Throughout my running career, I've always been against running with music. Not just for the safety considerations of blocking out one of your five senses, but also somehow because I (pretentiously) felt it would detract from the experience of running. Like a stream of urine on a virgin snowdrift, the blasting of headphones would surely adulterate the spirituality of that pure, ancient act of setting one foot in front of the other.
....it all sounds a bit silly doesn't it? Anyway, I invested in a crappy ipod nano knockoff on Ebay and decided to take it for a spin tonight. I was feeling pretty tired and sore and rather suspected it was going to be a real drag, so anything that would make it easier was definitely worth investigating.
I couldn't believe the difference it made! It was the best run I've had in ages! My legs picked up on the rhythm of the music and I was flying (comparatively - 10k of hill reps in 57:00).
I'll definitely be bringing the player along in the future, though races are definitely a no-no safety wise.
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