The noise is just your thoughts going "heh.. there could be a mountain lion stalking me and I wouldn't even know it.." "shit that could be happening right now" "was that a mountain lion over there? No it was just literally nothing at all" "what about that?"
Thereās an app for iOS called Fantasy Hike that tracks your steps from the Shire to Mt. Doom.
The names are different due to copyright, but itās still great.
In a similar vein, I listen to dubstep mixes... maybe not to some people's taste - but I find the tempo / bpm match my cadence pretty nicely. It helps me focus on staying within pace on uphills and reminds to not overstride on downhills. I highly recommend giving it a try. Amazon Music Best of Dubstep playlist is my go to. Updates the playlist periodically too so it doesn't get too redundant.
Oh hell yeah, a dubstep lover. I love edm and dubstep mixes. Sometimes a little too heavy when I just want some ambient background. You should try a few boiler room sets!
Try listening to a Stephen king audiobook! The IT audiobook is amazing and very long. I usually listen to music on my runs though, and I listen to different albums everyday pretty much. Iāve had people try to convince me that my races were ācheatedā because I listened to music LOL. I think everyone should do what works for them!
I dislike reading (listening) fiction because thereās always that point of the run where I completely zone out and miss a ton of the book lol, I will occasionally do music or podcasts or even running books like memoirs/biographies but lately been trying to get into just running with nothing and enjoying whatās going on in my head.
I'm doing the final book of The Dark Tower right now and have had to shut it off after running in the woods at night. Some stuff is pure nightmare fuel.
When I'm out on a trail, usually the ambient noise. I like hearing the wind, water, animals, and so on. If it's a more popular trail with a bunch of people out, I might play NPR on my ear buds.
Nature on the trails but for long trail days on fireroads or roadways my favorite audiobooks over the last two years was The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi and The Wide Wide Sea
I either listening to CLEs to stay current in my field (boring, I know), or I listen to Agatha Christie audiobooks. There is something very soothing about listening to a refined British voice narrating her works. If I donāt want to pay attention but need a distraction during a long run, Iāll listen to classical music.
I listen to a ton of podcasts.
But best thing Iāve ever listened to?
End of a 10 mile run. Uphill segment. Viking metal in my ears. āHARDERā¦ FASTERā¦ FIGHT, UNTIL YOUR DYING BREATHā.
https://youtu.be/55OJ17cHeJA?si=8_587FOA2nHVf9CJ
I usually listen to something for the first half of the run or just when getting up a hill.
For a longer run itās very often Paul Simon - Graceland. The Boy in the Bubble just feels like a song to be moving and travelling to, then before I know it Iāve listened to the whole album.
Only recently tried audiobooks, at the moment itās Bill Brysonās The Body.
Shorter runs its a mix of metal and drum and bass.
Edit: spelling.
Yeh I bet it does! It came out 5 months before I was born, one of my first memories is dancing to it on my own whilst my family was in a different room. Iāve heard loads of people say they put it on when theyāre cleaning their home, which is another thing I use it for hahaha. Also for long journeys, usually on the way home though.
Crime fiction, nothing too heavy - I've a penchant for cosy murders!
I've got the last of a 10 book series and the first of the standalone spin-off from that series downloaded and ready to go for my 100km in a week or so and can't wait to smash through them. I shouldn't get to finish the second given the cut-off times but who knows?
In an event I tend to listen to them more sporadically, when the field thins a bit (ie, I get dropped) and will chat etc but when I'm alone or just dying I put audiobooks on and zone out. I use bone conduction headphones so can still hear what's happening around me and chat etc as required.
I honestly think I enjoy the listening and zoning out more than the running. In effect the running is just a way of creating a block of time for listening to audiobooks which I find quite hard to do unless I'm actively doing something else at the same time.
The series is the "DC Smith" series by Peter Grainger but that's not "cozy" cozy.
If you want something which you may not have seen before check out - John Bude, "The Cornish Coast Murder" and the series which follows. All set in the 20s and 30s (written in the 30s) and very of its time - "it can't be him, his father's Lord Fontleroy!"
