I will never understand earphones use outside

bunchesonothing

To each, their own, but I'm with the OP.

And I do live in a city.

And for me, unless all my music has the exact same beats per minute, it would throw off my pace in a haphazard way. I run evenly and I like it that way.

Jenn728

if you run to music... you tend to run about 15% faster and work harder. and you can't hear yourself huffing and puffing...

I got sick of certain songs on my iPod cause I had to listen to them to keep my pace!

sunkisses

*shrug* sometimes I listen to music when I'm walking/jogging and sometimes I don't. But -ALL of the time, I don't care what other people are doing if they're not bothering me or hurting anyone else.

marie_2454

It's just a personal preferance. I personally can't stand the quiet, or at least very rarely. I always have music on, or if I'm home the TVs on, even if I'm not necessarily watching it. I get too bored to go walking or jogging without music, unless I'm with someone and talking to them. Even when I'm at work I have to have music on, although the type of music varies pretty much daily. I don't understand how people can run or workout in the quiet.

ChaseAlder

I like to drown out the sounds of my own voice reminding me of every single thing I have to do over and over and over again in my head. I run or walk to get some alone time, to get away from the stress of children and dinner and laundry and errands. I don't want there to be any room in my head for incessant worrying... so I fill it with music instead.