STOP LISTENING TO MUSIC WHILE YOU RUN! (TRY AUDIOBOOKS INSTEAD)

I'VE RUN MORE than 30 marathons over the past 20 years, but I recently found one hack that has made my last two training cycles the most fun I've ever had logging a ton of miles: audiobooks.

- Kate Dehler

Let me jump back a few decades, though. I got my start in running, like many of you, on the grade-school track and cross-country teams. Back then, the iconic yellow Sony Walkman Sport was the coolest tech you could tote around. I never ran with one, partly because it was an anchor but also because the flopping wire was terribly annoying. (Yes, I know in the past I've instructed readers to run the wire up inside their shirt. Still annoying.)

Later came the Sony Discman, but nobody ran with it because your music would constantly skip with the slightest bump. The iPod was revolutionary, but that pesky wire was still present.

My runs remained silent.