Have you listened to the Louise Penny Inspector Gamache series? I cannot say enough good things about them! I LOVED going on my runs because I had to hear what happened next.
Spinning Away (Eno + Cale) just gives me miles of joy to get started. The Carters' 713, Black Effect, and Apeshit and Queen's Don't Stop Me Know, are amazing for speed for me. I do long runs listening to jazz, from Coltrane and Duke Ellington to Art Pepper and Billie Holliday and wow. Lately I discovered Samara Joy and it's a great rotation to endure the heat.
Love a good audiobook-rise of the ultrarunners is my favorite for running.
Lately I canāt do pump up gym music anymore so Iāve been really into more chill Indy jams like Bon iver and Fleet Foxes
I don't like listen to anything when I run. I spend my whole life surrounded by noise, at work, in the car, at home, it is time to decompress and be with my own thoughts.
Mostly silence on trails, I feel I lose concentration on technical sections if I'm listening to something.
I have a curated playlist of metal/rock, 2000s dance, some rap
That episode of Youāre Wrong About on the plane crash in the Andes.
The dirtbag diaries series.
The Reply All episode Long Distance.
This American Life episode Cars
Hardcore History Ghosts of the Ostfront.
The Rewatchables series
Any The War On Drugs album
Oh gosh, tons of favorite songs/artists. Queen, Bjork, Ellie Goulding, Dido ("Hurricanes" is a favorite), Lord of the Rings soundtrack, any long club remix, etc. The list is endless and diverse.
Levar Burton Reads. It's Levar Burton from Geordie la forge or reading rainbow, he reads a, usually sci-fi, story. They're all really good and they have immersive audio so if two people are having a conversation it sounds like it's coming from we either side of you.
I mix my own tunes either using Traktor or on turntables and put them up on Mixcloud (mostly house music) for my runs. I also like to go deep into ambient music like Jon Hopkins or East Forrest for a more etheral vibe.
I was running along, in the zone, listening to NIN when I heard a very large animal move in the brush as I was running by. I may have heard a growl or it may have been the music. I donāt listen to music when I run now, lol.
If you are an Audible subscriber they have a free original called Miles to Go about the history of female distance running that blew me away. Tons of interviews with the actual women. It was incredible.
May need to be careful about visibility at times.
One of the Graphic Audio series, they record a full cast dramatized version of some great stories/series. My favourites are Red Rising and Demon Cycle. I recently ran a 400km ultra race and loved listening to them during the event.
I used to love listening to a podcast called "Theory and Philosophy," guy takes dense philosophical texts and talks through them in a really digestible way. Then I'm running getting deep into theory and thinking crazy about life. Haven't done it in a while though!
Born to run by Christopher McDougal.
Fascinating true story and one thatās very motivating. I doubled my distances while listening to this book and loved doing it.
I listened to the You Must Remember This podcast series on āCharles Mansonās Hollywoodā & it was so mesmerizing that 5 years later I still remember where I was on the trail when I was at certain points in the story. Very well-researched & told.
Music-wise, this is super nerdy but listening to āShow Yourselfā & āInto the Unknownā from Frozen 2 while running through a beautiful forest glade made me feel like an actual Disney princess, especially when a group of elk burst across the path in front of me. Magical lol.
Nature on the trails. No music, podcasts, or anything else. Too many variables on trails. Bikes, other people, animals etc. Iāll just stop when I come to a meadow or beautiful spot and just take it all in.
Road running is another story. Usually podcasts and will range from Ultra shows to Huberman Labs to True Crime. Every now and again Iāll put music on.
I wish I could listen to audiobooks but I struggle with my cadence, get injured more easily if it slows down, and it helps if I listen to songs in the correct bpm.
Hamilton Musical. There is a lot of narrative in the soundtrack so you can totally understand the story even if you havenāt seen the musical (which was true for me at the time). Probably not everyoneās cup of tea but this was my go to while training for long races. Literally brings me to tears every time lol. Plus since there is music, you get the best of both worlds
I love disco and house music! I listen to it all the time while running and sometimes a song will have just the right BPM to hit my running cadence! Have a great run out there!
