Using paced music to run

LernRach · January 2016

So the music I listen to obviously affects the speed at which I run. I was wondering if any of you use a paced music app to help keep you at a certain speed? Do they work? Can you recommend one please?

Thanks

VegasFit · January 2016

Have you tried Fitradio?

Stoshew71 · January 2016

I use music to help build my cadence. Candence can effect pace since pace is a product of stride rate X stride length; however a certain cadence (or the number of steps you take per minute) can be maintained no matter what pace you run by just taking bigger or smaller steps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYjimh70LGs

Here is a few playlists for music that helps you practice a cadence for running 180 steps per minute:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMpXLXIwG4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLSXHgBjCJs9WZ9Ia5Q0qf9rnXBqwEOaHs&v=maEkw_qHYAU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkgXfvWrDhc

https://disqus.com/home/channel/180bpmrunningsongs/

slinke2014 · January 2016

spotify has a category for running and you can manually chose your running pace and it will play music to match. Works pretty good and they have sub categories for different types of musice like dance or americana.

T1DCarnivoreRunner · January 2016

I use Jog.fm to find songs and make custom playlists.

madammags · January 2016

I haven't tried any yet (have an old crappy phone due for replacement), but there are a number of apps available which can help with this. Some of them will even subtly modify the speed of individual songs to encourage you to increase your pace etc.

LernRach · January 2016

Great! Thanks. Struggling to increase my pace outdoors, despite being able to on treadmill and thought it might be music slowing me down! Will try some of these options.

Using paced music to run

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