Sunday, December 25, 2005

Casual running and jazz

Needless to say, the suggested 30-minute playlists at jogTunes.com are geared towards the casual runner who enjoys a half-hour jog several days a week. What better way is there to enhance the fun of a short run than by running to the beat of jazz? Music-based running (matching your pace to the tempo) is like dancing. It's fun, it keeps you going, and it invigorates.

Our latest playlist is the Basie/Ferguson jogSet. It builds to a BPM of 184 which is the tempo of Ferguson's Birdland. Watch your pulse monitor because this tune will push you.

Of course, the tune list in jogTunes.com provides many runnable songs that can be inserted into longer lists for the more serious runners or placed between several podcasts to make the mid-point of a run a little more fun. Or, just play a runnable song or two in the middle of a quiet run for variety and pacing.

And don't forget, we have links to the UK and Ireland iTunes Music Stores for many of our jogTunes.

Enjoy your next run!