-  Started August 27th and ended on November 19, 2000 (my 32nd birthday)

 - I had no idea that my legs had gotten that slender over the months - which I attribute to all the marathon-training distance running.  - My routine is weights M/W/F and running 4-5 miles on T/TH morning and long runs ranging from 10-18 miles on Sunday mornings.

 - I continue to eat BFL, by the book.  - In the first 4 weeks of my challenge I did only the 20 minute cardio solution on T/Th because I had hurt my hip while white water rafting in Colorado (Women's Club Slumber Party, whooo hoo! See the pictures at Yahoo Photo Album ) I digress. Anyway, I did the long runs on Sundays but the cardio solution during the week and I lost 4% body fat in those 4 weeks.

 - Then the 2nd 12 weeks of the challenge I started running as mentioned above and lost 3 lbs of muscle and NO body fat! Eeek! (Hence those skinny legs) The final 4 weeks of my challenge I started cheating on the eating a bit and managed to lose 2% more body fat and no more muscle *whew*.

 - And yes. I do still my lower body workouts the way I'm supposed to in spite of the numerous people who say marathon runners shouldn't strength-train when distance running. I tried that angle on my personal trainer (also known as "Torture Boy" - Craig Gulliford) - "I can't do legs today, I ran 18 miles yesterday" - and he worked me twice as hard for whining. Gotta love those guys, eh? That's what we pay them for. Well, anyway, my running hasn't suffered a bit and it's been noted by my running buddies that my recovery time from a long run is significantly quicker than some of theirs.

 - Want to know how I did at the marathon? Here it is