Why beginners HAVE TO listen to music while advanced CAN'T listen to music?

Never did that when I started to run. Though lately started listening to podcast. It has helped in bumping up my mileage.

I think you will find that runners of all different levels of skill and experience listen to music when they run.

Don’t ever rule it out in entirely. There are benefits, not the least of which is that it can be quite pleasant.

There’s really no hard rule one way or another and over the years you may find yourself indulging in it from time to time.

Because most advanced runners like to think they’re better than everyone else and will say/think anything to make them seem better than somebody else. I enjoy running with music and I am almost at a sub 15 5k, it’s really not a big deal and when running high mileage it makes it more enjoyable, I could do it without and did for a few years but why should I make running feel as mundane as possible just to feel like I am above others?

Most advanced runners run on a team or at least used to run on a team.

Because when you race you most def wont wear headphones and will need to concentrate on the race. The same goes for training, instead of being distracted by music in order to "drown out" your long miles, learn to enjoy the drawn out process that requires plenty of concentration. With headphones in one tends to lose track of how they feel and their concentration is on something other than running. Youre running, so enjoy and embrace the RUNNING part of it and focus focus focus

This is for elite runners anyways. Concentration is def an art that comes with being an elite runner

Running is a skill and it follows the traditional pattern of enjoyment vs how well the skill is mastered. Like any difficult skill it only becomes enjoyable after mastering it to a certain degree. Learning to play an instrument is very similar to this. At first playing an instrument is difficult and hard to enjoy. However after several years of learning to play an instrument it becomes more and more enjoyable to play. This is actually the opposite pattern of addiction. A skill becomes more and more enjoyable and an addiction become less and less enjoyable.

Meant to add: Wearing headphones takes away from the enjoyment of the skill because the skill itself is the enjoyment. This is why more experienced runners who have mastered the skill of running do not wear headphones.

hobby jugger wrote:

When I picked up running I couldn't run without a music .... But 8 months later no music at all.

You became an advanced runner after only 8 months?

Why do you care?

I don’t fit into a category.

You don't HAVE TO do anything.

You chose to drown out your talking mind until you could withstand it's chatter.

Beginner runners are probably just doing a lot of slow jogs. They aren't to the point of doing workouts, worrying about hitting paces etc.. That can be a grind, so it's understandable why they want headphones.

Once you are on to doing workouts, not just shuffling around, you'll spend your time dialed in to the work at hand, not listening to music or podcasts.

It's only fitting that a person who is religious in 2019 also needs to numb his mind with music while running.

Kenneth M wrote:

It's only fitting that a person who is religious in 2019 also needs to numb his mind with music while running.

Yet, religious runners run the fastest and win most of the time. Checkmate atheist.

Religious people run faster wrote:

Kenneth M wrote:

It's only fitting that a person who is religious in 2019 also needs to numb his mind with music while running.

Yet, religious runners run the fastest and win most of the time. Checkmate atheist.

Overall, athletes tend to be superstitious and engage in a lot of magical thinking. Also, most of the population is religious. Thus, it makes sense that the majority wins the majority of the time.

On a side note, it use to be the case that religion is the opioid of the masses, but now it seems opioids are the opioids of the masses -- and the more religious the mass, the more opioids consumed. This correlation is no coincidence; religions like Christianity are slave religions that are designed to make you accept your miserable lot in this life with the false hope of a better after-life. It is a drug that pacifies you.

Don't be a sucker. Rage against the machine.

noobs blocking the path wrote:

Most advanced runners run on a team or at least used to run on a team.

+1

in high school and college you just talk with teammates on runs, not listen to music

16:44/10:02/4:44 here. I rarely listen to music just because having my phone with me while running seems bulky. I have run with music when it's cold outside and I have bulky clothing on so having my phone too wasn't a big deal- I did enjoy it. If there was a way for me to listen to music without having to carry a device with me, I would definitely do so on easy runs.

belial wrote:

Religious people run faster wrote:

Yet, religious runners run the fastest and win most of the time. Checkmate atheist.

Overall, athletes tend to be superstitious and engage in a lot of magical thinking. Also, most of the population is religious. Thus, it makes sense that the majority wins the majority of the time.

On a side note, it use to be the case that religion is the opioid of the masses, but now it seems opioids are the opioids of the masses -- and the more religious the mass, the more opioids consumed. This correlation is no coincidence; religions like Christianity are slave religions that are designed to make you accept your miserable lot in this life with the false hope of a better after-life. It is a drug that pacifies you.

Don't be a sucker. Rage against the machine.

Checkmate atheist.

It is a rule and we can't fight the rules. If you don't like this rule you should organize a protest and send out some mailers.

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