Weekly Check-In

[ell]

How are your last weeks of summer (winter for those down under) training going? Any races coming up for you?

Quote for today is from yours truly:
Running makes us feel alive and keeps the demons at bay so we run. It's not a competition with anyone else and that includes our past selves and our future selves. We run because it makes us feel good.

And a question - what's your favorite running music?

Comments

[shadowkitty]

Minority of two! Listening to music always makes me feel very vulnerable, especially if I'm on a road.

[ell]

*grin* I was expecting at least one comment about listening to the sounds of nature, etc, but I didn't expect the first commenters to both feel that way :-)

With me, it's about 50-50 whether I run with the iPod or not - I usually listen to music on any run over an hour just because I get bored, especially on the (citified) trails near me.

[shadowkitty]

For me it's partially conditioning. My coach thinks it's dangerous and yells at anyone he finds doing it. I don't dare!

[nanila]

Minority of three? I don't like listening to music while interacting with the outdoors, running or otherwise. It makes me too unaware of what's going on around me.

In the gym on a treadmill, though, I think I'd eat my own hand out of boredom if I didn't listen to electro!

[dancing_serpent]

Minority of four? *g* Breathing technique and running to music doesn't work for me. To hold my breathing pattern, I can't listen to music - I'd always try to match my steps to the rhythm, and that messes with my breathing.

No runs last week courtesy of a nasty cold and almost constand rain.

[ell]

I pick my running music with specific beats and timing in mind to help me keep a steady pace. As a result, my running mixes are almost entirely 80s pop and irish folk tunes...

[dancing_serpent]

*g* Running to Irish folk sounds interesting. The best method for me to keep a steady pace is counting my breaths in my head.

[nanila]

The best method for me to keep a steady pace is counting my breaths in my head.

I do this too! It also serves as a rough measure of distance traveled, though I like to check that with the Google Maps distance measurement tool as well.