Bodybuilding.com - Nutrition 101: Eat To Burn Fat

Diet and exercise can be a difficult combination to balance depending upon your goals. I'm discovering that increasing the amount of workout sessions I do in a week (or in a day for that matter) is causing my body to burn off more energy throughout the day, but not really allowing me to shed any significant amount of weight. It could be that I'm gaining muscle as a result of all the strength training I'm doing with P90X2, that I'm simply not eating enough calories to feed my body to really burn the fat or both. Note: I'm still running 3-4 days out of the week as well.

I don't know. It's a case of trial an error these days, but I'm determined to figure this thing out. Reading articles such as the one I have linked below does help though. I may have to give this one-week meal idea a go.

Bodybuilding.com - Nutrition 101: Eat To Burn Fat

The Running Bucket List

Like many of my fellow runners, I have created a bucket list of future races I would like to participate in prior to the end of this life's journey on earth. Some of these races will be completed within the very near future and some are a few destination races I would hope to run someday. I really think it is important to keep goal races on your list for motivation and to have something to always look forward to when you train.

Here is a list of a few race events that I have on my running bucket list and links to their online sites:

Near Future:
Little Rock Half Marathon - Little Rock, Arkansas*
Rock n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon -  Phila., PA
American Family Fitness Half Marathon  - Richmond, VA**

Bermuda Triangle Challenge  - Hamilton, Bermuda

Rock n' Roll New Orleans Half Marathon - NOLA
Divas Half Marathon in Puerto Rico - San Juan, PR
ING Miami Half Marathon - Miami, FL
Disney's Princess Half Marathon - Walt Disney World in FL
Marine Corp Historic Half - Fredericksburg, VA
North Carolina Half Marathon - Charlotte Motor Speedway in NC


*Black Girls Run! (BGR!) target race event
**National Black Marathoners' Association (NBMA) target race event

Interesting Races Considered:
Martian Half Marathon - Dearborn, MI
Area 13.1 Half Marathon - Roswell, GA
Safari Park Half Marathon - San Diego Zoo in CA






Awesome Destination Races:
Maui Half Marathon - Maui, HI
Wahine Half Marathon - Honolulu, HI
Centaur Subaru Half Marathon - Calgary, Canada
Great Wall Half Marathon - China *a true "someday" race*

WHAT'S ON YOUR LIST?


NOTE: At the present time, my interest is only on the half marathon distance. As I grow in my running ability, I will then consider the full marathon distance for future endeavors