The Art Museum steps themselves, however, are not very hard because they are neither steep nor that many, but it is kind of fun to run up them and the view is great from the top.

I'm bumping Boothrand's "Eye of the Tiger Thread" from 2004!

"I'll go run to Wal-mart real quick, and get that Survivor CD. Be right back."

You may be dating yourself a bit here, or maybe not a big music buyer in the last few years, but... I live in a Third World country, in the jungle, and via cell phone signal can purchase and legally download that particular song in less than 60 seconds.

It's not annoying, but the most disturbing music at a tri has to be at Musselman when they play bagpipes as the starters wade into the water. It's cool, but it also seems very dismal, like a funeral dirge as everyone marches off to their deaths in the water.

"running up the Philly capitol"

Those steps belong to the Philadelphia Art Museum, BTW.. there is no capitol of Philadelphia. It's a city.

There is even a rocky statue there (adjacent to the steps).

I was going to tell you that was inaccurate, that it was only there for the movie Rocky III, and it was at the Spectrum. We used to always meet people at the Rocky Statue, which was a poor choice, since EVERYONE met their friends at the Rocky Statue. I just looked it up to see where it went after they closed the Spectrum.

Wouldn't you know it, they actually did take the statue back to the Art Museum in 2006. I can't believe I didn't know that. It has been a few years since I've been in Philly, something I need to rectify soon.

I have always wondered what it's like to have an office with a view of the steps. How many tourists per day run up and bounce around with their arms in the air? (I know I did it.) I would love to see a website of videos called "rocky steps FAIL" where people either trip, or can't run all the way up, or run into each other.

If you were to actually retrace Rocky's steps [so to speak] from the Rocky II video [for example] your route would be


Rocky II
Start: 2313 S. Lambert Street http://www.themoviemap.com/...ns/rr/rocky-ii-1979/
Conrail Tracks w/SEPTA Bridge Kensington http://www.citypaper.net/...seen-in-Rocky-2.html
Italian Market
Bridge at B St. & Tusculum [back in Kensington]
Kelly Drive
Chestnut Street
Independence Mall
Logan Circle
Parkway
Art Museum

It would be about 25-30 miles
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/139685261

That's awesome. It looks like you actually did the map yourself, since I can't click through that link and get past your profile. Set it for "public." I would love to put up a link to that

I never knew every one of those spots, but knew enough to know that was a very very long run

Sorry about that, I think it's fixed now

Yes it is, I can see it now.

Now I have this crazy idea about recreating the run, just to do it. I wonder if anyone has.

If someone drew up a route that included all the shots they used, but not necessarily in order, you might have an interesting novelty run. Philly already has a big marathon, and the 10 mile Broad St run. Why not a Rocky recreation? It would probably have the same reaction as the first 5 boroughs NYC marathon. But it could become a pretty cool thing. Except for the haters. But haters are always gonna hate, yo.

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/139685261[/url]

...let me get this straight? I revived an 8 year old thread in an effort to kill Eye of the Tiger music at events.

Now you guys are planning an entire event based on Eye of the Tiger/Rocky.

Rocky does not run up the steps of the Philadelphia Capitol; there is no such thing. He is running up the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum. True story: he donated a statue of himself as Rocky to the Museum and they initially tried to refuse it. I am not sure why; the Museum itself has plenty of garbage in it. Most of the second floor was devoted to modern "art", like a circle of rocks on the floor, the last time I was there. The statue was eventually moved to the Spectrum, I think, with a great deal of difficulty.

It's actually a pretty good length run from South Philly where he is supposed to live to the Art Museum and back. The Art Museum steps themselves, however, are not very hard because they are neither steep nor that many, but it is kind of fun to run up them and the view is great from the top.

No. We're looking STRICTLY at Rocky & Rocky II; "Eye of the Tiger" was Rocky III

...let me get this straight? I revived an 8 year old thread in an effort to kill Eye of the Tiger music at events.

