Many of us use music to get us motivated and ready to run. Is there a specific type of music, band, and song that you listen to get into running mode? Listen to this - during my junior year of high school track and field, we decided to stack our 4 x 800. Three seniors had the chance to all go to State Finals and I (like...duh!) was the guy who got stuck with that pack. In the beginning of April, I fractured my ankle. We didnt have a fast enough alternate and I decided to train through the injury with a little less than two months left. Most of my workouts were in the swimming pool or on a bike as running was too painful and my ankle was often too swollen to fit into a running shoe. Half of our remaining meets I didnt compete in and when I did I saw my times drop or remain around where they consistently had been. Our Sectional was evenly stacked between four teams and the race was up for grabs. Leading up to the race, the pain was there but I had managed to control the swelling and found ways to control that pain during the race. Leading off, I set a personal record at the time and also broke 2:00 for the first time. I did a lot of rehab to get through the injury, and a lot of it is something that I couldve been doing as exercise early in the season to avoid any potential harm. Ever since, Im extra supportive on taking extra care of the body. A lot of the rehab and exercises I did from home and I always had my music with me. The one song that I replayed often and I felt like really helped me was, Dare You To Move - Switchfoot. (https://youtube/watch?v=iOTcr9wKC-o) It was released a year earlier and it was something that I heard on the radio from time to time, but just like that did the lyrics appeal and motive me. So the rehab was big on getting me ready but also the music was a huge factor to, sadly, get me through the pain and find a way to push the sun way high into the sky and give me that one cloudless cool but warm day in May. How about you - any song/genre/artist that gets you pumped for races or that you like to listen to when you run?
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 02:07:14 +0000