last 2 days. I really think the strength training is already helping in a number of ways.

I did the  workout I said I would do, yesterday. Ran 2.3 miles to the gym, strength trained 45 minutes, then ran back to my car another2.3 miles. The funny thing was that the run after the gym was so much easier than the run there. This, despite the fact that I had already run 2.3 miles and worked my legs and core for 45 minutes. I thought my muscles would be dead but they were rejuvenated!

I have a hard time, at this point, believing it was a mere coincidence. Last week, after I did my hour long strength training the runs I did the rest of the week seemed to feel easier and stronger. I thought that was a weird phenomenon or something. But, maybe these strength training workouts are "waking up" my muscles from when I did a lot of strength training in the past...like a year and a half ago. I really think there is no way I'm getting noticeably stronger already after only 2 workouts in the gym. So, this is my best guess as to what I'm experiencing.

I will run tomorrow, again. I will see if it still feels stronger, still. If it does, I will feel better, in that regard, about the marathon in a week and a half. I do have a lot of butterflies in my stomach about going into this thing so much heavier than I already am normally. This is very stressful. If you're a runner and have ever put on a few lbs over a short period of time and then gone running you know how much harder it feels. It's amazing how only a couple of lbs can make such a big difference!

Well, let's keep our fingers crossed that tomorrow's weigh in will be a good one, again.

TTFN