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General Running Terms **:
10% Rule: is a general guideline that says don't increase your weekly mileage by more than about 10% each week. An alternate rule is Coach Jack Daniels' rule not to increase more than the number of workouts you do per week; i.e. if you run five times per week, then you can increase by five miles a week.
Aerobic: means simply that something requires oxygen. Aerobic exercise requires the heart and lungs to work harder to meet the body's increased oxygen demand. Contrast with anaerobic.
Anaerobic: means simply without oxygen or not requiring oxygen. This is exercise performed at a high intensity and requiring a rate of energy production greater than that supplied by aerobic respiration.
Base: is how many miles you are running; for example if you run 30 miles per week, that is your base. This is somewhat simplified, but gives you the general idea.
Carb Loading: basically this just means trying to maximize the storage of glycogen (a form of energy) in one's muscles before a race.
Chronograph: is a fancy name for a runner's watch. The stop watch mode where you time your runs is known as the Chronograph mode.
Cross country: is usually a fall sport at the high school and college levels; it is a running event in which runners must run a course consisting of varying terrain. In team events, the first five runners to cross the finish line score for their team. The team with the low score wins. 1 point is awarded to first, 2 points to second, 3 to third and so on. A perfect score in a Cross Country meet is 15 points.
Cross training: is another aerobic exercise such as swimming, cycling, cross country skiing used to complement running or when you are injured and can't run.
Couch to 5k: is a beginners running plan. Couch 2 5K site.
Doubles: refers to doing two runs in the same day. Singles would be doing just one run. So if someone says "I did 50 miles this week, all singles" they are saying "I ran 50 miles this week, all as once-a-day runs."
Elite: refers to those really super fast folks who usually don't have to pay for shoes because they get them sponsored.
Fuel Belt: a type of belt you wear around your waist that has holders for bottles to carry fuel or fluids. Other types include Amphipod (a brand) and Camelbaks (which are like back packs that you carry water in).
Gallowalking: refers to walking at certain fixed intervals, such as one minute in ten, during long runs. The phrase is named for Jeff Galloway. Also called a run-walk.
Ghost Runner: is the guy (imagined or not as the case may be) that is on your heels about to pass you, used for motivation to keep up the pace. (thanks to Chuck for this one.)
Grade: refers to the steepness of a hill. Cycling site that allows you to figure out hill grades.
GU: is a type of energy gel. It's a brand name, but it's often used as a generic for gels generally (kind of like how xerox is used to refer to copying things in general). Gels are a semi-liquid sugary snack used for a quick energy burst. Sports beans are a jelly bean product related to GU. Cliff Blocks are another similar product. Hammer Gel is another product. Etc. You can find these at your local running store.
Hashers: or Hash House harriers are self proclaimed "drinkers with a running problem."
Heart: is obviously an organ in your chest, but it also is often used in running to refer to your courage, drive, desire.
Ice Bath: is what it sounds like, taking a bath in ice to help prevent next day soreness.
Jog: is basically running at a slower pace, often to recover between intervals. Jogging is subjective rather than objective. One person's jog can be another person's run.
Junk miles: are runs at an easy pace done in order to reach a weekly or monthly mileage total rather than for any specific benefit. A lot of people say no miles are junk, though!
Laps: and Splits: are your times in a race or workout at several measured intervals. Laps would be this for example, a 36:00 minute 4-mile run might have mile splits of 9:00, 8:50, 9:10, 9:00. Splits technically refer to cumulative times, e.g. if you are running 8:00 min/miles, your split times will be 8:00 @ Mile 1, 16:00 at Mile 2 and so on. Negative splits: refers to running the second half of the race faster than the first. The opposite is a positive split where you run the first half faster. Even splits would be running essentially the same time for both halves of the race. (Thanks to Toronto Guy for clarification on this one.) You can calculate your splits for a race using this online calculator.
Master: is usually an athlete 40 years of age or older.
Out and back: means a course you run out a certain distance, then turn around and run back. A loop is simply that -- you start in one spot and run in a big circle.
Personal Record: or Personal Best: means you ran your best time at the distance. Can be used as a verb "I PRed this weekend at the local 5K."
Pheidippides: was this awesome Greek dude who ran the 24 miles or 39 kilometers from Marathon to Athens in 490 BC with news of a Greek victory over the Persians. After delivering the message, he collapsed and died. Marathons are named for his feat. (It's a long story about why it's 26.2 versus 24 ...)
Road Kill: - You become road kill when during a race you are passed by a faster runner.
Runner: is a person who RUNS. Period. If you run, you're a runner no matter how slow or fast you are or whether you ever enter a race or not.
Runner's High: is a feeling of happiness and euphoria following running. Seems to be caused by endorphins. Not everyone experiences it.
Snot Rocket: is a way to clear your sinuses when you're running; as in "I launched a snot rocket." Ask the board for technique suggestions. Also known as a farmer's blow.
Sprints: are usually the races 400 meters and below in track and field. To sprint means to run as hard and as fast as you possibily can, usually for a relatively short distance.
I found these over on the Runner's World site and thougt you might like to read them.
