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In other running related question there is often made use of abbreviations like PB, PR, HR, VO2 etc.

I know what PB means (Personal Best), but what do the others mean?

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Please edit to ask about what the terms mean. Requests for references aren't really helpful, it would be better to just ask what they mean. – wax eagle Feb 8 '12 at 20:17

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Technical Terms

  • VO2 = VO2 Max, Maximum volume of oxygen (O2) that can be absorbed by the body
  • LSD = Long Slow Distance run
  • HR = Heart Rate
  • HRMAX = Maximum Heart Rate, useful to get 60% and 85% values for training effect
  • RHR = Resting Heart Rate

Records

  • OR = Olympic Record
  • WR = World Record
  • NR = National Record
  • CR = Competition Record/Commonwealth record
  • PR = Personal Record (Others might use PB for Personal Best)
  • PW = Personal Worst
  • DFL = Dead freaking last, a proud and honoured tradition.
  • DNF = Did Not Finish
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DNQ = Did not qualify
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In the USA, PR (Personal Record) is often used instead of PB. – pjmorse Feb 8 '12 at 20:21
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PR = Personal Record – Mike Hedman Feb 8 '12 at 20:21
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Ich bien eine Canadian. (We used PB). – geoffc Feb 8 '12 at 20:21
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Might want to add the typical abbreviations used in competitions: PR/PB, CR (competition/championship), NR (national), OR (Olympic), WR (world) records. – Dmitry Selitskiy Feb 8 '12 at 20:25
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@geoffc I am Swiss, we also use PB, although with german meaning ;-) – pesche Feb 8 '12 at 20:35
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Here's a pretty comprehensive listing: http://hundredtenpounds.wordpress.com/category/running-abbreviations/

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Good list! I suspect there is no end to possible answers. – geoffc Feb 8 '12 at 20:35
Great link, thanks! – pesche Feb 8 '12 at 20:35
Really good! Including good examples as well... – Tonny Madsen Feb 8 '12 at 20:55
Should be a bit more than just a link. Links tend to die and this would be better with a summary or quote included. – wax eagle Feb 9 '12 at 13:18
@waxeagle - good point, but I also copyright concerns. I've opened up a discussion in meta.sports to talk about this: meta.sports.stackexchange.com/questions/38/… – Mike Hedman Feb 9 '12 at 16:49

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