Running Terms
Study Up on These 12 Terms Every Runner Should Know
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Don't think acrobatic flexibility or bananas and ice cream here — in running, the term splits is used to subdivide a run for tracking your pace to hit specific goals or race times. You take the longer distance and break it into smaller timed parts — these are your splits. For example, if you're running a timed mile, you could check your splits every quarter mile to make sure you're running at your desired pace.
More specific in the splits category is a negative split, which means running the second half of the run or race in a less time than the first half. This is a good thing! It means you paced yourself correctly and really kicked into high gear to finish strong and fast.