I have been running daily for months, and usually listen to something on my iPod to pass the time. I’ve recently found trance music to be an easy way to run about 10% faster than usual without any additional effort. Trance music is known for having a tempo between 130 and 160 bpm, which is about the heart rate range I like to run. It must be something about the match in tempo with my heart rate that makes me run about 1 to 2 minutes/mile faster than when I listen to something like an audiobook. I found a nice podcast of trance music on iTunes by searching for Trance. Now I have a weekly 2 hour set of new music to run with.
I would also bet that you could use this music at work to really crank out some widgets when necessary. I’ll try and report on this in the future.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackHello,
I just launch the English version of the blog Jiwok which is dedicated to the sport with music (more specifically the running).
You could find gears, advices and articles about nike+ and other, mp3 workouts completely free in order to coach and to make progress the runners simply and easy-friendly.
I created mp3 workout sessions for: Interval training, compilations for 1 hour and more running, Vo2max Test, Training session for beginner, etc…
I invite you to come to see by yourself: http://blog.jiwok.com/en
Enjoy
Denis
There’s a free tool named BeatScanner at http://www.bestworkoutmusic.com – you can use it to create playlists for running in the bpm range you like.
advices…
What can I say, it’s new for me, but very interesting….