10 Terms
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overtraining
Sports; Track and field
Condition when runner trains too much too soon and leads to fatigue, injury and/or burn-out
uprights
Sports; Track and field
Vertical poles which hold the bar for the high jump and pole vault in place.
oxygen debt
Sports; Track and field
A state where the energy demand is greater than what can be provided by oxygen thus inducing heavy breathing to consume more oxygen
speed work
Sports; Track and field
Short, fast intervals with recovery jogs between; increases your leg turnover and maximizes your stamina and race confidence
split times
Sports; Track and field
Denotes the time it takes to run a portion of a total run (often measured at mile markers or other distinctive points along the way); for example, a runner may run a 7:00 mile split between miles 4 ...
