<p>Considering mixing in some shorter runs, along the lines of Hal Higdon’s plan. Want to keep the joints in good shape.</p>
<p>“Looookssss liiiikkkke wwwweeee mmaaaaddddde iiiittttt…” I would do the 100 kettleball swings before a run with Barry Manilow, and I would do a run with Barry M before allowing Macarthur Park on my iPod. That is my No. 1 on my “worst song” list. And I DO like a variety of music.</p>
<p>I like going earbud-free, so it’s pretty quiet when I jog.</p>
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<p>Do it however you wish. This whole workout was done as part of a research study. And the participants started doing various versions of KB swings just to mix it up…</p>
<p>Darn. I don’t have any Barry Manilow to exclude from my exercise playlists! Ditto on the MacArthur Park. I won’t even listen to the Waylon Jennings version of that one…</p>
<p>I generally do music for walking, hiking, walk/jogging, Airdyne, Burpees, and anything where I will be panting like a dog. I tend to plow through some podcasts (news, politics, sports, fitness) when I’m doing slower paced strength training workouts and can actually pay attention.</p>
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<p>I listened to that song today.</p>
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<p>Be careful on the intervals if you’re planning on doing them.</p>
<p>Intervals today: 1:36, 1:34:26, 1:38, 1:34, 1:34, 1:34, 1:33. Overall three miles. I tweaked my left knee on the second interval. Experimented with fast, short strides vs slower, long strides. I found that I could not maintain the short strides for much more than about half-way. During the cool-down run, I found that my right calf was tight or sore. Later, in the locker room, I felt a little PF (tiled floor) and knee tweak in the right calf. Speed can definitely be dangerous. I probably shouldn’t run at these speeds.</p>
<p>BTW, a second can seem like a very long time.</p>
<p>Just looked at my calender and found that I was supposed to do a 30 minute tempo run. I may have to squeeze that in on a rest day. I have a tentative tennis game with someone that’s very good tomorrow which is also supposed to be a three-mile run day. Temperatures should be about ten degrees cooler in this area so mid-80s instead of mid-90s which should be okay for tennis. I have a sister in town too and I was planning on going into Boston to see here so things will be tight. Maybe I can do the Tempo run in the morning before work and then play tennis in the afternoon.</p>
<p>BTW, I like MacArthur Park too - I’d listen to it on a slow run.</p>
<p>I have a lot of Ricky Martin in my running music. Keeps me going!</p>
<p>Before my weird blood clot in the lung thing I was really into exercising to Goyte, Feist and Fleet Foxes. Also a great song by Neko Case: Hold On, Hold On.</p>
<p>Also listening to a lot of Beach Boys lately.</p>
No intervals at this time. I’ve been experiencing just enough achiness this past week that I’m thinking cut back on total mins for a while on at least on some of my jogging workouts, if not all. I am itching to do a 5K, but a little patience right now with the workouts is probably the wiser route. Let my mooskles get stronger at a reasonable pace rather than trying to demand they do it now just 'cause I said so. I have a feeling if I push it too much they’ll win the argument.
Take care of that knee, BC.
<p>I was so astonished & pleased to hear some new music for a change, I didn’t even care that it was Barry Manilow! Maybe a month from now I’ll be sick of this music too. We musicians are a picky lot when it comes to music…I know some people never notice what’s playing!</p>
<p>“If Barry Manilow came on in an exercise class I was in, I think I would pack it in right then and there!”</p>
<p>I’m with you, MOfWC. One of the rare examples of music to which I would not want to exercise. :)</p>
<p>I was surprised about all the discussion of the exercise class playlist, in particular the hating on Barry Manilow, so I thought about it some more. And I came to the conclusion that Sweet Caroline is Neil Diamond, not Barry Manilow.</p>
<p>Whoops! Anyway, what is your opinion on Neil? Better, or worse? It was a good song for moving to. :)</p>
<p>Sweet Caroline is a great song! It’s played at Vandy baseball games!</p>
<p>Well, since you’ve gone this direction, how many votes for Carolina in My Mind? :)</p>
<p>Sweet Caroline gets overdone at parties, but it’s an easy song to move too. So is “Forever in Blue Jeans.” Put me on the list of McArthur Park haters - it did cause me to listen to the Best of Waylon Jennings though, which was fun. I like James Taylor, though I had a roommate who played “Sweet Baby James” so often that I got heartily sick of it.</p>
<p>“Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl,
With yellow feathers in her hair, and a dress cut down to there
She would merengue…”</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>Got my 100 KB swings in tonight. 2x50 at twenty pounds…</p>
<p>Hops, was there any accompaniment to go with the KB swings?</p>
<p>^^^^Yeah- he had Mitch Miller on the iPod.</p>
Heading to NYC tomorrow. Looking forward to walks/runs in Central Park and along Hudson River. Thanks MOWC! Lost 5 more lbs(again!) Whew! Back on track once again!