I was wondering if someone else listens to classical music while running/jogging.
I mean, things like Operas, ballets, Tchaikousky, Strauss waltz, etc and to folk, tradictional music................
Do you think i am strange by running listening to La Traviatta, or Swan Lake or the blue danube or Carmen? or The mexican hat dance or la bamba?
I know that most people use fast beat strong music while running, as it helps, and i used to do it too, but then i discovered that a waltz also helps me run fast, as i enjoy the music and helps me to feel good and therefore not be so tired..............................
In some way is strange, but i get the same effect............................or more, because i feel as if i was sliding over the road while i listen to a waltz...........................
is it strange?
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I don't listen to music when I run but I could imagine Vivaldi's Four Seasons putting a spring in my step.
That pun wasn't even intended, but I know no one will believe me.
Not proper classical music I suppose, but I find the Daft Punk soundtrack to the new Tron movie to be really inspiring. That is more orchestral than most stuff I have.
I think it's about whatever makes you feel good or inspired. V interested to hear your approach Fatima... might give it a try.
Phil I'll see your pun and raise you...
Gait-hoven's Piano Concerto....
*tumbleweed*
You aren't the only one. Though I don't run with music I can often have music running through my head as I run and it's often classic. Nice light waltzes are really uplifting if I am feeling tired, and then something Wagnerian is great for speed and hills.
You are not alone.
On a serious note, no it's not weird you run to classical music. The recommended running tracks I find too fast. Sometimes I prefer to run to something along the lines of James Newton Howard, or the theme tunes to Dexter series!
not classical but i tried some instrumental.
i put on the vangelis soundtrack to chariots of fire but the biggest problem i found is that it made me run in slow motion.
in my head i was.
in reality probably even slower than usual.
Classical...
or
Bleak Expectations and The Goons Show! - Love it when running! keeps the spirits up!
The pace variations could be interesting with say....
Radestksy March (Strauss)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFf7NIwOHQ (Karajan conducting the audience
'Post Horn Gallop'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW_arXDe4bo (I wanted this to leave the Church to, after we got married, but 'was shot down in flames' - can't imagine why...................)
William Tell Overture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFf7NIwOHQ (it just had to be this version to illustrate it.......)
'Sabre Dance' (let alone the fantastic guitar version by DaveEdmunds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqg3l3r_DRI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpqYU3Nzbts (Edmuds)
Good to see that i am not the only one who runs to clasical music.
yesterday i went for an evening jog and it was near a countryside green and vegetation and i was listening to the sping theme from vivaldi. It was quite nice, as you can get a good feel of the music and the greenery around...................and then you realise how it was composed.............that piece is really like the spring in the countriside................
Also, me being spanish i also use folkloric musis, like the Gipsy Kings, and similar....................ole!
I also like the "operture piece" of Carmen, is very uplifting. I use that one when i start feeling heavy legs need that extra energy.
The other day it was quite funny. I was litening to a waltz and i was sliding a bit from side to side, like walzting down the street............quite funny.
Other times i can't help moving my hands at the rythm of the music, as if directing a orchestra.........................peope looking may think i'm quite weird out there..........................
Really glad you posted this, as I thought I was the only one! I don't listen to music while running outside, because I want to be alert for what's around me, but yes, I often have (classical, or e.g. Loreena McKennitt) music in my head. And I like classical music to listen to if I'm on the treadmill.
Could we do some play lists of fast and uplifting music? I've already bought the "20 thunderous classics" CD. I was wondering if some Spanish guitar music might be appropriately fast-paced for 180 cadence?