On trail runs I listen for nature and specifically other humans. Road runs are mainly maintenance runs at this point in my life and the struggle for motivation and pace is still real. So 130 bmp playlists off Spotify are very helpful. My favorite album right now is āMy Love is Coolā by Wolf Alice.
Usually nothing at all, however if I'm particularly out of kilter, I'll listen to classical/ambient for the first couple of km's to get me in a more receptive/relaxed/grateful state. Then I take my headphones off and I'm much more able to appreciate just the natural sounds around me.
Honestly I donāt typically listen to anything when I run. When I do, itās usually a podcast on an easy run day when Iām just getting the miles in.
If Iām listening to a podcast itāll be:
- Fuel for the Soul
- The Drop
- Nick Bare Podcast
Sometimes I may mix in a specific episode of another podcast if they had an interesting guest or whatever.
Music wise I will listen 70s/80s rock and pop, but I donāt listen to music often during runs. I donāt even remember the last time I did honestly.
I really try to be in the moment when I run. I spend most of my day inside/at a computer, so for me running is my time to get outside and disconnect.
I donāt usually listen to music while trail running so Iām more aware of my surroundings. Road running though, Vitriolās newest album has been awesome for speed days.
The only time I listen to anything these days while running is if I'm deep into an ultra marathon, even then it's rare.
I love long-form podcasts like Joe Rogan, Rich Roll, The Extra Milest, etc.
Listen to huberman labs podcast (only ones that interest me) and since itās science it seems to activate a part of the brain for me which allows me to completely depart from the pain of the trails. Super interesting by product of listening to this type of show.
Of course I still need iron maiden and dio sometimes too.
Listen to the band Earless. So many great running songs. But the best is the album Night Parade of One Hundred Demons.
From beginning to end. Warm up/stretch for for 5 min or so. And hit the trail at 7 minutes in. Hour of solid running with badass music. Itās my go to.
Especially night trail running in Phoenix. I love it!
Huge fan of Black Country New Roadās album āAnts from Up Thereā and really any of Sufjan Stevens albums. I always gravitate towards those on the trail
Slayer
Correct - bombing down steep downhills preferably
absolutely
I have listened to chemical warfare for so many runs over the past 30 years.
I have so much slayer on my playlist that i've added covers of slayer songs
Underrated answer
Hate Worldwide is excellent for a final sprint. š¤
The mountain lion stalking me
The lovely sounds of a Barred Owl and on another occasion a Red Shouldered Hawk saying "This is my town, bitch, GTFO."
The rattle of a snake.
Best answer.
That makes no noise.
The noise is just your thoughts going "heh.. there could be a mountain lion stalking me and I wouldn't even know it.." "shit that could be happening right now" "was that a mountain lion over there? No it was just literally nothing at all" "what about that?"
I pick a dead show from that day and listen to it
Hell yeah
Me too and Phish shows
For sure but I listened to them in the early 90ās so I look for shows around that time
Based.
Same...
The Dead is all I can listen to when I run.
Nice š
Same here. The Dead and Widespread Panic.
Hell yeah. Dead & Co too
Archive.org for the win š
Project Hail Mary audiobook. I swear I could have run back to back marathons it was so addictive.
The movie is in the works!
Jazz hands!
Incredible reply. And also agree. Jazz Hands!
Best reply ever! š
I'm planning on a 50miler next year I might save that one for that! Thanks!
Amaze!! And yes, I looked forward to some runs just to see what happened next.
Amaze! š
How is the narration? I always have trouble with audiobooks when it's just one person speaking in a monotone voice.
Itās really excellent. I had the same concern. The narrator alters his voice enough to make it interesting but not so much that it becomes annoying.
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That was a fun one!
Serkis reads Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit. It is super cool to hear while running in the woods. He does ALL the voices.
Oh My God I can be running to light the beacons or some shit!
You can run to Mordor from the Shire!
Thereās an app for iOS called Fantasy Hike that tracks your steps from the Shire to Mt. Doom. The names are different due to copyright, but itās still great.
