Music while you run

[Bouzy]

Any ideas of good little radio / cassette and headphones that are light and unobtrusive whilst running??
Thanks, Richard
(always better at thinking of Christmas pressies for myself than for others!)

[Seafront Plodder]

Richard,

Sorry no advice on your question, but may I suggest you have a gander at mp3 players.

No moving parts so they never skip. They can be the size of a matchbox, and weigh next to nothing.

They are your Château Lafite Rothschild Pauillac 1996, whereas by comparison cassette players are more your Blue Nun ............err, so to speak.

[Ian]

http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=948

This link to the Runners World Gear Forum might give you some suggestions, Richard.

I hope it helps.

[Bouzy]

Thanks for the suggestions....... sounds like I had better ask my children to bring up to speed on MP3 players!

[El Gordo]

MP3s are definitely the way to go, Richard. As SP says, tapes and CDs suffer from the disadvantage of moving parts, making them vulnerable... or let´s just say unsuitable, for running with. MP3 players are essentially just a small disk drive that contains digital data, a bit like a floppy disk, conceptually.

From a man-in-the-street perspective, the best ones are the Apple iPods because they are capable of storing huge amounts of digital information. I can´t recall what the mega-giga-stats are, but it amounts to several hundreds of, ahem, "LPs" (as we used to say in my youth). There are many cheaper MP3 players around of course though they´ll have smaller capacities. It´s an area where things are constantly changing, so what I´ve written is probably total rubbish by now. (Now that makes a change....)

Andy

[Griff]

My firm is just about to bring one on the market for £39.99. That doesn't include memory (removable xD Picture Card available currently in 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 and 512 MB). Eventually you will be able to get capacity up to 8GB - more than enough music for one of Andy's "long" runs!

[Griff]

After posting just now, I started to wonder what fellow forumites might listen to whilst running. When I'm running down those quiet Cotswold country lanes, I'm often heard spoiling the peace and tranquillity with a breathless karaoke rendition of "Delilah" or "Rock DJ".

So, what makes for great running music chaps? Let's hear it.

[Seafront Plodder]

Anything by Bob Marley.

After a while I find my stride in sync with the beat!

[Pollard]

Griff,
Do you mean 'listen to' via headphones or those lovely tunes that crop up in your head?
Personally i don't think i would like to listen to music when i run, i like to escape from trappings of normal life, especially the wife!!

[El Gordo]

Pollard - are you an Owl by any chance? I'm off to Mecca shortly for QPR v Wednesday. Used to go to Hillsborough regularly when I lived in Yorkshire and had a girlfriend in Sheffield. Early 90s.

[Pollard]

Andy,
You speak with fork tongue.
I'm a Burnley fan actually, but i can see the Wednesday ground from my bedroom window, i used to be able to hear the roar of the match when they were in the Prem. It's a bit quiet at the moment, yes, i know they were away today, but in general its quiet.
3-0 hey! good effort.

[Griff]

Pollard, I mean music thru headphones. "Escaping from the wife", now you're talking!