I just had an experience with this this morning. I know that I work out better to music, and that I'll work harder and enjoy it more. But this morning on the treadmill I was listening to music and my sister called. I turned off the ipod and talked to her for about 15 minutes while I walked on the treadmill.
When we were finished talking, I hung up the phone and turned the music back on. Even though it was near the end of my workout and I'd been thinking about stopping, the music gave me a whole new burst of energy. My feet moved faster and my brain got right back into it. I know that without it, I'd have stopped.
That's in the gym, though. Alysia, like you, when I ran, I ran without music. There's something so addictive about the rhythm of the trail -- you can finish your run and barely remember doing it because you were in the zone. (Unlike you, however, I've never been good at talking while running. Maybe it's that doing-two-things-at-once thing, LOL.)
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I just had an experience with this this morning. I know that I work out better to music, and that I'll work harder and enjoy it more. But this morning on the treadmill I was listening to music and my sister called. I turned off the ipod and talked to her for about 15 minutes while I walked on the treadmill.
When we were finished talking, I hung up the phone and turned the music back on. Even though it was near the end of my workout and I'd been thinking about stopping, the music gave me a whole new burst of energy. My feet moved faster and my brain got right back into it. I know that without it, I'd have stopped.
That's in the gym, though. Alysia, like you, when I ran, I ran without music. There's something so addictive about the rhythm of the trail -- you can finish your run and barely remember doing it because you were in the zone. (Unlike you, however, I've never been good at talking while running. Maybe it's that doing-two-things-at-once thing, LOL.)
March 30, 2009 - 8:31amThis Comment
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