You don't listen to music? Jesus, alright well I can't keep waiting for people to inspire a conversation about this topic. I'll lead:

Do you listen to music, while running, you wouldn't otherwise? I know I do.

Ke$ha is all over the place
A few Katy Perry tracks but she's getting stale (for running anyway)
Britney Spear's "Keep on dancing" is actually really, really good to run to.

DJ Khaled's "All I do it win" which has the best ludacris spot in forever (and the worst rick ross)

And to keep controlled, I lead off with Springsteens cover of "Eyes on the Prize." Alright so thats not so different but you know...

The thing is I listen to music most of the day and when I go out running its kind of a break from any music, computers etc.... Also I sweat like a pig whilst running and some of its cross country as well, so I don`t know how practical it would be to listen to music.

Saying all that though, the thread has got me thinking about what type of music I would listen to if I wanted to listen to music whilst running!

Sweating? You don't use ear buds?

hahaha I`m talking more about the sweat running down and soaking my t-shirt and possibly coming into contact with any music playing device.

A Spi Belt will protect your music device from bodily fluids.

http://ubethecritic.com/wp-content/u...05/spibelt.jpg

also helps when listening to phone sex on your iPod.

Another benefit!!!

I like only hour long sessions for running; I do three during the week and one at the weekend.
My advice is to create a playlist that lasts for about an hour of songs with, perhaps a good beat which ought to help you to vary your pace. You won't know, but I think you might speed up or slow down depending on the song you are listening to.

i usually do it on a treadmill - i can control the speed

air quality here is pretty bad to be running in open air

Yeah, that must be a limiting factor. Thankfully for me Manchester is a tiny city and I live on the edge between the city and a national park. We have very clean air, so I doubt what I say will help you much.