Fat Loss and competitive running
hello fellow forum runners. I have come a long way with fat loss, down nearly 80 pounds from my heaviest. I have some competitive goals this year for the first time in running. I am 5' 6.5" and around 149-150 now. body fat around 26%. I am 7 weeks into a 12 week 5k training plan from "run less run faster" the furman people. I am doing really well with training, and in the first 6 weeks or so, was steadily losing fat. but now my appetite seems really huge, and I have had a hard time staying in a deficit this week. my eating by the way is 80-90 percent whole foods most of the time. two times eating out in 7 weeks, so very little junk.
are fat loss and competitive running goals mutually exclusive? my target 5k is the first week of march. furman running camp is middle may. target marathon is late november (want to qualify for boston 4 flat).
should I scale back the 5k training so I can diet harder and go into may running camp closer to an optimal running weight? (guessing 140 ish 23-24% body fat would be better?) however the fitness I am building right now is great, and I know it will help me for marathon season.
what do you seasoned runners think?
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