RM Acronyms and Running Lingo Definitions?

[CeilidhOnTheRun]

Here's a fun term I learned tonight:

fartlek
Swedish for "speed play;" variable pace running; a mixture of slow running, running at a moderate pace and short, fast bursts. Fartlek training is a "creative way" to increase speed and endurance.

[RA.]

... am beginning to wonder if she even knew the answers herself !

bet she did after you gave them to her! what would i do if google didn't exist???? think of how much harder it was to find things...

[Kristi]

running angel - looks like we are out of a job!

GREAT find EasternTrish!!!

LOL I don't mind asking questions, but I also don't like to just sit around waiting for someone else to find/give me the answers. Something that was instilled in me by my mom, who could never give me an answer, but would send me searching through dictionaries and encolclopedias all through my childhood! (well before the "google-it" era)
... am beginning to wonder if she even knew the answers herself !

My family was the same way. As kids we learned to stop asking so many questions because the response would always be "let's go look that up in the encyclopedia". Great idea, but not so much fun for kids!

[CeilidhOnTheRun]

max VO2 (your maximum rate of oxygen utilization)

VO2Max (maximal oxygen consumption)
The maximal amount of oxygen that a person can extract from the atmosphere and then transport and use in the body's tissues.