I don't think I could run without music, I'm a 30-something mum of two with happy memories of clubbing, gigging and cheesy discos behind me. I run to hard house and if I'm struggling I take my mind back to the club and reach for the lasers, a bit mad maybe but whatever helps me push on.
On my first run I hadn't quite got my head round how the BBC/NHS app music feature works and ended up doing "shuffle all" on my entire music library. So the playlist went a bit like this:
- The Beatles, Hey Jude
- Royal Blood, Better Strangers
- Gypsy Kings, Bamboleo
- Muse, Time Is Running Out
- Beastie Boys, Pass The Mic
- UB40, If It Happens Again
- the Offspring, Staring At The Sun
and finally to really motivate me:
- Whistle While You Work from Snow White (yes I have kids)
It was an interesting run(/walk)!
I found a 70's disco workout mix on iTunes last week and it's brilliant, all the happiness of classic disco sped up to a rave pace. I love it!
I imagine music is important to most runners and am interested to hear what others are doing with their running playlist....
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Oh I completely agree! I constantly need to make new playlists and adapt current ones before I do a run! My tastes in running music vary a lot - punk / metal / hip-hop / dance. I may try some hard house as well as I'd imagine it is right motivating! At the moment I seem to have a lot of Destiny's Child on the playlists I'm making haha.
For me it's mainly 80s rock which floats my boat. Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Guns n Roses also a bit of Bangles, Transvision Vamp and Voice of the Beehive. I am a trained singer and singing along helps my breathing. As I run at the gym I hope I am not sin ginger out loud 🤐
Bon jovi, Someday I'll be Saturday night, Sleep When I'm Dead. Def Leppard-Pour some Sugar on Me, Bangles-In Your Room, Survivor-Burning Heart, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Anyway you Want it, We Built this City, We'retain not gonna Take it, I love Rock and Roll. All these have helped me run. Don't really use them to pace but singing with them helps the breathing. I try and place some motivational tracks at points I find hard.
I enjoyed reading this list and imagined running to it *scurries off to iTunes*. Yep, they could work 😊.
I get what you say about motivational tracks at the right time, I have a workout mix and start it ten minutes in knowing one of the bangers will play on the last leg of the run!
Destinys child is definitely on the soundtrack to my teen years but can't imagine running to it! Do a search for Ultimate NRG, that's the stuff I run to.
I don't always listen to music when running. Sometimes it's an audio book or a bbc podcast/ play or often with nothing at all.
When I do run I listen to a ecclectic mix which often depends on my mood but it can range from the Thunderbirds theme tune to heavy rock or anything inbetween!
My mums a Lorry driver and often listens to audiobooks on the long runs, I hadn't thought of it for running. I guess it's good for ignoring the gremlins.
I'm off to download that now, sounds good. I actually find it motivational to mime the music and throw the odd shape he he. But I live in a village so the cows and horses don't judge
I've only listened to C25K, C25K+ and Audiofuel Polyrunner so far while running.
My tastes in music range through jazz, classical, rock and roll, blues, and heavy metal. I like groupes as diverse as Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Jethro Tull, Rolling Stones, Guns and Roses, Eagles, Lynard Skynard, Deep Purple, Rainbow. Not sure how I would feel about running to that music though. Maybe give it a try sometime
My playlist consists of a variety of songs from Iron Maiden for speed and different cadences from the U.S. Marine Corps (really motivates me with longer runs). I had to run a half marathon last year with no music as I found out just before the start that my music app wasn't functioning. Now I have a mp3 player that I use for most runs and the music app for back-up.
Depending on the type of running that I am doing I may or may not run to the beat. Currently, I am doing heart rate training and as a result my heat rate will get to be too high, really quickly. When I first started racing 5k's, I would always run to beat of the USMC cadences. At that time I was completing 5k's in 23 minutes. It really helped me to keep a constant pace.
I'm the same as you Talulah. I need to run to dance music or I literally can't run!! I've downloaded loads of cheesy songs that remind me of my clubbing days 😃
I definitely have to run to music - if it's the new week of repeats runs then I'll listen to Laura the first time then my own music for the next two runs. Yesterday's run was helped by Guns & Roses, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Raconteurs, Kasabian, Rage Against the Machine and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. On other days, I'll go for the dance option but I can't ever imagine feeling happy running to just the sound of my own laboured heavy breathing (no-one needs to hear that!)
Oh god yeah my music played up in last nights run and I hated listening to myself while fiddling with the app! Black Rebel Motorcycle Club! I bought an album of theirs in Australia twelve years ago and listened to it every day until I came home , memories...
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