Marathon Playlist

hybie

Anybody got some recommendations for a ipod playlist for those last few miles?

louthandproud

hybie wrote: »

Anybody got some recommendations for a ipod playlist for those last few miles?

Turn it off and listen to the crowds is my suggestion.

Peckham

louthandproud wrote: »

Turn it off and listen to the crowds is my suggestion.

+1....don't lock yourself away in a cocoon of music. Enjoy the moment that you have trained for, talk to fellow runners and listen to the stewards. These are impossible if you're listening to Eye of the Tiger or whatever.

ado43

i would agree. i am running dublin in a couple of weeks and i used the ipod up to recently but it is much more enjoyable, especially on race days to listen to the crowds and the banter with the other runners and the stewards.

Izoard

Bin the iPod for the race.
I live with one for training, but you miss one of the most important parts of a marathon if you are closed off with music.

In any event, one word of encouragement from the sidelines far outweighs Sweet Child O' Mine or whatever, at max volume.

dario28

Last mile or 2 deffo off ....amazing coming up over canal into the city

from the top of the hill down the carraigeway I had Underworld tune called Push it....its hardcore also Prodigy song remixed by pendilium called Vodoo beats new Prodigy track take me to the hospital I did a record 5:35 min mile for the 2nd last mile of the Derry half marathon...

For Dublin last yr playlist was

Started off easy Killers - razorlight - wanted to go negative split so that easy music to start , just as I hit 13.1 went onto my fav running album Ministry of Sound Sessions 2 by John Course and then the pumping tunes above

But I agree keep it low and deffo off for last few miles - the finish is amazing

Enjoy

hybie

Probably should have phrased that better...done dublin twice before so I would always take it off after mile 20 as I'm hitting my stride then but doing the amsterdam one this sunday so looking for some songs for between mile 13 and 20.

Tawfee

try this site maybe...

http://www.runningmusicmix.com/

SUNGOD

mile 1 - 13..the long and winding road...beatles
mile 13 - 20..road to nowhere............talking heads
mile 20 - 26.2..road to hell....................chris rea

violator13

My advice..
Dont wear them at races. They should be banned. Idiots getting in your way who cannot hear anything and are a general nuisance.
Save them for training only where you cant piss other runners off. Not to mention missing the atmosphere and people wasting their time shouting support at you.Real runners dont wear them.WIMPS do!

Eire Go Brach

Ah don't use them for the marathon. Listen to the crowds. Its so cool.

sarsfieldsrock

Use it if you want. Some people find they run better with music.
But you do miss out on some of the atmoshphere. I always turn mine off for when I come over bridge at Grand Canal dock.

Mind you sometimes you want to block out the noise of the crowd as you want to concentrate on keeping your rythym going.

Each to their own but I do dislike those people who say that ipods and such should be banned. A responsible runner can have volume set so he can hear whats going on in the background at least.

Far more annoying to me are the walkers who shove up the front at the start of a large race. Where are they going?#!^%$