In the email conversation I had yesterday with fellow shin splint sufferer Claire Higgins I asked her how much difference it really made if she did the London Marathon in four hours or six and concluded that it didn’t really.
The irony is that while telling other runners that just finishing is a decent result, I am actually obsessing over my own time… So this morning I set off to run and vowed to not look at my Garmin 405 GPS watch on the route and check my speed every couple of hundred yards. I just ran at what felt comfortable and surprised myself my averaging about 8mins 45secs a mile, almost my ideal time for the Brighton Marathon on Sunday…
The other thing I am now obsessing about is music, I really want to get a decent soundtrack for the race. The following is what I am currently running to but as a playlist it is about an hour and a half short. If you have a suggestion to add, please comment below….
| The Age Of Revolution | The Duckworth Lewis Method |
| A Design For Life | Manic Street Preachers |
| Hypo Full Of Love (The 12 Step Plan) | Alabama 3 |
| Lose yourself | Eminem |
| Hollywood | Marina And The Diamonds |
| Kids | MGMT |
| Chemical World – Intermission | Blur |
| Bloodsport For All | Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine |
| Autumnsong | Manic Street Preachers |
| Death or Glory | The Clash |
| The Real Me | The Who |
| Joe | Inspiral Carpets |
| Know Your Rights | The Clash |
| Where Did All The Love Go? | Kasabian |
| Can’t Get Along (Without You) | Hard-Fi |
| 867 5309 Jenny | Tommy Tutone |
| Beat Surrender | The Jam |
| I Ran | A Flock Of Seagulls |
| Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control) | Mutya Buena & Groove Armada |
| Bulletproof | La Roux |
| Spectacular | Graham Coxon |
| Fine Time | New Order |
| There She Goes, My Beautiful World | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
| I Gotta Feeling | Black Eyed Peas |
| The Hardest Part | Blondie |
| Great Dj | The Ting Tings |
| Vanishing Point | New Order |
| Walls Come Tumbling Down | The Style Council |
| No More Heroes | The Stranglers |
| A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours | The Smiths |
| Middle of the Road | The Pretenders |
| I Thought It Was Over | The Feeling |
| Whip It | Devo |
| Missing Beats (Of A Generation) | The Charlatans |
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Miles today: 3
Target: 621
Miles to date: 812.09
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3 comments
Ben Maher says:
April 15, 2010 at 10:14 (UTC 1)
Morning mate, I ran with a Garmin last night and it was amazing the difference in distance measurement and also the effect on my pace. My pace was probably helped (your not going to like this) from 3 days off but legs are fresh. You are front of mind when I think I don’t have to run tomorrow so upmost respect and good luck at the weekend.
Music wise I am finding that upbeat hi tempo stuff mixed in is a real winner. Also mix the playlist order as you start to know what is next and the surprise is good. Some Daft Punk would probably be good on there HARDER FASTER STRONGER etc.
Anyway good luck and “you can do it”
David says:
April 15, 2010 at 19:04 (UTC 1)
James
I have had a few weeks of sympathy pains – mostly calves and hammies
Bought new trainers and the legs seem to have responded pretty well.
I suggest you get some crank tunes on your list
So some Chemical Brother – Hey Boy Hey Girl
Some classic skydive music – Fatboy Slim – Right here Right now
How about Tony Christie and Las Vegas followed by Kaisers ‘I predict a riot’
Good luck fella David
Maxine Sheppard says:
April 16, 2010 at 20:03 (UTC 1)
Aaaahh! Running playlists: my favourite subject
These all worked for me, exactly the right tempo:
Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Editors – Lights
Kosheen – Hide U
Libertines – Up The Bracket
Maximo Park – Graffiti
Underworld – Two Months Off
Faithless – Mass Destruction
Pendulum – Propane Nightmares
Hard-Fi – Middle Eastern Holiday
The Hives – Hate To Say I Told You So
Underworld – Dark & Long
Art of Noise – Metaforce
The Spinto Band – Oh Mandy
The Vines – Get Free
DJ Shadow – You Can’t Go Home Again
Arcade Fire – No Cars Go
Arctic Monkeys – When The Sun Goes Down
The Coral – Dreaming Of You
Broken Social Scene – Fire Eye’d Boy
Foo Fighters – All My Life
Gnarls Barkley – Smiley Faces
The Hold Steady – Chips Ahoy
The Jam – Town Called Malice
The Killers – When You Were Young
Pulp – Babies
Queens of the Stone Age – Go With The Flow
Radiohead – Bodysnatchers
Scott Matthews – The Fool’s Fooling Himself
The Subways – Young For Eternity
Super Furry Animals – Do Or Die
Supergrass – Caught By The Fuzz
The Strokes – New York City Cops
Eminem – Lose Yourself
Supergrass – Richard III
Underworld – Push Upstairs
Pendulum – Granite
Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run (why not:))