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Olympics

Sports; Track and field

Competition held once every 4 years; highest goal for most runners

On your mark

Sports; Track and field

The starter’s call to runners to move to the starting line and get into proper starting position.

Outsole

Sports; Track and field

The bottom-most layer of most running shoes; the layer that contacts the ground and provides traction

Overpronation

Sports; Track and field

The excessive inward roll of the foot; overpronation can be controlled through the use of motion control shoes and/or orthotics

Overtraining

Sports; Track and field

Condition when runner trains too much too soon and leads to fatigue, injury and/or burn-out

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

Pace

Sports; Track and field

Measure of the speed of running; usually quantified as minutes taken to run a mile; for example a runner may run a 7:00 per mile pace for a marathon

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