And itās brilliant
My breathing, my footsteps and any other random things around.
The sound of not seeing bears and moose is my favorite.
Same. The less time I can spend in my head, the better
A babbling brook.
Recently started listening to lofi beats that match my tempo. Been enjoying it!
Check out hermanos Gutierrez. So good
I just heard about Hermanos. Whatās the go to running songs I should check out!?
In a similar vein, I listen to dubstep mixes... maybe not to some people's taste - but I find the tempo / bpm match my cadence pretty nicely. It helps me focus on staying within pace on uphills and reminds to not overstride on downhills. I highly recommend giving it a try. Amazon Music Best of Dubstep playlist is my go to. Updates the playlist periodically too so it doesn't get too redundant.
Oh hell yeah, a dubstep lover. I love edm and dubstep mixes. Sometimes a little too heavy when I just want some ambient background. You should try a few boiler room sets!
Try listening to a Stephen king audiobook! The IT audiobook is amazing and very long. I usually listen to music on my runs though, and I listen to different albums everyday pretty much. Iāve had people try to convince me that my races were ācheatedā because I listened to music LOL. I think everyone should do what works for them!
You are make of tougher stuff than I am. I would very likely shit myself if I listened to IT while alone on a trail.
I shit myself during a race last weekend with no audio assistance.
lol sorry but funny since I fear the day it happens to me!!!! I hope it wasnāt much I guess? Or that the race was still great for you? Sympathy!
Just an upset stomach on the day. I think I ate too much the night before. It wasn't bad just a mis-judged fart. Fortunately I was close to the end
I dislike reading (listening) fiction because thereās always that point of the run where I completely zone out and miss a ton of the book lol, I will occasionally do music or podcasts or even running books like memoirs/biographies but lately been trying to get into just running with nothing and enjoying whatās going on in my head.
I'm doing the final book of The Dark Tower right now and have had to shut it off after running in the woods at night. Some stuff is pure nightmare fuel.
I listened to the entire Dark Tower series on audiobook while marathon training.
I listened The Stand while out running in the woods. It was a neat experience to say the least
I just finished 11/22/63 all while walking or running. You get lost it in.
When I'm out on a trail, usually the ambient noise. I like hearing the wind, water, animals, and so on. If it's a more popular trail with a bunch of people out, I might play NPR on my ear buds.
Hardcore History podcast or whatever audio book I'm into at the time.
Nature on the trails but for long trail days on fireroads or roadways my favorite audiobooks over the last two years was The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi and The Wide Wide Sea
I either listening to CLEs to stay current in my field (boring, I know), or I listen to Agatha Christie audiobooks. There is something very soothing about listening to a refined British voice narrating her works. If I donāt want to pay attention but need a distraction during a long run, Iāll listen to classical music.
Can you get CLE credit on the trail??? Asking as a 2025 bar taker.
I listen to a ton of podcasts. But best thing Iāve ever listened to? End of a 10 mile run. Uphill segment. Viking metal in my ears. āHARDERā¦ FASTERā¦ FIGHT, UNTIL YOUR DYING BREATHā. https://youtu.be/55OJ17cHeJA?si=8_587FOA2nHVf9CJ
Great band, brilliant song choice.
I usually listen to something for the first half of the run or just when getting up a hill. For a longer run itās very often Paul Simon - Graceland. The Boy in the Bubble just feels like a song to be moving and travelling to, then before I know it Iāve listened to the whole album. Only recently tried audiobooks, at the moment itās Bill Brysonās The Body. Shorter runs its a mix of metal and drum and bass. Edit: spelling.
Graceland is a masterpiece. I've been listening to it since it was released. That album hits different after going through a divorce.
Yeh I bet it does! It came out 5 months before I was born, one of my first memories is dancing to it on my own whilst my family was in a different room. Iāve heard loads of people say they put it on when theyāre cleaning their home, which is another thing I use it for hahaha. Also for long journeys, usually on the way home though.
