Having received the verdict that I have back problems and need to start jogging in order to strengthen muscles in the general back region I gave jogging a try. And hated it. Which was sort of what I expected.
So I needed expert advice on the subject and I had a talk with a friend. He has run the Berlin Marathon so he should know how to overcome the general bore of running and his recipe was: an mp3 player with good running music. But what is good running music?
I decided to load my player with Ibiza style club music. It did work a short while, my jogging picked up speed and my face looked much happier. If you’re not familiar with my term Ibiza style club music I may need to tell you that it’s dance club music, and that turned out to be the general problem as well. After a few minutes of listening to the moaning girls on the dance floor my jogging started to feel extremely boring in comparison. Again. So I desperately need new tips on what jogging music to load into my mp3 player! I’ve been out jogging 4-5 times now, and the result is basically an enormous longing for Ibiza, which wasn’t the idea.
I’ll keep trying, there should be some way of getting this project rolling… All advice appreciated.
2 Comments
January 3, 2008 at 9:30
Hey, I’ve just started jogging, haven’t taken my mp3 player along yet but I’ve been thinking about what music might be best to keep me going also. Have you heard of LCD Soundsystem? They produced an album called 45:33 which is designed to be listened to whilst exercising. Its one long track that builds slowly then calms down as you warm down (I think, I haven’t listened all the way through yet!)
January 6, 2008 at 9:56
Thanks for the tip, I haven’t heard of them tho. I’m still stuck on the Ibiza club music and getting used to it.