Body composition - The percentage of your body weight composed of fat compared to fat-free mass.
Calorie - A unit for measuring energy. The more calories a food has, the more energy-producing value it has. If you eat more calories than your body will use as fuel, the excess calories will be stored as fat.
Jensen, Carl (1888-1965) - Ran on the Danish Olympic Cross Country team in 1912, but could not finish the race, due to an injury. Set national records on 1500m (4.22,4), 3000m (9.29,4) and 5000m (16.26,0) in 1909.
John Francis O'ReillyO'Reilly, John Francis "Jack" (1901-1965) - John Francis O'Reilly was born in 1901 in Galway (Ireland). He came from a large Catholic family in Fairhill. There were several sets of twins in his family, and he was one of them with a twin sister named Annie. His father, also named John, was well known in the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). John Francis (Jack) O'Reilly won the Irish Marathon Championship three years in a row in 1925, 1926, and 1927. He left Ireland in the early 1930's. He ran in the "Empire Games" in Canada in the early 1930's. He continued to run in local races throughout Ontario, Canada. He married Marion Keogh in 1940. They had several children and the family visited Ireland in 1956. Jack wanted to take his family back to see "God's Country". There was quite a write up in the "Galway Tribune" about a son of Eire - a Marathon Champion bringing his family back to "God's Country". His daughter Marianne remembers him with these words: "I remember as a young child holding a stop watch as he ran the track, totally unaware of the significance of the situation. He often talked to me and my sister about staying the course in life, being persistent, having faith and seeing success as an accomplishment well deserved. Always checking out the competition was a wise modus operandi, but just remember that the other guy was human too. When all is said and done we only really compete with ourselves, so we need to take care of ourselves and nurture who we really are. Jack O'Reilly has not only been our father but a great role model for life especially in terms of facing adversity and strife, and a model for staying the course. A true Irish athlete, he loved Ireland".
Lopes, Carlos - Portugal's gold medal winner in the 1980 Los Angeles Olympic Games with a 2:09.21 at age 37. Lopes also set a world marathon record in 1985, won three World Cross Country titles, and notched a silver in the 1976 Olympic 10000m behind Lasse Viren.
Porter, Pat - From 1982 to 1989, Pat Porter won eight consecutive U.S. cross country championships. At the World Cross Country Championships he was fourth in 1984, sixth in 1986, and seventh in 1987. He was also a 10,000m Olympian in 1984 and 1988.
Training Straps - Cotton or leather straps wrapped around wrists, then under and over a bar held by clenched hands to aid in certain lifts (rowing, chin-ups, shrugs, dead lifts, cleans, etc.) where you might lose your grip before working muscle to desired capacity-
Weight - The same as Poundage or Resistance.
