As I was running one day, listening to my iPod Nano, my mind wandered and thought about what other people listened to on their headphones while running. I also thought about how “back in the day" I use to run with my tape player in my hand to have tunes while I ran up Old Forge Road and down Barringer through other various streets in town. At that point I never ran much more than 3-6 miles in one day. Seven years ago while visiting my home town I had a 16 miler on my schedule. I realized very quickly how small my town was when running 16 miles took me through my town and the two neighboring towns with miles to spare. After thinking about carrying the tape player (weight training while running) and then the disc-player (slightly less weight to carry but equally as awkward), I became very appreciative for the invention of the MP3 player. I also was very grateful for my brother who introduced me to my first Nano back in 2006. Can you really tell a lot about a person by what is on their MP3 player? I figure that I might as well share one of my playlists. Here is what my medium pace 5-miler consists of:
Song 2 Blur
Pale Aesthetic
Perfection
Lightwave VNV Nation
Jackie Will Save Me Shiny Toy Guns
Sinnerman Nina Simone
& Felix Da Housecat
Barbra Streisand Duck Sauce
Mr. Saxobeat (Radio Edit) Alexandra
Stan
Easy Paula DeAnda
So what does this say about me? Have I still been able to retain some mystery? Perhaps my 24-mile playlist would remove my enigmatic side? What do uTune?