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10% Rule: is a general guideline that says don't increase your weekly mileage by more than about 10% each week. An alternate rule is Coach Jack Daniels' rule not to increase more than the number of workouts you do per week; i.e. if you run five times per week, then you can increase by five miles a week.
Aerobic: means simply that something requires oxygen. Aerobic exercise requires the heart and lungs to work harder to meet the body's increased oxygen demand. Contrast with anaerobic.
Anaerobic: means simply without oxygen or not requiring oxygen. This is exercise performed at a high intensity and requiring a rate of energy production greater than that supplied by aerobic respiration.
Base: is how many miles you are running; for example if you run 30 miles per week, that is your base. This is somewhat simplified, but gives you the general idea.
Carb Loading: basically this just means trying to maximize the storage of glycogen (a form of energy) in one's muscles before a race.
Chronograph: is a fancy name for a runner's watch. The stop watch mode where you time your runs is known as the Chronograph mode.
Cross country: is usually a fall sport at the high school and college levels; it is a running event in which runners must run a course consisting of varying terrain. In team events, the first five runners to cross the finish line score for their team. The team with the low score wins. 1 point is awarded to first, 2 points to second, 3 to third and so on. A perfect score in a Cross Country meet is 15 points.
Cross training: is another aerobic exercise such as swimming, cycling, cross country skiing used to complement running or when you are injured and can't run.
Couch to 5k: is a beginners running plan. Couch 2 5K site.
Doubles: refers to doing two runs in the same day. Singles would be doing just one run. So if someone says "I did 50 miles this week, all singles" they are saying "I ran 50 miles this week, all as once-a-day runs."
Elite: refers to those really super fast folks who usually don't have to pay for shoes because they get them sponsored.
Fuel Belt: a type of belt you wear around your waist that has holders for bottles to carry fuel or fluids. Other types include Amphipod (a brand) and Camelbaks (which are like back packs that you carry water in).
Gallowalking: refers to walking at certain fixed intervals, such as one minute in ten, during long runs. The phrase is named for Jeff Galloway. Also called a run-walk.
Ghost Runner: is the guy (imagined or not as the case may be) that is on your heels about to pass you, used for motivation to keep up the pace. (thanks to Chuck for this one.)
Grade: refers to the steepness of a hill. Cycling site that allows you to figure out hill grades.
GU: is a type of energy gel. It's a brand name, but it's often used as a generic for gels generally (kind of like how xerox is used to refer to copying things in general). Gels are a semi-liquid sugary snack used for a quick energy burst. Sports beans are a jelly bean product related to GU. Cliff Blocks are another similar product. Hammer Gel is another product. Etc. You can find these at your local running store.
Hashers: or Hash House harriers are self proclaimed "drinkers with a running problem."
Heart: is obviously an organ in your chest, but it also is often used in running to refer to your courage, drive, desire.
Ice Bath: is what it sounds like, taking a bath in ice to help prevent next day soreness.
Jog: is basically running at a slower pace, often to recover between intervals. Jogging is subjective rather than objective. One person's jog can be another person's run.
Junk miles: are runs at an easy pace done in order to reach a weekly or monthly mileage total rather than for any specific benefit. A lot of people say no miles are junk, though!
Laps: and Splits: are your times in a race or workout at several measured intervals. Laps would be this for example, a 36:00 minute 4-mile run might have mile splits of 9:00, 8:50, 9:10, 9:00. Splits technically refer to cumulative times, e.g. if you are running 8:00 min/miles, your split times will be 8:00 @ Mile 1, 16:00 at Mile 2 and so on. Negative splits: refers to running the second half of the race faster than the first. The opposite is a positive split where you run the first half faster. Even splits would be running essentially the same time for both halves of the race. (Thanks to Toronto Guy for clarification on this one.) You can calculate your splits for a race using this online calculator.
Master: is usually an athlete 40 years of age or older.
Out and back: means a course you run out a certain distance, then turn around and run back. A loop is simply that -- you start in one spot and run in a big circle.
Personal Record: or Personal Best: means you ran your best time at the distance. Can be used as a verb "I PRed this weekend at the local 5K."
Pheidippides: was this awesome Greek dude who ran the 24 miles or 39 kilometers from Marathon to Athens in 490 BC with news of a Greek victory over the Persians. After delivering the message, he collapsed and died. Marathons are named for his feat. (It's a long story about why it's 26.2 versus 24 ...)
Road Kill: - You become road kill when during a race you are passed by a faster runner.
Runner: is a person who RUNS. Period. If you run, you're a runner no matter how slow or fast you are or whether you ever enter a race or not.
Runner's High: is a feeling of happiness and euphoria following running. Seems to be caused by endorphins. Not everyone experiences it.
Snot Rocket: is a way to clear your sinuses when you're running; as in "I launched a snot rocket." Ask the board for technique suggestions. Also known as a farmer's blow.
Sprints: are usually the races 400 meters and below in track and field. To sprint means to run as hard and as fast as you possibily can, usually for a relatively short distance.
I found these over on the Runner's World site and thougt you might like to read them.
News Panda
