Give me your BEST tempo music

Real runners don't listen to music while running. Please relocate to runnersworld.com. Thanks.

Really? I bet you're a closet listener...I've heard (no pun intentend) some elites listen to music on their runs...

You've heard wrong.

this "elites dont listen to music" is dumb. sure, a lot of people dont listen to music. but in the end if you can get a better run in with music then why not use it? i for one can get much greater efforts out of myself while listening to music when i am not training with my team.

with that said i think its highly personal what music you listen to on ur run. i tend to enjoy upbeat pop/electronic/techno type music while i run simply because the faster paced beats help me get a better rhythm with my stride. songs like levels (i know, cliche), beam (mako), scream (dizzy rascal), shine (spektrem), and over (drake) are personal favorites at the moment. i also have a bunch of blink 182 on my shuffle. that alone should show u the variety of things i listen to

Tusk - Fleetwood Mac

A. You're not elite. B. Elites listen to music. But not while running. C. Listening to music while running DETRACTs from your effort.

trossi wrote:

this "elites dont listen to music" is dumb. sure, a lot of people dont listen to music. but in the end if you can get a better run in with music then why not use it? i for one can get much greater efforts out of myself while listening to music when i am not training with my team.

with that said i think its highly personal what music you listen to on ur run. i tend to enjoy upbeat pop/electronic/techno type music while i run simply because the faster paced beats help me get a better rhythm with my stride. songs like levels (i know, cliche), beam (mako), scream (dizzy rascal), shine (spektrem), and over (drake) are personal favorites at the moment. i also have a bunch of blink 182 on my shuffle. that alone should show u the variety of things i listen to

And thank you for reminding that I'm not elite. I knew that..duh

Honestly, I'm sorry if I offended elites, sub elites and sub sub elites..,I know a lot of LetsRun folks in the past love to give their favorite musics and I thought I would ask about a certain type that would help me on my runs. Just b/c I'm listening to them on my training runs versus races doesn't make me a lesser person, right?

I was just hoping for some honest/brave souls willing to share their interest..that is all..:)

There's at most one track I could listen to off, maybe, Rumours.

19:01 Bowls

Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, arguably the greatest distance runner ever, says that when he destroyed the world record for 5,000 meters (by eleven seconds!) in 1995, a new song was in his head: “Scatman” by Scatman John (John Paul Larkin). Of course, he didn't wear headphones during the race, but probably just before it and the music stayed with him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cnQCk0u49w

You don't belong wrote:

Real runners don't listen to music while running. Please relocate to runnersworld.com. Thanks.

^This

Shawn H wrote:

Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, arguably the greatest distance runner ever, says that when he destroyed the world record for 5,000 meters (by eleven seconds!) in 1995, a new song was in his head: “Scatman” by Scatman John (John Paul Larkin). Of course, he didn't wear headphones during the race, but probably just before it and the music stayed with him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cnQCk0u49w

well,. wrote:

You don't belong wrote:

Real runners don't listen to music while running. Please relocate to runnersworld.com. Thanks.

^This

Actually Haile has said he had them play that song in the stadium when he set multiple world records. He even says in one interview that you can hear the song in some race videos, but I'm not going to go looking for that right now. Here are the interviews:

I have also read at least one interview with Ryan Hall (from back when he was running very well) where he said he sometimes runs with music if he feels like it.

GB Olympian and sub-62 half-marathoner Andrew Lemoncello runs with music:

I have seen multiple elites in Flagstaff run with an ipod.

I'm not elite, but have ran decently fast with 1:07:53 in the half-marathon and often run with music. I prefer company, but if I'm going to be out on the trails/roads for 2 hours solo, it helps mentally to have some tunes.

I think a lot of the people who don't think "real" runners train with music, have never ran 100+ mile weeks solo. It's a lot easier to go without any music if you're only running 5 miles a day.

Soprano wrote:

I think a lot of the people who don't think "real" runners train with music, have never ran 100+ mile weeks solo.

And have never been ran over by a car either, mostly.

This song is about 220 bpm:

this one's about 250:

They're useful to psyche up for track workouts where cadence is important. But not during, as headphones should not be allowed on tracks.

Meb, for a while, ran with the sunglsases/earbuds combo when he was sponsored by Sony. He can't race with them, but they are good for training runs.

I am far from elite, but I can at least manage a 2:40 effort. I use an Ipod for some of my easier runs. Especially days after a hard track workout when I am desperate to just get through it.

As for what's on there - it runs the gamut of what's popular on the radio now and some old alternative/rock classics from the 80s and 90s.

When it comes to doing a tempo workout, I would avoid running with music. I like to think of tempos as trying to simulate the race condition. Half pace for 5-6 miles? 5K pace for a mile on, mile off? I don't race with music, so I try to avoid running a tempo/track workout with music.

BEST is subjective for me each day. Right now I'm listening to The Who "Love, Reign O're Me" with Daultry raising the intensity towards the end. Vedder does an equally good job with Pearl Jam.

listening to Music distracts you from the feeling and the focus that needs to be achieved by a tempo workout. no go.

Guy needs an answer to a simple question. Next time don't be such a douchebag.

Slayer. Thrash metal fer dayz