Body Fat

I got measured by Florida Hospital using calibers for bodyfat. I came in at 15.6%. It's in the same ballpark as my bodyfat scale which indicated 16.0% this morning.

The range for athletes is 14-20% for women and 6-13% for men. Elite male runners at about 5% bodyfat. Elite females have 15%.

Am I obese? No. But I do carry excess body fat. Abdominal fat is unhealthy. Runners World had an article that said if you lose 10 lbs, you can run 20 seconds a mile fast. Just what I need to be qualify for Boston.

My goal is 10%. I need to lose about 10 lbs of fat without losing muscle mass.

An aside - from a small sample, it seems that men carry their fat in the gut while women carry the fat in their thighs.