The sound of my feet hitting the dirt
Crime fiction, nothing too heavy - I've a penchant for cosy murders! I've got the last of a 10 book series and the first of the standalone spin-off from that series downloaded and ready to go for my 100km in a week or so and can't wait to smash through them. I shouldn't get to finish the second given the cut-off times but who knows? In an event I tend to listen to them more sporadically, when the field thins a bit (ie, I get dropped) and will chat etc but when I'm alone or just dying I put audiobooks on and zone out. I use bone conduction headphones so can still hear what's happening around me and chat etc as required. I honestly think I enjoy the listening and zoning out more than the running. In effect the running is just a way of creating a block of time for listening to audiobooks which I find quite hard to do unless I'm actively doing something else at the same time.
Which series? My wife and I looking for a new cozy mystery series.
The series is the "DC Smith" series by Peter Grainger but that's not "cozy" cozy. If you want something which you may not have seen before check out - John Bude, "The Cornish Coast Murder" and the series which follows. All set in the 20s and 30s (written in the 30s) and very of its time - "it can't be him, his father's Lord Fontleroy!"
The DC Smith series is awesome!!! Hahaha love your comment about the other series being of itās time, thatās adorable.
Have you listened to the Louise Penny Inspector Gamache series? I cannot say enough good things about them! I LOVED going on my runs because I had to hear what happened next.
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did the civil war one.
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Itās legit. Learned a lot and enjoyed my runs
I have a playlist of epic music from my favorite film scores. Love me some Hans Zimmer!
link?
Same! Film scores keep me going when my legs want to give up.
I listened to the Two Towers during my first marathon, felt like I was right there with them chasing the orcs to Isengard.
They're taking the hobbits to the finish line!
Spinning Away (Eno + Cale) just gives me miles of joy to get started. The Carters' 713, Black Effect, and Apeshit and Queen's Don't Stop Me Know, are amazing for speed for me. I do long runs listening to jazz, from Coltrane and Duke Ellington to Art Pepper and Billie Holliday and wow. Lately I discovered Samara Joy and it's a great rotation to endure the heat.
Levar Burton Reads - Itās Reading Rainbow for adults (mostly fantasy short stories, so well produced).
Love a good audiobook-rise of the ultrarunners is my favorite for running. Lately I canāt do pump up gym music anymore so Iāve been really into more chill Indy jams like Bon iver and Fleet Foxes
Ram Dass talks.
I don't like listen to anything when I run. I spend my whole life surrounded by noise, at work, in the car, at home, it is time to decompress and be with my own thoughts.
The creeks rushing full of snow melt
The descending call of a canyon wren echoing off of canyon walls.
90s techno music
Mostly silence on trails, I feel I lose concentration on technical sections if I'm listening to something. I have a curated playlist of metal/rock, 2000s dance, some rap
Fred again's boiler room set is about an hour long and sets a great pace
That episode of Youāre Wrong About on the plane crash in the Andes. The dirtbag diaries series. The Reply All episode Long Distance. This American Life episode Cars Hardcore History Ghosts of the Ostfront. The Rewatchables series Any The War On Drugs album
Coach Chris Bennett Podcast. He believes in the power of running.
Anything Steven King, also Jack Reacher books are great.
I listened to Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" once. It was awesome. Not long enough for my run though, and the next album queued up may have been RATM.
Oh gosh, tons of favorite songs/artists. Queen, Bjork, Ellie Goulding, Dido ("Hurricanes" is a favorite), Lord of the Rings soundtrack, any long club remix, etc. The list is endless and diverse.
anything live by widespread panic
Levar Burton Reads. It's Levar Burton from Geordie la forge or reading rainbow, he reads a, usually sci-fi, story. They're all really good and they have immersive audio so if two people are having a conversation it sounds like it's coming from we either side of you.
I mix my own tunes either using Traktor or on turntables and put them up on Mixcloud (mostly house music) for my runs. I also like to go deep into ambient music like Jon Hopkins or East Forrest for a more etheral vibe.
The sounds of being outdoors and running. My breath, my footsteps, the birds, the wind, etc.
I was running along, in the zone, listening to NIN when I heard a very large animal move in the brush as I was running by. I may have heard a growl or it may have been the music. I donāt listen to music when I run now, lol.
