What percent of runners do you think listen to music on their runs? How often do you listen to music on your runs?
What percent of runners do you think listen to music on their runs? How often do you listen to music on your runs?
I listen to talk radio 95% of the time while running. I'll listen to music the other 5%.
I never do, unless you count the music playing in my head.
As to the question, probably 5% of runners and 80% of hobby joggers.
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14.3% +/- 1.7%
lets clear this up wrote:
What percent of runners do you think listen to music on their runs? How often do you listen to music on your runs?
I tend to listen to music on easy/recovery days, but without any time I'm doing faster work, whether it be tempos/track work/races/etc.
2012xxx wrote:
I never do, unless you count the music playing in my head.
Yes, the OP is probably counting the music playing in your head. You obtuse fool.
2012xxx wrote:
As to the question, probably 5% of runners and 80% of hobby joggers.
And 100% of David Rudisha.
Listening to music while running is bad for mental toughness and makes it difficult to tune in to your body. I only listen to music if I'm on the treadmill.
Zero. Never have and never will so the saying; never say never applies. Outdoors: I like to listen to world including traffic, the wind or my feet hitting the pavement. I am indoors on a treadmill most of the winter. I use three facilites so I may watch something like CNBC with the volume up or the local TV news station, but most of the time, nothing at all.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7646370.stmOlyRun wrote:
Listening to music while running is bad for mental toughness and makes it difficult to tune in to your body. I only listen to music if I'm on the treadmill.
ranbarts2 wrote:
Zero. Never have and never will so the saying; never say never applies. Outdoors: I like to listen to world including traffic, the wind or my feet hitting the pavement. I am indoors on a treadmill most of the winter. I use three facilites so I may watch something like CNBC with the volume up or the local TV news station, but most of the time, nothing at all.
This is a bit hard to follow, but are you suggesting that 0 percent of runners listen to music while running based on your sample size of just yourself?
I passed 96 runners in Central Park tonight.
53 were wearing headphones (55%).
- pace/ability didn't seen to make a difference.
- there were no large groups as it's Friday
- these was a sample of people who have nothing better to do in New York City on a Friday night, like me
I suppose there are types of runners that can't multi-task. These are the ones that are likely to run into a lamp post while listening to music. They should stick to hearing birds and the bees like other simpletons.
I ran in to a lamp post while not listening to music. 400 yards in to a run. 2 ribs fractured.
It was as I was crossing one of those damn staggered traffic islands in London. I looked over my left should to see if there was any traffic coming and bam!
The next 8 miles were relatively pain-free but my 5 miler the next day was agony.
I don't--just a personal preference, not one to get into any debate about what others should/shouldn't do. I find wearing earbuds somehow cuts into that feeling of freedom I like when I run. For me running is a kind of getaway.
But others maybe get a similar feeling with music. I do like music while I work, though--quiet stuff, like classical or soft jazz.
Randy Oldman wrote:
I ran in to a lamp post while not listening to music. 400 yards in to a run. 2 ribs fractured.
It was as I was crossing one of those damn staggered traffic islands in London. I looked over my left should to see if there was any traffic coming and bam!
The next 8 miles were relatively pain-free but my 5 miler the next day was agony.
Lol. You answered my question from paragraph one in your third paragraph. Good work!
I don't listen to music, but I sometimes listen to podcasts during easy runs. For any other kind of run I concentrate on the running.
I will if running on treadmill, but will not if running outside.
However, based on the people I pass running every day, the number of people listening to something must be at least over half. A lot of people do it.
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I listened to music virtually every single run on my most recent marathon training block. Ran the race without music, negative split and PR'd by 6 minutes, and didn't notice any out of the ordinary effect on my mental toughness when the going got hard at 20.
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