Now you guys are planning an entire event based on Eye of the Tiger/Rocky.

Will this be WADA sanctioned, or is there a "full doped Stallone division"?

Will there be fundraising for any charities?

lol @ donating a statue of yourself AND then having it refused

"Uhhhh, I was really feeling, tired, until that Rocky Music fired up, then everything sort of came together:

If you can't get fired up listening to Conquest (Rocky II) and War (IV) and Training Anthem (IV), then you can't get fired up.

Yeah ... I own the CD's. =) I agree EOT has run its course.

In the odd world of coincidences, it's been years since I've posted here, years since I've been told someone has responded to one of my posts here and years since I have heard Eye of the Tiger. But, since I heard the song on the radio this morning, all three have happened. Somehow it's not surprising that Dev is still here. The song was still great to here; it reminded me of listening to it on the way to swim practice in the summer of 1982 or so.

If you were to actually retrace Rocky's steps [so to speak] from the Rocky II video [for example] your route would be


Rocky II
Start: 2313 S. Lambert Street http://www.themoviemap.com/...ns/rr/rocky-ii-1979/
Conrail Tracks w/SEPTA Bridge Kensington http://www.citypaper.net/...seen-in-Rocky-2.html
Italian Market
Bridge at B St. & Tusculum [back in Kensington]
Kelly Drive
Chestnut Street
Independence Mall
Logan Circle
Parkway
Art Museum

It would be about 25-30 miles
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/139685261

In the odd world of coincidences, it's been years since I've posted here, years since I've been told someone has responded to one of my posts here and years since I have heard Eye of the Tiger. But, since I heard the song on the radio this morning, all three have happened. Somehow it's not surprising that Dev is still here. The song was still great to here; it reminded me of listening to it on the way to swim practice in the summer of 1982 or so.

I'd pay the price of listening to eye of the tiger on infinite repeat if RDs would refrain from u2s 'Beautiful Day. '. It's not a bad song ... It's just the lack of originality stops me cold every time I hear it prerace.

I'd pay the price of listening to eye of the tiger on infinite repeat if RDs would refrain from u2s 'Beautiful Day. '. It's not a bad song ... It's just the lack of originality stops me cold every time I hear it prerace.

I just see this thread re emerged AGAIN....this is like the cockroach that cannot be killed....I figure you needed to be informed!

If you were to actually retrace Rocky's steps [so to speak] from the Rocky II video [for example] your route would be

***

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/139685261

And now we have not one, but TWO Rocky themed runs here in Philly

One "cute" little 5K/10K which starts & finishes at the Art Museum

http://www.rockybalboarun.com/

with a nice medal and all*



But HERE is the real shit ...

http://www.rocky50k.com/

... and guess what? They're getting sued!!!

http://www.phillymag.com/...-mgm-lawsuit-threat/

I s'pose that makes it extra-legit!!!







* Oh, because they actually have a buy-in from MGM

HERE is the real shit ...

http://www.rocky50k.com/

... and guess what? They're getting sued!!!

http://www.phillymag.com/...-mgm-lawsuit-threat/

I s'pose that makes it extra-legit!!!

A little birdy told us that a top tier magazine will be there covering and photographing the event this Saturday. The magazine name might rhyme with "Shmunner's Whirled."


Get your outfits ready and your game faces on, as Runner's World will be there Saturday. Get excited, all!!

It's actually a pretty good length run from South Philly where he is supposed to live to the Art Museum and back. The Art Museum steps themselves, however, are not very hard because they are neither steep nor that many, but it is kind of fun to run up them and the view is great from the top.

Oh, fuck!. This is an old thread. Assholes.

All that this thread proves is that year in, year out, y'all are a bunch of whiny bitches.

John

The band Survivor has objected to the use of its song Eye of the Tiger during a rally celebrating the release of Rowan county clerk Kim Davis, who was jailed for six days after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

�NO! We did not grant Kim Davis any rights to use �My Tune -The Eye Of The Tiger,�� they wrote on their verified Facebook page on Tuesday.

