Music to run to

[cvgough]

Anybody else seen this ..

bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-188...

Not sure it would be my choice but if it works for you ...

[blueboots Graduate]

I had this on my mp3 player to listen to while we were lining up for the Race for Life, just for fun. It definitely would not be my choice for a running track.

[TinksB]

I found it makes all the difference to me if I can find music where I can run exactly to the beat. I had to abandon Laura after week 7 because I just couldn't get into the music (sorry Laura! I am running for the 30 minutes now though ... so I guess technically that still makes me a graduate?). I found this site that tells you how many beats per minute songs have, and lets you listen to them. I'm hoping this will help me increase my speed gradually too, if I can keep increasing the BPM. jog.fm/ Another one seems to be jogtunes.com

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If you like running to the beat, try audiofuel, they have some great sets available

[GoogleMe Graduate in reply to Hidden]

They do indeed - and you can download a couple of free 10 minute samples which are enough to give you some idea of whether it is for you. And Pizza Express have a Summer Pass if you buy a main course which gets you two free full length downloads, plus, if you wish, a half price set which includes interval training.

I am not sure I would recommend anything other than "Walk in the Park" to a true Couch25Ker (ie someone who wasn't already fit when they started) still on the programme though as it is quite fast - 155BPM (and why mess with the programme - if brief exposure a bit of music not to your taste will scupper you enough not to be able to graduate using it, will you be building running securely into your life? But I am saying that as someone who found that wanting not to have to listen more than 3 tiems was very motivating!) I've only managed 20 minutes tops of 155-160 - although I am a slow graduate, 5k takes me just about hour at the moment.

I was interested to see the list on the BBC website was a good bit slower.

[Hidden]

I have some of Audiofuels free tracks and also a once-off track that Sennheiser made available through Audiofuel last year. Can't say that running to their music selection does much for me - but the Sennheiser track (all 15 minutes of it) is great as it talks you through warm up, to the fastest bit of the track and then down again. I even have it as part of my 5k race playlist - at the end - as i find it motivates me and gets me going. What I want to achieve with my running is stamina and endurance - speed is really low down on my list of priorities.

[TinksB]

I didn't know about Audiofuel - thanks for that! Have just downloaded the walk in the park freebie to try. I am a very slow only just graduated person. I'm running at a snails pace for 30 minutes, plus the ten minute warm up, and still got a way to go before I can keep going to 5k. I looked up the music I'm running to and it's all between 140 and 144.