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Running metronome MP3's

23 March 2020 — Posted in Hardlopen by Alex

It's been a while since I posted anything here. A lot has happened running-wise, most importantly of course cancellations, like the cancellation of the Rotterdam Marathon, due to the corona virus.

I'd like to focus here on something else however. I've created a simple page with downloadable metronome MP3 files, ranging from 170 to 200 BPM. Each MP3 is an hour long and can be looped in your favourite player.

enter image description here Photo by Steve Harvey on Unsplash

Although everyone can generate metronomes using Audacity, I thought it would be handy for others to be able to just download lengthy metronome MP3's. They're great to use when working on your cadence and technique.

If you're interested, the files are free of course and can be found on https://www.reuneker.nl/files/metronome. Enjoy!

Choose your moustache wisely

15 November 2019 — Posted in Hardlopen by Alex

What a great page by Runner's World's Nick Weldon: 'The Best Running Facial Hair of All-Time'.

enter image description here Image from Runner's World

I don't have much to add, but if you're planning a race and you want to run with some style, be sure to check it out at Runner's World.

The Jericho Mile

04 November 2019 — Posted in Hardlopen by Alex

The Jericho Mile is a tv movie from 1979, in which a man is in Folsom prison – for life. He's not interested in anything other than running and gets scouted by a running coach. After a tragic situation (no spoiler here!) he tries to qualify for the olympics.

enter image description here Still from The Jericho Mile, taken from IMDB. Copyright the respective owner.

The movie is some forty years old and it shows, but apart from that, the movie is great. I sometimes feel not all actors are up to speed, and the dialogues sometimes feel a bit forced, but overall, it's a great watch. The movie did win an Emmy Award, so it's by no means an obscure, unknown movie. A bit forgotten nowadays, I guess.

Oh, something else – The Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil plays at just the right moments in this movie.

Forrest Gump

24 September 2019 — Posted in Hardlopen by Alex

Everyone knows this movie from 1994, right? Well, everyone knows 'Run, Forrest, Run!', but I for one hadn't seen the movie. I had seen bits and pieces before, but a month or so ago me and my wife – who had seen this classic and found it ridiculous that I hadn't seen it before – watched it. Not in the last part because we went to the States this summer and saw the Bubba Gump Shrimp Shop in LA. I even bought a Bubba Gump shirt, so I should only be allowed to wear that after I've seen the movie, right?

enter image description here Picture: Paramount Pictures

It's an intriguing movie about a kid with a low IQ, but, as you'll notice, has a big heart and basically escapes bullying and other problems by running and running fast. Running itself is featured a lot in this movie, but not in terms of races. At one point, Forrest decides to just run through the USA and he gathers a following of people taking inspiration from his runs. We all know running can be inspiring, don't we?

Meatballs (1979)

17 August 2019 — Posted in Hardlopen by Alex

This early Bill Murray-comedy is no movie about running, but a fairly typical summer camp movie – dad sends kid to summer camp, he doesn't want to go and has trouble making friends, makes friends in the end. Running is featured, however, as the grand finale between two rivalry summer camps (after a hotdog-eating contest, some swimming et cetera).

This movie's from 1979 and it shows. It's still funny, but I guess you'll have really like Bill Murray or be in that summer-camp-movie mood to enjoy it. Or sit through it and wait for the running, of course.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdZ6RA_c6oE.