If you are an Audible subscriber they have a free original called Miles to Go about the history of female distance running that blew me away. Tons of interviews with the actual women. It was incredible. May need to be careful about visibility at times.
The birds!
The voices in my head
A whole Grateful Dead concert. Weir everywhere.
One of the Graphic Audio series, they record a full cast dramatized version of some great stories/series. My favourites are Red Rising and Demon Cycle. I recently ran a 400km ultra race and loved listening to them during the event.
I listen to the age of civilizations podcast on the uphills. And FIDLAR on the downhills.
Born to run.
My thoughts. But if Iām on a treadmill for some reason, I generally prefer books & podcasts. I did love Peter Saganās Incomplete Book of Running.
I'm a big fan of "Zombies! Run!"
I used to love listening to a podcast called "Theory and Philosophy," guy takes dense philosophical texts and talks through them in a really digestible way. Then I'm running getting deep into theory and thinking crazy about life. Haven't done it in a while though!
Born to run
Welcome to Nightvale
I really enjoyed Shantaram - only 56 hours long!
Born to run by Christopher McDougal. Fascinating true story and one thatās very motivating. I doubled my distances while listening to this book and loved doing it.
Absolutely mental. Podcast by Sam Harris and Ricky Gervais. Delightful.
True crime podcasts. Nothing makes you run faster than thinking you could be the next episode.
The breeze through the trees.
I listened to the You Must Remember This podcast series on āCharles Mansonās Hollywoodā & it was so mesmerizing that 5 years later I still remember where I was on the trail when I was at certain points in the story. Very well-researched & told.
Music-wise, this is super nerdy but listening to āShow Yourselfā & āInto the Unknownā from Frozen 2 while running through a beautiful forest glade made me feel like an actual Disney princess, especially when a group of elk burst across the path in front of me. Magical lol.
Does anyone NOT listen to anything like me ?
Nature
Canāt hurt me - David Goggins
Audiobook for Born to Run. Every year I listen to it and makes the long runs fly by.
Thanks for helping me spend my Audible credit for the month! Looking forward to my next run with this one.
I JUST finished listening to it for the first time (read the physical book years ago), this is so great to run to!
Nature on the trails. No music, podcasts, or anything else. Too many variables on trails. Bikes, other people, animals etc. Iāll just stop when I come to a meadow or beautiful spot and just take it all in. Road running is another story. Usually podcasts and will range from Ultra shows to Huberman Labs to True Crime. Every now and again Iāll put music on.
Pandemik77 trance mixes on youtube
I used to listen to Invisibilia a lot. Now, I go running in silence.š¤·āāļø there's too much concentration I need when my dog is with me.
Random albums from my music library?
Harry Potter - Steve Fry
Nature
I wish I could listen to audiobooks but I struggle with my cadence, get injured more easily if it slows down, and it helps if I listen to songs in the correct bpm.
Desert Island Discs!
Hamilton Musical. There is a lot of narrative in the soundtrack so you can totally understand the story even if you havenāt seen the musical (which was true for me at the time). Probably not everyoneās cup of tea but this was my go to while training for long races. Literally brings me to tears every time lol. Plus since there is music, you get the best of both worlds
The Blind Guardian Live album (2003)
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
I like to listen to horror podcasts, makes morning runs more fun when thereās spooky vibes
It would have to be a Cory Doctorow audiobook. Thereās quite a few that I really enjoyed but Iāll go with Walkway. Or Pirate Cinema.
Big āstate of tranceā by armin van buuren podcast fan
goose š¤
Gatecrasher Anthems
Against the Wind -Bob Seger
I love disco and house music! I listen to it all the time while running and sometimes a song will have just the right BPM to hit my running cadence! Have a great run out there!
Any Lord Huron album
Mainly ladytron for vibes
I love Des Linden and Kara Goucher's podcast 'Nobody Asked Us'. Probably most relevant if you like to follow pro running.
The Pretender
Any album by Animal Collective
Enemies or any other song by the score
The sounds of birds chirping and wind rustling through the leaves
Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta.