�I would not grant her the rights to use Charmin! C�mom Mike, you are not The Donald but you can do better than that,

All that this thread proves is that year in, year out, y'all are a bunch of whiny bitches.

Like the guy who complained about the flavour of gels at an aid station?

All that this thread proves is that year in, year out, y'all are a bunch of whiny bitches.

Like the guy who complained about the flavour of gels at an aid station?

"Lunatic Fringe" by Tom Cochrane and Red Rider seemed appropriate as we stood in the water waiting for the cannon at IMC this year, really hit home for me after as I started way too far forward and in the middle of the pack!!

I'll take eye of the tiger over chariots of fire

but really, we should just make the switch to "push it to the limit" from scarface and be done with it

I agree with the OP

"Jesus built my hot rod" from Ministry

would get me way more fired up

I personal had one of my best races ever while having M�tley Crue's "Kickstart my Heart" running in my head in endless-loop for 5 hours.

I had only recently added it to my mental music-libary, so all I got was the chorus

"Ooh!!! yeah!!!
Kickstart my heart
Give it a start
Ooh, yeah, BABYYYYY"

x 10.000

This thread's been going so long there's a fair chance that Eye of the Tiger is back in fashion again. Right? Anyone?

When they played "Eye Of The Tiger" on the Citizens Bank Park "organ" during these World Series Games in Philly, it lacked all the oomph! of Survivor's version - so much so, D'Kid asked "What is that supposed to be?"

Other than Game 3, it didn't help much, either

I personal had one of my best races ever while having M�tley Crue's "Kickstart my Heart" running in my head in endless-loop for 5 hours.

I had only recently added it to my mental music-libary, so all I got was the chorus

"Ooh!!! yeah!!!
Kickstart my heart
Give it a start
Ooh, yeah, BABYYYYY"

x 10.000

We had the same conversation last night! I told my 12 year old “ I think it’s time you watch Rocky,” he replied with, “yeah, probably so.”

She's seen: Rocky, II, III, Rocky Balboa, and both Creeds, so she's got it pretty good

This thread is 18 years old....it is older than facebook, or whatsapp, or instagram, or or or !!!

This thread is 18 years old....it is older than facebook, or whatsapp, or instagram, or or or !!!


It's funny when you think about it that way!

Even the way we ACCESS and listen to music has totally changed in those 18 years! Even just in the last two years. BEFORE the pandemic, I was still in the having hard-copy MP3 files stored as my way of accessing Music Lists that I would play at Races/Events that I was Announcing at. In the ensuing 2 years, everything went into the Cloud be it iTunes or Spotify - the two big services - so all those Mp3 files I had, while not useless, only worked now if they were part of the iTunes ecosystem! Anything that I had burned, or copied from CD's or elsewhere - gone!

Hey no jokes allowed about Sirius. That was what played on my Sony Walkman before I hit the starting blocks at track meets in 1982/83. Sirius is off limits. Carry on with the rest of this!!!

Sweet Caroline, is now a rugby Anthem.

Sweet Caroline, is now a rugby Anthem.

But it's a Red Sox song and well, I hate the Red Sox. I also cringed everytime we played it during then8th at VMI and again when I went to games at ASU.🤷‍♂️

One of the creepiest songs ever

If I were putting a playlist specifically for an endurance in event Boston, I might start with

"Don't Look Back" - Boston
"Sweet Emotion" - Aerosmith*
"Roadrunner" - Jonathan Richman/Modern Lovers
"Let The Good Times Roll" - The Cars



* I have "No More No More" on my post-run playlist

I start every single morning with this version of Eye of the Tiger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAXXQiB_xpo

Might be fun to start a new thread on what folks would like to hear at triathlon events.

