Sometimes being able to hear your panting and adjusting pace accordingly is exactly what you need though.

I never run without music. However, I never feel like I'm missing while racing. There is always so much going on around you, new scenery, an your own effort to focus on.

I'm pretty sure it's banned for safety reasons. You need to be able to hear what's going on around you. Sure, it's not a big deal if you're the only one wearing headphones, but could you imagine 3000 people on a crammed IM course all oblivious to their surroundings?

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The argument is typically that you need to be able to hear instructions and such. I think it is an inaccurate premise. I run thousands of miles with music in one ear while carrying on conversations. No problem.

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Body awareness can become an "safety".

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Maybe they should allow headphones during that 30 second prayer I keep hearing about....

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Pick the one you'd rather hear (or say) on a narrow or crowded run course:

"On your left. Thanks, buddy. Good stride, we're almost there."

or

"On your left. On your left. Passing on your left. Hey, passing on your left! PASSING ON YOUR LEFT! HEY, MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, EARBUDS!" [followed by the chicken-wing maneuver]

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If an official needed to inform you there was a bear running behind you, I don't think you'd want to be the last to hear that news...

That way you can clearly hear the guys not wearing headphones yelling "on your left" or "runner up" as they approach at high speed.

This weekend I did have a few sketchy moments Saturday at a 1/2 marathon. It was a race where they ran the 10k & 5k on the same course, but the 10k and 1/2 mary added an out and back section. When the courses merged again, you have the leaders of the 10k and 1/2 mary going at sub 6 pace coming up on 10-12' pace joggers, most not surprisingly wearing i-pods. Fortunately it was a wide road and not too bad to weave through. The biggest concern was my motorcycle escort not flattening someone. A few blasts of his siren and a LOT of honking solved that. I only nearly laid out on spectator that stepped off a sidewalk not realizing the 1/2 mary course turned right at that intersection.

I could see a descent argument for safety concerns with those wearing them from my observations.

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What's the deal with ovaltine?

It's because The USAT and WTC hate Apple.

On a related note: I was on a nice easy stroll on the local bike path last night and a slow moving cyclist decided to scream "ON YOUR LEFT" right in my ear. I was on the right side of the trail and actually almost jumped right into them. Scared the sh*t out of me and I wasn't even wearing headphones.

Pretty sure the no headphones on the run rule doesn't apply to European races.

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Yes it does.

as i have gotten older and a lot slower I end up running with lots of headphone wearers. I don't imagine it is some big safety issue, but I find them a pain in the neck sometimes because they can't sense when someone is near them and they tend to veer into people, or me at least.

I ran splat into the back of this young lady in a trail race last year, I was lapping her and she had the freaking walkman blaring so loud I could hear it and I said "on your left" twice then she moved right into me and splat she had this sweaty middle aged man stuck to the back of her. Sorry sweetie.

because real runners don't listen to music while running. That and it is a safety issue. Many wouldn't ride with headphones so why run?

You ran into the back of a runner and it was her fault because she didn't hear you. Hmmm. OK. Did you intend of her to simply get out of your way?

I think mostly it is just for simplicity sake for triathlons because on the bike it is definitely a safety issue and it is easier just to say no headphones for the entire race than to just say it for the bike... In terms of pure running races it has never been an issue... I have always been able to move around slower runners easily and I have never run into anyone...



Joel

no, I was passing her on a somewhat narrow trail and said "on your left" twice and moved to the leftmost part of the trail, she jusy sort of randomly moved over 2 feet because she had no awareness of her surroundings or that someone was passing her.

Let me guess, I was wrong and should have sent her a memo or employed some sort of flare gun or klaxon device?

When my Son, In his racing wheelchair, yells out "on your left" (or uses a bell or does nothing because he is attempting to go around all sorts of "race furniture" as he comes up behind you at 20 to 30kph (12 to 18 mph) on level ground how well will you hear him?

In a Marathon the Wheelchair athletes start ahead of everyone else and generally are never seen unless it is looped course or some kind of muti-distance event. In Triathlons they generally start with the pros. FYI, my son swims at about a 2:00/100 pace so depending upon when you start and what your speed is, you may or may not pass him. On the bike, you will very likely pass him, more so on a hilly course. But once he gets in the racing chair he passes virtually everyone. On a long course good Triathletes will generally finish ahead,of him but on a looped course, not so much.

Anyway, that's my rational.

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Are those people supposed to get out of his way when he yells that?

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I was always under the impression that the no headphones thing was an extension of the 'no outside help' principal in tri. Someone please correct me if this is wrong

People are supposed to be on the right (at least here in North America). As long as they keep to the right as most people do, this isn't an issue but if people are gaggled all the way across the path or pull out to pass without looking then he warns them. Unfortunately, racing chairs have very poor brakes and while they can corner, they can't do it that quickly, especially if there is limited pathway. We make sure that in any event he is in, they announce that there is a wheelchair athlete competing and what that means. But I don't know if other ParaTriathletes do that.

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BC Don
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Pain is supposed to be fun. You're not allowed to do anything or take anything that will remove the pain/ fun. Get it?!

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