If my running route involves city streets I like to hear what's going on around me so I have never been in the habit of listening to an iPod. However, I took my Nano on the Island's recent half marathon and enjoyed it, possibly even benefited from it.
Since then I have run three times a week in stony silence with only my thoughts for company. Today I decided to give it another go and spice up my usual 10k route to Victoria Park. I use a dedicated armband and although routing the cord through a sleeve and head hole is fiddly it's worth getting right as the weight of flapping cord will pull out your earbuds, already loosened from a combination of jiggling and sweating. Yes, even your ears sweat when you run!
Choice of music is important. It needs to be rousing, thrilling and familiar. Does it help me run faster? Possibly. It certainly helps take my mind off the pain. This is the playlist which motivates and excites me: (Today I got as far as Morrissey - 55 minutes, and sprinting for the finish line.)
| Woke Up This Morning | Alabama 3 |
| Golden Earring | Radar Love |
| Bad to the Bone | George Thorogood |
| Black Betty | Ram Jam |
| Sultans of Swing | Dire Straits |
| Mountain Top | Bedouin Soundclash |
| Fake Palindromes | Andrew Bird |
| Maria | Blondie |
| Santa Monica | Everclear |
| Give Me Novacaine | Green Day |
| Guiding Light | The Veils |
| Still Rock & Roll to Me | Billy Joel |
| Summer of '69 | Bryan Adams |
| Time for Heroes | The Libertines |
| Boeing 737 | The Low Anthem |
| First of the Gang to Die | Morrissey |
| Some Might Say | Oasis |
| Country Girl | Primal Scream |
| Easy | Deer Tick |
| Common People | Pulp |
| Smile Like You Mean It | The Killers |
| Still in Love Song | The Stills |
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