The Tri-phabet

It's so interesting how you learn all these new terms, acronyms, expressions, and slang. At least in my case, before I started training I had no idea what a few of these meant.

I bet you I can find 3 (for sure there are more) terms, acronyms, slang or expressions for every single letter of the alphabet. Let's see what we find in the Tri Lingo:


A - AHR, Aero bars, Age grouper

B - Bonk, Brick, BQ

C - Cadence, Carbo loading, CD

D - Drafting, Drill, DNF (hate this one!)

E - Endurance, Expo, Electrolytes

F - Fartlek, Finish line, Family

G - Goal, Glucose, Goggles

H - HIM, HR, Helmet

I - Intervals, IM, ITU

J - Jammers, Jersey, Junk miles

K - Kona, Kick board, Keel tube

L - Lactate threshold, Ladder, Lottery

M - Main set, Mdot, Mary

N - Negative split, Nutrition, Natatorium

O - Overpronate, Oly, Over training

P - Pace, Peak phase, PR

Q - Qualify, QR, Quick-release wheels

R - Racing flats, RR, Registration

S - Sprint distance, Split, Strides

T - Tempo-run, T1/T2, Taper

U - USAT, Ultegra, Ultra marathon

V - VO2 max, Volume, Vélo

W - Wave, Wetsuit, WU

X - Xterra, X tool, X-treme....lol.... sorry, I ran out of ideas for this letter.

Y - Yoga, Yards, Y tool

Z - Zone, Zipp, Zip Tie

..... the list is endless.

PC