Aouita, Said - The dominant middle-distance runner of the 1980s, Aouita won the 5000-meter gold in Los Angeles. He also set world records at 1500m, 2000m, 3000m and 5000m. In 1992 the "old lion" then set a indoor world record of 7.36,66 for 3000m.

Corbitt, Ted - Marathoner and ultra-marathoner, Corbitt competed in the 1952 Olympic Marathon for the United States of America.

Endomorph - The endomorph is characterized by a round physique, carrying extra body fat. The endormorph is has a large bone structure, and has a good portion of muscle mass. The endormorph has a wide thorax (rib cage), which makes a large angle with his ribs. It is sometimes more difficult for an endomorph to keep weight down, but it is entirely possible that an endormorph make great gains with his or her training to the point where it may even seem as though his or her body type has completely changed!

Exercise - Each individual movement (example, a seated pulley row, barbell curl, or seated calf raise) that you perform in your bodybuilding workouts.

Hydrogenation - the combining of fat with hydrogen, thereby making it a saturated fat and solid at room temperature

Jonsson, Jon (1896-1981) - Finished 28th in the 1920 Olympic 8K Cross Country race, and was on the Danish team that finished 7th. He also raced in the 5000m, but did not finish the race. Born in Iceland, but moved in 1918 to Copenhagen, where he had his break-through in running.

Junren, Ma - Chinese coach. His superteam of women runners were dubbed "Ma's Army".

Tendon - A band or cord of strong, fibrous tissue that connects muscles to bone.

Wide, Edvin - The Finnish-born Swede Edvin Wide was unlucky because he had to compete at the same days as Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola. This is why he never achieved an Olympic gold medal. He was always there after these two Finns; silver or bronze depending on if both Ritola and Nurmi were competing or only one of them.