Running Music

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  • TLPreston2000
    TLPreston2000 Posts: 1
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    I have that too! Love it!
  • rrrbecca11
    rrrbecca11 Posts: 477
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    Prince, Michael Jackson, The Time. Elvin Bishop. Dungeon Family. Oh tooooo many to name!
  • Canadien
    Canadien Posts: 122 Member
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    I listen to a lot of old rock songs - they're very upbeat. Try listening to Joan Jett or even Elvis. Also, The Pretty Reckless is good music to run to, as are a few Green Day songs. :)
  • elly_bean83
    elly_bean83 Posts: 48 Member
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    the black keys!!
  • Shutterpillar
    Shutterpillar Posts: 208
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    Young The Giant - My Body.

    My most favorite song to run to.
  • GreenEyedGrl86
    GreenEyedGrl86 Posts: 117
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    Nice playlist!
  • JTH11706
    JTH11706 Posts: 2,943 Member
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    As much as I enjoy listening to good music while I run, I recently read that our run training should focus on strides per minute. Apparently all of the best runners have a stride rate above 180 strides per minute. So now I listen to music that corresponds to my stride per minute target in beats per minute. Check these links out:

    http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-267--11604-0,00.html

    http://runningmusicmix.com/180-mix.html
    http://www.remanents.com/blog/180-bpm-running-music/

    And apparently this program can analyse your existing music and tell you the beats per minute so you can plan your playlist accordingly:

    http://www.mixmeister.com/bpmanalyzer/bpmanalyzer.asp

    I use mixmeister too and it is great. I ran my library through mixmeister, made a playlist of songs that match my strides per minute and my runs are like dancing now -- lots of fun. And it forces you to stay on pace. Main problem I ran into is Mixmeister doesn't recognize itunes format so you have to convert first, but I found a program that does that (and I'm not that good at tech stuff so you can do it too). I'm going to try audio books next.
  • SinIsIn
    SinIsIn Posts: 1,865 Member
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    Current songs I like to run to are:

    Breathe Carolina - Sweat It Out
    Sick Puppies - You're Going Down
    Metallica - Master of Puppets
    Metallica - Ride the Lightening
    Pitchshifter - Microwaved
    Pitchshifter - Genious
  • MysticLiz
    MysticLiz Posts: 61 Member
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    awesome list!!
  • soccermum75
    soccermum75 Posts: 588 Member
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    Nice list

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