THE WELL TEMPERED RUNNER.....

[59er]

This morning for me was another rehab run. I had miscalculated my 10% so decided to up it to 13 minutes. After reading AlMorr's post yesterday I decided to give classical music a shot. The Well Tempered Clavier and The Lark Ascending - you get a lot for your money with Classical! I felt as though I was on a film set of All Creatures Great and Small as I ran over the bridge with the river below, the cows and the hills in the distance. I really think it made me look at things more - more mindful and the run actually felt OK. I did my slowest pace ever but that is in fact what I've been trying to do so it was all good. I'm going to try and listen to Mr Motivator to see what he's saying about running with classical and I'm definitely going to try this again. Thanks for sharing AlMorr 👍

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

Glad you enjoyed your run today 59er listening to the 🎶 music of Bach and a little of his piano piece The Well Tempered Clavier published in 1722

Bach wrote that with all the keys there are in the scale, the first piece has been used as the backing for many years for other tunes including a version written by the French composer Gounod published in 1853 known as Ave Maria.

[59er Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

You are so obviously a classical music lover AlMorr! A bit of background too - always useful when your future son-in-law is a classical music lover - I'll be able to drop that fact in to the conversation some time 😁 Won't he be impressed? 😏 Thank you for bringing the running with classical music to my attention. I'm looking forward to my next run already!

[59er Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Ooh AlMorr! Take a look at the present nowster left for me later on in this post. I thought I'd share it with you. Enjoy! 🙂

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to 59er]

I have just listened to that piano piece by "PDQ Bach" of the 'Short Tempered Clavier', good piece to play at a party for any pianist to show off his/her piano skills.

[Hidden]

Glad your recovery is going well 59er, what a lovely run. I have only recently discovered the magic of running with music and I have had that ‘running in a film’ experience, quite a revelation. It will be interesting to hear what Mr. M has to say 🤗

[59er Graduate in reply to Hidden]

These short runs have been quite enjoyable for me and manageable as far as running every other day. The longer runs not so much - my poor body needs a little longer to recover from those 😂

[Hidden in reply to 59er]

That sounds great for your short runs, I’ve been sticking to those too, I am about to try a long run today for the first time since early August. I am going to take it very slow as I’m wondering if it’s the pace that’s too fast for me that then affects my recovery so I’m going to try keeping my heart rat much lower than normal and see if that makes a difference. 🤗

[59er Graduate in reply to Hidden]

It's a difficult one. I found after I completed C25K that my body needed more time to recover but that's probably because I wasn't drinking enough water or stretching enough. I get back from a run and plunge myself into my day and forget to stretch! I'm making a conscious effort to stretch now (although I 'forgot' again yesterday) and my body definitely feels better for it. Slowing the pace is a good idea although I've found that difficult. I thought I WAS slowing it down but on Strava/Garmin afterwards it wasn't much slower. The classical music helped with that I think. I think slowing it down may help you too. It's a fine line - I want to do a distance but I want to enjoy the runs 🤷‍♀️ I think I'll go for enjoyment and then perhaps the distance will come. Enjoy your run. I'll look out for your post 😉

[Hidden in reply to 59er]

I do know what you mean about how we think we are going slower but maybe not slow enough, but I agree with you that enjoyment is key, and running for our overall well being rather than a particular time or distance but this also has to be worked on and for me is a work in progress. Hopeful though 🤗🏃‍♀️

[59er Graduate in reply to Hidden]

I can relate to this! Running is sooo good for my mental health. I should just be content with that but like you I have a bit of a competitive thing going on 🤣 I need to cast that aside and live to enjoy every run I do. Haha - easy to say!

[Roxdog Graduate]

Sounds lovely. I've given up listening to any music at all on runs, but saw the article! Intriguing!

You seem happy with that!

[59er Graduate in reply to Roxdog]

I'm just happy to be back running 😁

[nowster Graduate]

I have a CD of PDQ Bach's Short Tempered Clavier somewhere. 🤣

[59er Graduate in reply to nowster]

Ooh! You could tfr/download it and give it a try!

[nowster Graduate in reply to 59er]

Back on April 1st 1998 (which I announced as March 32nd), I played it on a community radio station, introducing it as a serious classical piece.

This is the prelude and fugue in C:

youtu.be/7j6vrcbi470(Not working as expected?)

[59er Graduate in reply to nowster]

How wonderful! Thank you 🙏 I hadn't seen your reply. Just browsing Health Unlocked - what a treat with my morning cuppa. 🙂

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to nowster]

A nice piece of music for a pianist to play at a party for a bit of fun.

[nowster Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

There are another 11 "keys" in that piece.

I can also recommend the 1712 Overture by the same composer.

youtube.com/watch?v=P2yA9ct...(Not working as expected?)

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

Pop goes the 1712 Overture, there are parts like Tchaikovsky's original 1812 Overture and pop goes the weesal with a mix of other playful tunes including a bit of Wagner and a little jazz too.