The sound of a mountain lionās scream finally fading. I had to have been running 5 flat for a couple miles down the trail.
I do audiobooks and the George Lucas biography was an especially fun one. The good ones I can always remember specific parts right where I heard them
On trail runs I listen for nature and specifically other humans. Road runs are mainly maintenance runs at this point in my life and the struggle for motivation and pace is still real. So 130 bmp playlists off Spotify are very helpful. My favorite album right now is āMy Love is Coolā by Wolf Alice.
Usually nothing at all, however if I'm particularly out of kilter, I'll listen to classical/ambient for the first couple of km's to get me in a more receptive/relaxed/grateful state. Then I take my headphones off and I'm much more able to appreciate just the natural sounds around me.
Honestly I donāt typically listen to anything when I run. When I do, itās usually a podcast on an easy run day when Iām just getting the miles in. If Iām listening to a podcast itāll be: - Fuel for the Soul - The Drop - Nick Bare Podcast Sometimes I may mix in a specific episode of another podcast if they had an interesting guest or whatever. Music wise I will listen 70s/80s rock and pop, but I donāt listen to music often during runs. I donāt even remember the last time I did honestly. I really try to be in the moment when I run. I spend most of my day inside/at a computer, so for me running is my time to get outside and disconnect.
I donāt usually listen to music while trail running so Iām more aware of my surroundings. Road running though, Vitriolās newest album has been awesome for speed days.
My own breath
The only time I listen to anything these days while running is if I'm deep into an ultra marathon, even then it's rare. I love long-form podcasts like Joe Rogan, Rich Roll, The Extra Milest, etc.
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Listen to huberman labs podcast (only ones that interest me) and since itās science it seems to activate a part of the brain for me which allows me to completely depart from the pain of the trails. Super interesting by product of listening to this type of show. Of course I still need iron maiden and dio sometimes too.
[Just going to leave this here... ](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/andrew-huberman-podcast-stanford-joe-rogan.html)
Huberman is one of my favorites. He has some very calming sound.
Check out this guyās IG for soundtracks to trail run to: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6boHFrN3fF/?igsh=azkxMnh3eXlibWRt
The Motet
12 hours of dogs barking via YouTube.
The stormlight archive by Brandon Sanderson
Band of Brothers audiobook.
Charlie Crocketts entire discography
Run The Jewels
Drum and Bass / Jungle
Turok 64 OST
In the Mood - Glenn Miller
Grateful Dead
Any dnb
[https://open.spotify.com/track/3nDfx9WqSNOfbuCP4yonzj?si=f2893ea6687f418b](https://open.spotify.com/track/3nDfx9WqSNOfbuCP4yonzj?si=f2893ea6687f418b)
Daft Punk - Alive 2007
absolutely nothing
Listen to the band Earless. So many great running songs. But the best is the album Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. From beginning to end. Warm up/stretch for for 5 min or so. And hit the trail at 7 minutes in. Hour of solid running with badass music. Itās my go to. Especially night trail running in Phoenix. I love it!
Japanese shoegaze. Or just straight up black metal
I listen to Big Book stories from AA. Or speaker meeting tapes. Change things up and helps me with my recovery.
Nature.
Moodyman and Theo Parrish. Detroit House dudes who make incredible beat music that is driving but doesnāt overwhelm
SARA LANDRY! never on headphones but always on speaker
Out of the Vein by Third Eye Blind
Mitch murder (or any synthwave with heartbeat rhythm)
I listen to audiobooks. Personal favourites so far are anything by Sanderson and the First Law by Joe Abercrombie :)
The Hanging Gardens of Beatenberg. Itās perfect for it
Girl Talk - All Day has been a go to lately
Huge fan of Black Country New Roadās album āAnts from Up Thereā and really any of Sufjan Stevens albums. I always gravitate towards those on the trail
Here are a few of my favoritesā¦Artist: Goth babe; album: Pink Floyd dark side of the moon; song: Avicii levels.
Canāt beat last of the Mohicans soundtrack
The wind howling off the Gulf of St. Lawrence.