Morning metronomic runs

[CBDB]

Waking up today, it was a glorious morning and I had a dilemma.

After struggling to decide wether I should reserve my mornings for running or for Yoga, the weather decided for me. There was no way I was going to spent the valuable gorgeous weather inside, so out first thing for a 4.7k run!

I had forgotten the beauty of getting out there before the streets filled with school pupils heading to school and cars commuting to work. Sun provided a noticeable radiating heat, whereas the air was still cool and fresh.

I also wanted to try out running with a metronome and a podcast, something I had on my bucket list for a long time.

It worked, I enjoyed it, but think I need to give it a few more times, as it was actually not as easy to match up my steps compared to running to music. But I really enjoyed listening to a podcast and still having a beat! So it’s a winner!

Having said that, after getting back home, my battery was on 7% and I saw my metronome app alone was using up 30% of my battery power! My Runkeeper just used 2-3%! Overcast (podcast player) another 25%.

So I’ll have to watch this one!

But for today:

- beautiful run in the morning ✔️

- metronome app together with podcast is a winner, and I will do another 2-3 runs with this set up ✔️

- then.... maybe NRC?

Happy running!

[nowster Graduate10]

What was the metronome set to?

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

My Niko Niko pace of 145 BPM, but I realised I must run maybe ca 150 BPM as it was too slow for most of the run.

The good thing about running to 145BPM Spotify playlists is that there are variations in the speed. So I was missing that a bit.

[limu_mu Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

oh didn't know Spotify did BPM playlists! 😀 Learn something new every day!

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to limu_mu]

It’s just other people putting specific BPM playlists together, so you can find them just by searching „145BPM“. 👍🏽

[nowster Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

Interesting! That's slower than my natural cadence (about 160spm).

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

I did the speed and stepping stone podcasts some time ago, but so I know I can do 160, but at that time I really had to focus.

When simply running, I fall back to 145 - 150.

At some point in the future I will do some work to improve cadence but am ok with my running just now.

[limu_mu Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

I am testing old trainers and my cadence changes accordingly. A dip of about 15 SPM 😐 They say a good craftman never blames his tools, but maybe a runner does....😂

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to limu_mu]

🤣👟

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10]

I gave a metronome app a try a couple of years ago, it worked, but it also drove me nuts even though I actually found it easier to run on the beat with than music. Isn’t it great that we’re all different?

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Maddee_6333]

Yeah, I’ll give it a good go! I might decide I like music better but I did want to listen to some podcasts as well. So we’ll see.

I find that I try out things and then settle on a preference. (Thus it was with the process of settling with Runkeeper after having also tried NRC, Strava and various others)

Fun!

[LottieMW Ambassador]

It’s great to try new things...and in such glorious weather!Lovely photos too 😍

All sounds a bit techy for me though...haven’t really looked at cadence/pace yet 🤷🏻‍♀️

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to LottieMW]

Do you run to music? Coached runs? Or nature?

I always needed music to keep me going so cadence work fell into that for me.

[LottieMW Ambassador in reply to CBDB]

5k plus to music...just free Spotify 70’s mixes, so random. Haven’t looked at matching pace to tunes...

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to LottieMW]

👍🏽

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I once had I think NRC on with the screen full on permanently. I did not know NRC kept the screen on permanently (you can turn this off) and my battery was from fully loaded to fully drained in just 30 minutes. Shocker! I now don't use my phone anymore, I just have it with me for emergencies. I use my watch (which I don't look at until I am done) and a Gymboss timer around my arm for the Jeffing intervals.

Now Sunday I am participating in a paid virtual race of 6 km with commentary about what you would see when running actually in Antwerp instead of in my little park + you get updates and such in real time of where you are in regards to the other runners and such. So this time I will have to use my phone with earbuds for 1 time.

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Oh, good luck! I’ll be woohoo-ing from the virtual sidelines!

Battery: I had a similar experience with my photo app. Normally it shuts down after a while when the phone goes to sleep, but at a section of the run I realised it had stayed awake for 20min and drawn 50% of power 😱. One to watch!

[Hidden in reply to CBDB]

I'll be listening carefully 😉