Calorie - The amount of energy necessary to raise one liter or water one degree celsius. A bodybuilder's maintenance level of calories can be calculated relatively easily, then either a caloric deficit (to lose body fat), or caloric surplus (to gain muscle mass) can be initiated. The calorie content of most foods are listed on the back of packaging.

Compound Training - Sometimes called "giant sets"; doing 34 exercises for same muscle, one after other, with minimal rest in between.

Deloge, H. - French runner that finished 2nd in the 1500m (4.06,6) at the 1900 Olympics.

Essential Amino Acids - The nine amino acids that cannot be manufactured by the body and must be consumed in the diet.

Hissou, Salah - From Morocco Hissou capped a quiet season with a fine run in the World Cross Country Championships in Cape Town to split the top two Kenyans.

Intensity - The relative degree of effort you put into each set of every exercise in a bodybuilding workout. The more intensity you place on a working muscle, the more quickly it will increase in hypertrophy. The most basic methods of increasing intensity are to use heavier weights in good form on each exercise, do more reps with a set weight, or perform a consistent number of sets and reps with a particular weight in a movement, but progressively reducing the length of the rest interval between each set.

Lactase - enzyme secreted by; the small intestine for the digestion of lactose

Pirie, Gordon - British distance star of the 1950s, Pirie won an Olympic silver in the Melbourne Olympics 5000m.

Salazar, Alberto - Cuban-born University of Oregon graduate won three "New York City Marathon" titles and won the famous 1981 Boston "duel in the sun" with Dick Beardsley.

Wolde, Mamo - Ethiopian runner that won the 1968 Olympic Marathon and took 2nd in the 1968 Olympic 10000m. At the 1972 Olympics he got a bronze medal, at age 41, in the 10000m. His marathon win was Ethiopia's third successive marathon victory, as Abebe Bikila had won the two previous Olympic marathon. Wolde dedicated his win to Bikila, as he also ran in the 1968 Marathon, but had to retire from the race due to a bone fracture in his leg.