Best Pre Marathon Tune

Mick Rice

You must have seen people do it just before a big race. Perhaps you do it too. There's always one or two serious looking dudes or dudettes with headphones on minutes before the start of a marathon, lost in music and contemplation, getting in the right mental place to hit the road and deliver on weeks and months of training. Other people have music they play in the car on the way to the race which sets the scene. For me it's always been the car and it's always been AC/DC, with the occasional detour through U2 land.

I did my last pre-Dublin run today and I was a happy puppy heading back towards Athenry from Kylebrack Woods in East Galway. I was knackered and a little sore but all the work is now done. A week's taper is about all I can manage at the best of times and I'm happy enough to finish up now and take a week to recover. As I drove away from the woods and turned on the radio my favourite pre-Dublin song of all time came on and it transported me right to the start line in a week's time - AC/DC's 'For Those About To Rock'


So, what do you listen to to get your head straight just before a marathon?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H33vSYapNNs

robinph

The Trap?

RacoonQueen

I listen to Marching on Together and The Worlds Greatest. Forgot my headphones when heading to Dingle and never got to listen to them. Ruined my race prep, just ruined it!

misty floyd

Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK_ZCNucxmI

sideswipe

This really gets me in the mood to run

Abhainn

I have two music pieces. Just close your eyes and take this in

Sarah Brightman - Fleurs du Mal

From 1:17 in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B65CFK8YNuE

Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman - Canto Della Terra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nkrc1lBA9E

RJC

The 10 minutes of 'Don't let me be misunderstood' By Santa Esmerelda is hard to beat.

Or anything by AC/DC - Thunderstruck, back in black, givin' the dog a bone, Rock 'n Roll ain't noise pollution, etc.

worst ever was the start of the Cologne Marathon - Eye of the tiger by Survivor blaired over the speaker system - no hint of irony with the Germans.

robinph

They had a guy singing "You'll never walk alone" before Rotterdam.

Brianderunner

robinph wrote: »

They had a guy singing "You'll never walk alone" before Rotterdam.

That song was stuck in my head the whole way round after that. They won't be signing it next year after Liverpools relegation .

I always listen to "All These things that i've done" by the Killers and "Butterflies and Hurricanes" by Muse before the DCM. Gets me pumped up to run the first mile way too fast!!!

heffsarmy

I love to listen to Trance music before a race, tunes like this...I attached this link, stare at the video and look away when instructed, the whole room starts moving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzSRVgF501M&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Brianderunner

heffsarmy wrote: »

I love to listen to Trance music before a race, tunes like this...I attached this link, stare at the video and look away when instructed, the whole room starts moving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzSRVgF501M&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Man thats savage!

shels4ever

Maybe this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om5mooyZWNo

The title says it all

tunguska

Mick Rice wrote: »

I did my last pre-Dublin run today and I was a happy puppy heading back towards Athenry from Kylebrack Woods in East Galway. I was knackered and a little sore but all the work is now done. A week's taper is about all I can manage at the best of times and I'm happy enough to finish up now and take a week to recover.

Forget about the tunes Mick, I wanna know what you mean when you say your last pre dublin run? Does that mean you wont be running at all, a week of complete rest? Or do you mean its the last of your hard working runs?

Mick Rice

tunguska wrote: »

Forget about the tunes Mick, I wanna know what you mean when you say your last pre dublin run? Does that mean you wont be running at all, a week of complete rest? Or do you mean its the last of your hard working runs?

Last 20 miler. I don't do tapering very well, but thankfully recover fairly well. Did that run on Sunday, took yesterday off completely but will jog-alonga-jog a few miles each day now 'til Saturday and then take Sunday off. I have to keep reminding myself that I'm getting too old for this **** at this stage, but I love it.

As Misty says...it's been a long time since I rock n' rolled - over 26.2 anyway!

chinguetti

Old Blue Eyes - My Way

The Boss - Racing in the Street

And remembering the team talk of a mentor when playing hurling down in Waterford, twould inspire you to anything.

tunguska

Mick Rice wrote: »

Last 20 miler. I don't do tapering very well, but thankfully recover fairly well. Did that run on Sunday, took yesterday off completely but will jog-alonga-jog a few miles each day now 'til Saturday and then take Sunday off. I have to keep reminding myself that I'm getting too old for this **** at this stage, but I love it.

As Misty says...it's been a long time since I rock n' rolled - over 26.2 anyway!

Im not great at the old tapering myself so that makes two of us.

Anyway my pre marathon tune is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0

Grace had some set of lungs on her..........not bad looking either.