I wanna try this 180 strides per minute thingy and I am wondering if anyone knows if there are metronome mp3 files out there?
If you have an iPhone download a free metronome app.
Damn you modern phone people!
1-2-3, 1-2-3
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MixMeister Analyzer will write/update the BPM ID3 Tags in your existing library & you can organize them by BPM in iTunes.
Podrunner podcast on iTunes. I think you can also download from his website.
Various mixes upto 180 bpm…way better than listening to a metronome.
Tibbs, i say from the bottom of my heart that its beem painful to watch you go through every running gimmick. this thread is no different. 180 steps per min isnt magical and wont solve your problems. the problem is that your training load is too great for where you are at right now.
Cut yout training load and JFR
170 bpm mp3 is close:
Get the “Clubland Extreme Hardcore” series.
Get “Cadence” app to analyze their bpm.
Oonst oonst oonst oonst at 180 bpm.
DJ Boyett podrunner
http://www.djsteveboy.com/mixes.html
Full range of 1 hour mixes, in 1bpm increments. He even make some interval mixes.
Tangerine is a good Mac app for sorting your music library into bpm.
–Donnie
Forget the metronome. “Kickstart My Heart” by Mötley Crüe is right in the sweetspot (around 174-176). Match your RHS or LHS footstrike to the downbeat and you’ll be good to go.
I wanna try this 180 strides per minute thingy and I am wondering if anyone knows if there are metronome mp3 files out there?
Running to a metronome (the actual sound, not a song with a particular bpm) seems to me to be the best way to go insane. I’d rip my earphones apart after thirty seconds. I have tried to focus on cadence, and it seems to help me reduce my overstriding tendencies, but I just wear a watch that displays cadence and check it every fourth or fifth lightpole to make sure I’m staying where I want to.
OP
Send me an email and I will send you a 30 second file 180 bpm I recorded from a metronome. I place it between songs (with fast beats) to remind me to get back to an optimal foot strike rate.
I agree running only to the beat only would probably result in insanity.
Best
Bluey
I used Mixmeister Fusion to blend around 20 songs together at 168bpm. I injured my right calf because I was running too fast for my fitness level.
I took some time off, then did it at 160bpm.
I do run faster listening to it than without. I am a pathetically slow runner. (9-10 min miles for an olympic distance race)
My advice-
the post above me is likely the best answer for you, where you’re running along, then rev up to 180 steps per minute, and then let your body return to normal.
If you suddenly go at that pace for an entire run(Assuming you’re not running that fast now), you’ll get injured.
You wouldn’t believe how much your body slows down and speeds up in normal running. It’s very effective to force your body with music to speed up,
but easy to overdo it.
All in my very uneducated opinion.
steve
agree with above- running to a metronome would drive me nutz- but I’ve got a playlist of about 4hrs of 180bpm music that I really like. It’s made a wold of difference in my running- keeping me at 180bpm
There’s an app called Cadence.fm for the iphone, that will stream music at whatever bpm you’d like. it’s free.
or, got to** jog.fm** (a web site) that will give you a list of songs at any bpm.
I used Mixmeister Fusion to blend around 20 songs together at 168bpm. I injured my right calf because I was running too fast for my fitness level.
I took some time off, then did it at 160bpm.
I do run faster listening to it than without. I am a pathetically slow runner. (9-10 min miles for an olympic distance race)
My advice-
the post above me is likely the best answer for you, where you’re running along, then rev up to 180 steps per minute, and then let your body return to normal.
If you suddenly go at that pace for an entire run(Assuming you’re not running that fast now), you’ll get injured.
You wouldn’t believe how much your body slows down and speeds up in normal running. It’s very effective to force your body with music to speed up,
but easy to overdo it.
All in my very uneducated opinion.
steve
Just a note of clarification - cadence and speed are not necessarily related. I’ve actually noticed that my cadence goes up as I slow down.
Long shot, but if you want music, check out Beethoven symphonies 2, 5, and 8. All three have movements that are usually recorded at 175-182 bpm.
I wanna try this 180 strides per minute thingy and I am wondering if anyone knows if there are metronome mp3 files out there?
This is one I used on my shuffle before I got my Garmin footpod to do the cadence stuff, just stick it on repeat and it should be exactly what you need:
http://dl.dropbox.com/...s%20per%20minute.mp3
Just a tip but you will find it easier if you warm up your run for about 10-15 mins at least before sticking this on, otherwise you’ll start too fast (e.g., my cadence starts around 170spm and slowly edges up and peaks at 180spm after about 15mins or so). Oh and it sounds obvious but if you want to try and maintain 180spm cadence and are finding it hard in places (incline, mixed terrain, fatigue etc.) then shorten your stride until you get your breath back.
I feel like cadence training has helped me become a better runner and stay/maintain my pace better.