Training for a Marathon, BFL, and trying to loose fat (at the same time)

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I am going to run the Chicago Marathon in October. It's my first

time and I am scared and excited. I've been doing Body for life

since December and I have made decent progress:

Start: 172, BF% 29.2

End: 162, BF % 23

My goal is to get a bodyfat % of around 20% (ideally I would like to

be at 17%) or under and to weigh 145 -150. So I still need to loose

about 15 pounds.

I've read alot that you shouldn't try to cut while training for a

marathon, but I surely need to loose this extra weight. I decided to

do this marathon because I need a its been a goal of mine and I

figure that I need to stop putting it off.

I'm planning to join a marathon training program in June, but right

now I'm trying to get my mileage up (they recommend that you should

be running 18 miles/week and can run 6 miles without stopping before

beginning the program).

I was going to try to stick to the BFL way of eating and working out

(maybe trading some HIT for the runs), but I was wondering if ANYONE

can share some advice on how you they trained and incorporated BFL

for endurance sports. I definetly don't want to loose too much lean

mass but I need to loose some fat.

Okay, sorry for my ramble...

Rai