WHAT'S the best music to train to? I started thinking about this after reading an article in a triathlon magazine about how listening to music can help the body and mind respond to the stresses of training.
My own favourite music to listen to before training or a race is Imsomnia by Faithless. It just gets me really pumped up, especially as I've seen them live a few times and they're awesome.
I'm not one for listening to my iPod while cycling on the roads - it's always seemed a bit dangerous to me. But if I had to pick some tunes to gee myself up on a bike I don't think you could go far wrong with Bicycle Race by Queen.
I wouldn't recommend it once you've got off the bike and are the running leg, though! Keep On Running by the Spencer Davis Group might be more appropriate. For the same reason I wouldn't listen to I Like Driving In My Car by Madness while on the bike!
The next invention they'll have to come up with is an underwater iPod. I find swimming the hardest of the three triathlon disciplines to motivate myself for, so if I could listen to music while in the pool I'm sure I wouldn't have to stop so often!
But what to listen to? Underwater Love? Definitely not "Drowning". Not because of the lyrical content, just because the Backstreet Boys did a version of it!
