Silence is golden

[Patjoub]

Anyone run without music ?

[JoPo48 Graduate]

Yep, me. Just listen to the birds.

[Klangmeister Graduate]

Yes. One of the best bits of going for a run!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Loads of folk,,, running naked

[AnnieW55]

Me too although some of my Sunday long run is used to catch up with previous week's Archers omnibus.

[Patjoub]

Will have to try it!

[Goforitmama Graduate]

ME too. I love the peace and quiet, being aware of my surroundings. I could say that 'I like being at one with nature' - but that sounds very zen and if you saw me run you would know that it looks far from zen!

I run to escape from the hub bub of life, to get some time to myself. I think that some people who live very quiet and solitary lives like the company of the podcasts and music.

Good luck and run happy run peaceful.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

I only ran once with music, it was one of the 30-minute post graduation runs, sort of puts me off, when I go long walks in the winter months I have music of all types to accompany me, I also cycle a lot as well but never with music, that is dangerous. They call it in the running community "running naked" not without your clothes off but just running without any apps, music etc. Haha, perhaps there are some places in the world that they do run naked, not sure where, perhaps somewhere in France or Germany.

[Patjoub in reply to AlMorr]

Well it’s warm enough!!!

[Will_Richards]

I find running to music helps me with my pace. That and I can say ‘push yourself to the end of this song’ and I concentrate or try to concentrate on the music and enjoy it. But saying that, I do my runs on a treadmill.

[Irishprincess Graduate]

Yes when I'm running on country roads or somewhere remote and I want to hear any axe murderers creep up behind me 😭🙄

[Patjoub in reply to Irishprincess]

It’s always good to know that!

[Irishprincess Graduate in reply to Patjoub]

Mind you, we can always run away from them 🏃🏃🏃

[Patjoub in reply to Irishprincess]

We can as we are proper 🏃‍♀️ now!