Today was the Shamrock 15k and 5k, and many of my running peeps represented. I hope they were able to run away from the evil leprechaun. Oh wait. You're saying that's not the purpose of the Shamrock race? HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT????
I ran the Shamrock last year, and it was just as cold as it was this morning. It was my first race without any music at all, and I was miserable, as you can read when you click here.
This morning I had to do at least nine miles (in honor of the Shamrock), and I was alone, but I did it with music. As I was running and trying not to be cold and miserable, I started thinking about my running playlist and how I don't have it even slightly organized. Some people have fantastic playlists that they customize for each run: warmup song in beginning, tempo change for negative splits, badass song for kick in the end. I would love to do that, but I have the attention span of a gopher. I don't mean to insult gophers, actually; for all I know, they may have great attention spans. I'm just basing my observation on the fact that they just poke their heads up from holes for no reason. Why do they do that?
What was I talking about?
Anyway, I was thinking about how I categorize my music, and I realize that I choose my running music for the way it makes me feel.
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