If you are looking for some music to help with your training, the following site has upbeat, remixed music tracks you can download in MP3 format. ( http://www.djfsg.com/ )
While DJSFG has some great music … well … its not 90 beats per second … and as every triathlete knows, you gotta get your cadence up to 90.
Gotta love the internet, ’cause there is a site that has music downloads at a variety of beats per minute (BPM). 180 gives you a 90 cadence for your bike and run. Checkout Podrunner at : http://www.djsteveboy.com/podrunner.html . The Podrunner Archive lists a variety of downloads at various BPMs.
While Podrunner ‘music’ will burn 90 cadence in your brain, it is not for everyday enjoyment. If only you could mix a bit of the DJSFG with Podrunner. Alas, once again the internet has a solution. Check out the free music mixing software called Audacity at : http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows . (You’ll also have todownload the LAME MP3 encoder to create a MP3 file you can use with your player.
Five minutes of your favourite music, 5 minutes of 90 cadence (sound like a warm-up?) followed by a 10 minute driving beat, 5 minutes of known songs to regroup and … and so it goes.
And if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to get out for my scheduled run … seems I’ve been spending way too much time on my music :-0
I can attest to the Podrunner mixes – if you’re like me and have a hard time maintaining a particular cadence for an extended period of time, the beat really keeps you on focus. NOT for easy listening mix. Though I wonder what might happen if malls piped it through their sound systems …
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