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MechEngDropout
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 Posted: 11/17/04 - 20:28 Post subject: Headphone usage
I notice that women are much more likely to wear headphones while running. Probably 70% of the women I see are wearing them, as compared to maybe 20% of men. Why are women more likely to use headphones? Or is it just a Baton Rouge thing?
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Ms. Jenn
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 21:04 Post subject:
Oddly enough, I see more men wearing headphones.
I wore headphones regularly in the gym because I got bored easily. I never wear headphones outside because I can't hear what is going on around me and that unnerves me.
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 22:36 Post subject:
I wore them for a long time (I had a Walkman that last five years or something) except for races, until the Walkman finally gave out. Now if I run on a treadmill, I'll use 'phones about half the time; the rest of them, and anything non-treadmill, I don't. The adjustment to going without them was pretty easy.
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 23:08 Post subject:
| Ms. Jenn wrote: | Oddly enough, I see more men wearing headphones.
I wore headphones regularly in the gym because I got bored easily. I never wear headphones outside because I can't hear what is going on around me and that unnerves me. |
 to all of this. At the park I see a lot more men wearing them than women. I also wear them on the treadmill to prevent insanity, but outside they make me really nervous
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rolling rock
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Posted: 11/18/04 - 07:52 Post subject:
i wear headphones every time i put running shoes on. when i'm outside, i make more of an effort to know what traffic is doing and i really only run in parks or in my neighborhood where most of the traffic is squirrel related.
i'd never wear headphones in a race, i have a hard enough time staying out of the path of other runners. i've tried the headphones in a half but find they're too much of a distraction.
i can't train without music.  can't say i've noticed more women than men wearing headphones though. 
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Posted: 11/18/04 - 09:39 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | i wear headphones every time i put running shoes on. when i'm outside, i make more of an effort to know what traffic is doing and i really only run in parks or in my neighborhood where most of the traffic is squirrel related.
i'd never wear headphones in a race, i have a hard enough time staying out of the path of other runners. i've tried the headphones in a half but find they're too much of a distraction.
i can't train without music. can't say i've noticed more women than men wearing headphones though. |
To all of it. During my usual runs outside I run with headphones in, just the volume is kinda low. The music keeps me moving. When I run with a group on saturdays, no headphones. Races, no headphones. I haven't seen many other runners but all the ones I've seen don't run with headphones at all.
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Posted: 11/18/04 - 09:46 Post subject:
I notice around here more women wear headphones than men. But then again, I tend to notice women more than men anyways.
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Posted: 11/18/04 - 09:48 Post subject:
| mickeyvw98 wrote: |
To all of it. During my usual runs outside I run with headphones in, just the volume is kinda low. The music keeps me moving. When I run with a group on saturdays, no headphones. Races, no headphones. I haven't seen many other runners but all the ones I've seen don't run with headphones at all. |
I could have written that.
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Posted: 11/18/04 - 10:12 Post subject:
I haven't run with headphones in over 10 years. Usually I'm running with others. And when I'm alone I like to hear what's around me. I would admit it would be nice to have some music to keep me motivated on long runs when I'm mostly running solo. The same 2 lines of a song over and over in my head usually dosen't do it for me.
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Posted: 11/18/04 - 10:20 Post subject:
I have run this week with out headphones for the first time because I forgot my MP3 play at home and I am out of town on business in Nashville. Gotta tell you I want them back! After hearing and seeing some of these crazy drivers up here. Damn Rednecks love beeping their horns at you and at 5am that will scare the poop of ya!!! LOL
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Noley
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Posted: 11/19/04 - 01:46 Post subject:
I use them all the time...all the time.
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Posted: 11/19/04 - 01:47 Post subject:
I use them all the time...all the time.
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Posted: 11/19/04 - 01:47 Post subject:
I use them all the time...all the time.
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Posted: 11/19/04 - 01:47 Post subject:
Did you get that? 
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Posted: 11/19/04 - 06:59 Post subject:
When I ran, I wore headphones only when I trained, never during a race.
When I see people running in the city, when I am working, I notice more of the women are wearing headphones.
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