| BPM running (2) | Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011 4:59 pm |
I got into this a little last summer, but I've finally come to the conclusion that running with music whose beats per minute match your normal pace is an incredible way to run. I kind of stumbled into it by accident when I noticed my pace matched a few of my favorite songs. Alternatively, I would assume it's fairly trivial to measure one's pace by simply counting the number of steps taken in a certain amount of time and dividing the former by the latter. Once you have that magic number, it's just a matter of finding music with that BPM or a multiple of it. I find that not only do I run faster, but I completely zone out and feel awesome (although that could be a function of how music affects me personally). It's almost like instead of running while listening to music, I'm listening to music while also running. Very therapeutic.
When I used to run I'd set-up playlists like this. I'd caution against any live Casey Jones by the Grateful Dead.....I put that in a playlist once as it starts at a nice loping 10min pace, however by the end of the song they speed up to about a 5min pace......by the time I realized it I thought my heart was going to EXPLODE! ;)
I doubt the Grateful Dead would do that for me, but I agree there are certain songs that can make you feel like Superman, and since you're not actually Superman, you end up hurting yourself.