I always thought we should have the Game of Thrones theme blaring as we enter an Ironman swim. Good music as we enter the swim "battle" :-)

while you're at it, have everyone shout "Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam" ("It is a good day to die" in Klingon)

Honestly, if the music is the biggest thing you have about which to be concerned prior to a race in which you don't take first place, then maybe, just maybe, you might want to re-examine your priorities on how you budget your emotional energy.

This post was meant to be humorous. Who pissed in your cheerios today!

Ok, at first I read this part of the post in an angry sort of way - like a Klingon would - but then I thought 'Who the fuck knows battle quotes in Klingon?'

So I re-read it in Jim Parson's voice, and it's fucking hilarious

This post was meant to be humorous. Who pissed in your cheerios today!

Comedy gold right here...dude quoting klingon, who apparently even knows how to spell it, and you're the one with the issue?

to your original post, humor or not - got so tired of a prior dj insisting that eye of the tiger be played multiple times, he was dismissed. luckily, our timer, fastracktiming , needed no such instruction. good stuff hereTriingtotrain!

while you're at it, have everyone shout "Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam" ("It is a good day to die" in Klingon)

Honestly, if the music is the biggest thing you have about which to be concerned prior to a race in which you don't take first place, then maybe, just maybe, you might want to re-examine your priorities on how you budget your emotional energy.

The next tri race I do, I've decided that, when and if I hear the "Eye Of The Tiger," song again, before a triathlon race, I'm just getting back into my car, and going home.

There's just no point in going on, after being forced to listen to the group "Survivor" before anything competitive, after high school, or junior high, at least. I thought that shit ended back then. But apparently it has not.

Its an assault on whatever dignity I have as an adult human being, if any anyway, to endure such madness, because not only is it played once, it's played throughout the race. "Rocky Music" must be the national anthem of Triathlon Racing. Yet, for as many intelligent people involved in this sport, we play goon music. And what simpletons get pumped up by this retarded music? "Uhhhh, I was really feeling, tired, until that Rocky Music fired up, then everything sort of came together: the pictures of Rocky Balboa getting his ass kicked, and running up the Philly capitol, when he swallowed all of those eggs, the Adrian thing, his triumphant victory, and so on, oh....man, now I'm ready to hammer!"

And who, or which race director, keeps the Survivor CD? Or would admit to it? I bet he throws that son of a bitch away right after the race, for fear, that if he left it in his or her car, or accidentally brought it home, his friends might see it, and laugh at him.

And what an ordeal it must be to have forgotten to bring the Eye of the Tiger song, before the race:

"Uh, Gary. I just told everybody to come check in, get a bike rack, and get their timers on and so on. Where's the Rocky Music cd?"

"Shit, I forgot it."

"You forgot Eye Of the Tiger? How could you?"

"Yeah."

"Gary, we can't have the race until we fire up Eye of The Tiger."

"Well, I threw it away last year."

"I'll go run to Wal-mart real quick, and get that Survivor CD. Be right back."

"We don't have time. Give me the microphone, for a minute."

Microphone: "Okay, can I have everybody's attention. This includes you peole swimming out in the lake. Listen up. We lost the Eye Of The Tiger song, does anybody out there, happen, by chance have it, listening to it in their cars? And, listen, in case you do, Gary and I will turn our backs, so as not to see who actually owns that, and you can leave it at the table. Thanks."

To be fair, this thread was started more than 18 years ago, and I don't think anyone has actually gone back to read Post #1 in about 16 of those years - I know *I* haven't

The next tri race I do, I've decided that, when and if I hear the "Eye Of The Tiger," song again, before a triathlon race, I'm just getting back into my car, and going home.
"

snowflakes, snowflakes everywhere

This could also be rephrased as...some people on Slow Twitch care about their use of language and how their word choice impacts marginalized communities.

I heard a song on the course as I came through the 8 mile aid station that got me just as excited. Cake's "Going the Distance" was playing.

Would I prefer something else? Maybe, but I dunno what, really