Know any running songs at 180bpm? Or is there a good app for music?

[arablue]

It's meant to be the optimum cadence for the average run. I am only on wk6 (did R1 today), but tried to keep my stride fast and short, which is getting easier the more I practice. It makes the running much easier on my legs.

I can now breathe, keep my stride short, which keeps my pace fast, and remind myself to lean slightly forward all at the same time!

I am looking forward to running more to my own music, and already use a few tracks for my warm up. Is there an app which would help me organise the music I already have and find out which ones are 180bpm. Or is there some good running music anyone can recommend please? Thanks!

[swanscot Graduate]

You can get ideas from Podrunner: djsteveboy.com/podrunner.html

and jog fm: jog.fm/

[bearpadi Graduate]

If you go to the audiofuel website you can buy their compilations which are organised at whatever bpm you want. I have bought some but not used them as i have just discovered how wonderful it is to run without music at all - loving it - got all my enthusiasm back which had started to wane a bit a few weeks after graduating!

[Caz9 Graduate]

Download MixMeister mixmeister.com/bpmanalyzer/... and it will tell you the bpm for any song you have - although I'm not sure how accurate it is. I read somewhere that about 10% are not accurate. Or you could try listening to your songs and tapping them out to find the bpm - all8.com/tools/bpm.htm

[back_to_18 Graduate]

I use the free software "BPM Counter" available from abyssmedia.com/bpmcounter/

It seems quite accurate and save the BPM in the MP3s ID3 tag so the MP3 is permanently tagged.

[arablue]

That's great. Thank you all for your answers. I know what I'll be doing today...!

[mark909 Graduate]

Can you hack drum n bass (Its not to everyones taste!)? That's usually around 180bpm. I swear it makes you run faster for longer!

[KANdoit]

Try the jog.fm website. It lists loads of tracks with their bpm plus links to spotify to listen to them and links to (I can't remember)buy them too.

[April61 Graduate]

Hi am interested in the 180bpm and the 'lean' techniques, as this is reccomended by Danny Dryer ChiRunning as a way of preventing injury. I find doing 180bpm really difficult, do you have any tips?

[arablue in reply to April61]

I'm not expert believe me, but I have watched a lot of YouTube!

There are a few exercises I do along to the music I have which is 180bpm. I usually do them as a warm up, to get my head in the right place. Often the podcast music isn't the right tempo for me, so I just count 1, 2, 3, 4 in my head if I am striding too long. The lean is very slight but I can always feel the difference, as the running is easier. When I get tired it's harder to maintain as I am just getting used to it, and need to remind myself more.

Here are a couple of links which I found useful:

youtube.com/watch?v=qVM6vy8...(Not working as expected?)

youtube.com/watch?v=Rfb7Ygd...(Not working as expected?)

youtube.com/watch?v=uE7Px6i...(Not working as expected?)

[April61 Graduate]

thanks - this looks really helpfull and theres a metronome app that you can download that plays over the music.