I've never ran/run without music (Page 2)

I always train with music- even in the pool. I had my first HIM a week and a half ago and was really worried about how I was going to get through 6+ hours without it.  I didn't miss it at all.  I was so focused on technique, heartrate, nutrition, etc. that the time actually went by pretty fast.

newtoness5 - 2011-07-16 8:17 PM First tri tomorrow and just found out that music is not allowed....oh no! I've trained all this time with ear buds

You've been missing out.  A whole world opens up when you ditch the crutch.

^^  I really think this is true for more people than realize it.  Definitely was holding my wife back...she still runs with tunes on her Iphone, but the one time last year she forgot to bring her Ipod for a 14 mile run was an eye-opener for her.

I know that there are some indications floating around out there that music can help with pace, but I'm convinced that is only the case if you are really using it properly...for alot of people, it is used to distract them from how uncomfortable they are while running, which--in turn--just keeps them from actually pushing their run to the next level.  YMMV...

This sounds true to me. I think I like my runs too much. I make myself suffer on the bike and am very in tune with my body, but not really on the runs....also afraid of injury. I need to start a little (not too much) interval training and do it without music.

Hell, I swim and aqua jog with mine.  I'm not a music-aholic.  I don't go to meetings.

Enabler!!

Seriously, though I can either run with music or run without it.  I'm not a hardcore supporter of either method* and really it depends on my mood.   Sometimes I don't listen to music at all, sometimes I listen to books on tape and NPR, and sometimes I turn it all off. It also depends on who I'm running with.  For example, some mornings I run with an organized group.  I hate to admit it, but I cannot stand the chatter of other people in the morning.  So to tune out the inane chatter about boyfriends and children and work and dogs and whatever, I listen to whatever is on my ipod, which in the mornings, is usually a book on tape.  I know.  I know. I'm awful.  I'm fine with it. 

A way to ween yourself off of it, is to start running half your miles (minutes, whatever) without it. Eventually you'll get used to not using it at all. You'll be fine at the triathlon.  There is a lot going on.

*I've never gotten hurt while listening to music and I have been jogging for fifteen years in different cities and on different terrains.  I guess I'm too slow to get seriously hurt!

I always run with music or a podcast and I feel this hurt me during the run portion of my tri.  I think I would have been better prepared to block out all the distractions & focus on my run had I trained more without listening to anything.

I'm going to make sure one run a week is with no ear-buds from now on.

I gotta have my tunes on a long run.  My wife and I don't share the same taste in music and she gets annoyed by what I listen to.  For me, there's nothing better than a long run and some new music to listen to while running.  I hear things in songs I don't hear while listening in my car or on my computer, and it goes a long way to learning how to play the song later. 

However, it doesn't bug me to race without music if I can't.  I try to chat up other runners though that rarely succeeds.

X3, but for me (unlike others) it was a tough transition.  For my first 4 months of training, I always had music.  When I ditched them for my first tri, I found the run quite difficult -- didn't have the distraction of music so I was too focused on how tired I was.   I'm certain I would have walked less if I'd had music.

That said -- after that race, I decided to ditch music for good.  A few runs later I was accustomed to it, and now I much prefer it.