Here’s our year-end round-up of our “Running Videos of the Month” for 2011*. There’s something for everybody with alternative/indie songs, rock, R&B, and even rap/hip-hop and “world music”. Every song fulfills our mission of delivering running music with a faster bpm that is either inspirational, about running, or just fun with a great beat. Enjoy and happy holidays…
(*most of the songs below were released in 2011, but not all…we just featured them on Bold Pace Music this year)
This video was made by Walter C. May and his band, The Daylights, with the hope that it would reach May’s girlfriend virally thru various social networks. She got it (he’s setting the bar pretty high for us guys with this one).
Ted Leo on Broadway? The world needed “a half-assed musical that cheapens what they do and embarrasses everyone involved,” especially when those involved include Paul F. Tompkins, Julie Klausner and John Hodgman.
The Philadelphia Marathon is around the corner. Our LDFs are primed. Kim bounds up the hills. Kerry doesn’t miss a beat as she adds miles and miles to her repertoire. Kerry has collected and absorbed every morsel of essential pre-marathon wisdom.
My two cents:
The expo: you earned it, take your time and enjoy the scene. Soak up the pre-race pride and excitement, note the vast assortment of marathon bodies, grab every possible free sample and purchase a few gels or running supplies for your post marathon future.
Consider running with a pace team. The pace leaders (an exceedingly gregarious bunch) can be found at the expo; ask questions (no need to tell Kerry!) In the best of all running worlds, the optimal marathon pace (i.e. not too fast) and pace team is chosen. Fodder for tapering runs: obsessively defining and determining optimal. A pace team should slow your start enough to ensure a strong finish. For the commitment-phobe, some choices—-run near the leader, take in their coaching and encouragement or run outside the pace team’s orbit, using them as a visual guide. Either way, if the pace is not for you, drop away.
Seriously ponder your throw away clothes. A late November morning in Philadelphia can be icy cold. Consider a sweatshirt, sweats pants, gloves and hat–a blanket even. Ransack your closet; pillage your husband’s and kids’. Visit a thrift shop, Target or Wall Mart. Forget fashion pride. Chic is not the operative word pre-marathon.
We all try to run super light, but I loved the comfort a tiny Chap Stick provided during the Chicago Marathon.
Muse on mantras and alternative mantras. The words may not feel quite right until you begin. And while an apt mantra may come to you unbidden at mile 7, it’s heartening to have something in your cache before crossing the start. Poll your LDF’s on their favorites. There must be something to all this: I googled mantra marathon and found over 50 pages on the subject. A favorite of mine: Just dig in. [click to continue…]
a bold pace {book review}: If you want to improve your performance with running or anything else in your life...read this book (below)! Simple, useful, positive solutions and tips for improving your self-discipline, concentration, optimism, relaxation and enjoyment (S.C.O.R.E)
