Glossary

Bonk - aka "Hit the wall." - This is when you run out of energy, you literally feel like you have run out of gas. To prevent this from happening, fuel up about an hour before your workout or a race. Have a small snack such as a banana or peanut butter on a bagel.

Go large - To give it your all.

Fartlek Run - "After 5 or 10 minutes of easy running at the start, you pick up the pace and sprint for maybe 10 or 20 or more seconds, then jog or even walk for a near equal time until partly recovered, then sprint again. These speed bursts could be anywhere from 100 to 400 meters, or longer. They could be up a hill or down a hill or on the flat. They could be at top speed or at the pace you might run a long race or from this tree to that tree."

Interval Training - A system of high-intensity work marked by short, but regularly repeated periods of hard exercise interspersed with periods of recovery.

Meters -
400: Once around the track
600: One and a half times around the track
800: Twice around the track

Overtraining- Extreme fatigue, both physical and mental, caused by extensively training at a work load higher than that to which the body can readily adapt.

Sprint - to race or move at full speed, esp. for a short distance

Tempo Run - Begin to run at an easy pace, about as fast as you would during any warm-up for a race. After 5 or 10 minutes of easy running, gradually accelerate toward a peak speed halfway through the workout, holding that peak for 5 or 10 minutes (longer depending on the length of the run), then gradually decelerate, finishing off with about 5 minutes of easy running.

Warm up- The period of gradually increasing intensity of exercise at the start of a training session.