tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-95025662011-04-21T13:11:31.895-07:00robison52noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9502566.post-68051052623488470142008-11-07T13:19:00.000-08:002008-11-07T13:19:00.122-08:00Daily Quote: <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><em>"New research from Brunel University in London reveals what many runners have known for years: Music can help you run longer. The study, due to be published in the Journal of Sport &amp; Exercise Psychology, found that carefully selected music can significantly increase a person's physical endurance and make exercise a more positive experience." </em></strong></span><span style="color:#000000;">--Christine Luff, <a href="http://running.about.com/b/2008/10/03/study-listening-to-music-increases-endurance.htm">About.com Guide to Running/Jogging</a></span><br /><br />I never listen to music during my <em>road </em>runs as I normally prefer listening to my surroundings and own thoughts, but my motivation and enthusiasm has been very low lately, therefore I'm hoping music will help make my own running a more positive experience. I definitely need the distraction of music to make my training less mind numbing. Yesterday, I decided to visit the local Clark County Library that has a wealth of audio visual entertainment, hundreds of DVD's and thousands of CD's as well as a dozen internet terminals...libraries are not just for books anymore! I borrowed two CD's from the library; Magnolia Electric Co., "Trials &amp; Errors" and Eddie Money, "Wanna Go Back." The plan is to listen to CD's that I've never heard before and be surprised with every song.<br /><br />Today is my Medium-Long Run. 7:30 a.m. Medium-Long Run, 16 miles. Time, 2:24. Overall pace, 9:02 minute miles. Miles 10-14 were at marathon pace of 8:00 minute miles. Average heart rate: 148 bpm. Cardiac Drift: 159 bpm. My right ankle is still not 100%, but I'm not limping nor does it have any sharp pain, just a little dull ache. I'll continue to baby the ankle throughout the day and RICE it, if necessary, tomorrow I may take a complete day off from running as to pamper the ankle.<br /><br />Listened to Magnolia Electric Co. on my trusty old Sony CD Player during the run and was a very different training experience! I actually enjoyed it! I felt like I had my own soundtrack and the star of my very own running music video!! I have less than two hard weeks of training before my taper and hopefully music will help me push through this last hump.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9502566-6805105262348847014?l=robison52.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>robison52noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9502566.post-32696708871000363382008-11-07T11:53:00.000-08:002008-11-07T11:53:00.539-08:00Daily Quote: <strong><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">"New research from Brunel University in London reveals what many runners have known for years: Music can help you run longer. The study, due to be published in the Journal of Sport &amp; Exercise Psychology, found that carefully selected music can significantly increase a person's physical endurance and make exercise a more positive experience."</span></em></strong> --Christine Luff, <a href="http://running.about.com/b/2008/10/03/study-listening-to-music-increases-endurance.htm">About.com Guide to Running/Jogging</a><br /><br />I never listen to music during my <em>road </em>runs as I normally prefer listening to my surroundings and own thoughts, but my motivation and enthusiasm has been very low lately, therefore I'm hoping music will help make my own running a more positive experience. I definitely need the distraction of music to make my high mileage training less mind numbing. Yesterday, I decided to visit the local Clark County Library that has a wealth of audio visual entertainment, hundreds of DVD's and thousands of CD's as well as a dozen internet terminals...libraries are not just for books anymore! I borrowed two CD's from the library; Magnolia Electric Co., "Trials &amp; Errors" and Eddie Money, "Wanna Go Back." The plan is to listen to CD's that I've never heard before and be surprised with every song.<br /><br />Today is my Medium-Long Run. 7:30 a.m. Medium-Long Run, 16 miles. Time, 2:24. Overall pace, 9:02 minute miles. Miles 10-14 were at marathon pace of 8:00 minute miles. Average heart rate: 148 bpm. Cardiac Drift: 159 bpm. My right ankle is still not 100%, but I'm not limping nor does it have any sharp pain, just a little dull ache. I'll continue to baby the ankle throughout the day and RICE it, if necessary, tomorrow I may take a complete day off from running as to pamper the ankle.<br /><br />Listened to Magnolia Electric Co. on my trusty old Sony CD Player during the run and was a very different training experience! I actually enjoyed it! I felt like I had my own soundtrack and the star of my very own running music video!! I have less than two hard weeks of training before my taper and hopefully music will help me push through this last hump.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9502566-3269670887100036338?l=robison52.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>robison52noreply@blogger.com0