Running to the right beat
Something about the rhythm of running spurs the rhythm of music in your head during lonely moments on your feet.
Or at least it does for me. Even when I’m trying not to think about anything, if I’m running on my own (and don’t have earphones on), a song will inevitably pop into my brain.
And unfortunately for me, I have a very average taste in music.
My co-host on the Dirt Church Radio podcast, Matt Rayment, is a music aficionado, played bass in The Sneaks (once called the most exciting new band in New Zealand), and always knows the perfect tunes for any occasion.
He’s the go-to guy if you want
Motivation is important when you get to a point in a run when you start to wonder what the hell you’re doing.
a cool suggestion for on-point music.
Many’s the time on runs in remote places I’ve wished there was some way I could have Matt telepathically tell me what song I need.
Because sometimes you really, really need a song.
I once read American mountain runner Anton Krupicka saying that by the time you get three-quarters of the way through an ultra marathon you’d better have figured out why you’re there, and the song stuck in your brain had better be a good one.
He’s totally right on both counts. Motivation is incredibly important when you get to a point in a run (and it doesn’t have to be an ultra marathon) when you start to wonder what the hell you’re doing.
And the song? Well, put it this way, I’ve had some decidedly average songs stuck on loop in my brain during races and, sheesh, it sucks.
Once it was Katy Perry Roar – for that I can blame two