Oh, by the way... leave your iPod at home (Read 1650 times)

I'll bet 10-1 that whatever you've got saved on that thing is lamer than Andrew Lloyd Weber night on American Idol. In fact, I'll bet you've even planned the songs you'll listen to, right? Kajagoogoo, Starland Vocal Express, and Culture Club? Maybe Shakira. No wait, you're Quincy? House of Pain, recent vintage Aerosmith (Janie's Got a Gun), J Geils Band, and maybe the Standells if you're a Sawx freak. I'll bet you $5 that you run faster w/o the tunes. Best thing that ever happened to me was I forgot mine for a race one day. Saw a few ads for "MP3 friendly" races in the back of the Boston Marathon guide (where, by the way, course marshals were forcing the few people I saw with headphones to take 'em off). So fess up. What songs are so frickin' important? Inquiring minds want to know.

Grandma's Marathon 2007 DQ'd loads of people for being seen on course with headphones on.

I find this particular song to be absolutely ideal for trapping in one's head and repeating for 3.1 miles. Perhaps the greatest running song ever.

Shit...I just HAD to click on that, didn't I...

Other than the incomparable Rick Astley....The only jam i would listen to during a 5k is..... This... or That HTFU http://www.gunthernet.com/ MTA: Pussycat is pretty solid too.

Well, sure, but check on ebay...

Shit...I just HAD to click on that, didn't I...

I hear they are working on a anti Rickroll plugin for Firefox. Kind of like an ad blocker, but for Rick Astley videos.

I know from my training runs that my footstrikes vary widely in noise level through out my run. When I am running smooth I can barely hear them and its mainly the pull through phase of the stride, when I get tired or lose focus it's a stampede. With the headphones in, once in awhile I'll know, when people turn around to see what is going on. Can't wait until Grandma's.

Can't run Grandma's this year. I will be a mere 40 miles away, but cannot close the gap. Criminy. As a result, the weather will be 42 and cloudy with a tailwind.

As long as there is no rain or snow. 4 straight weekends it has been at best in the low 40's with some precipitation. I want at least one long run before the race to be without sweats on. Not gonna happen this weekend. Today I stupidly put in just under 5 way under dressed, with a decent rain. Although, I probably could have won a wet t-shirt contest at the end