Kim and Zenaida’s Tuesday Topics link-up for today asks if you listen to podcasts while you run, and if so, what are some of your favorites? Read on to hear my thoughts!
To be perfectly honest, I don’t listen to podcasts that often when running because I often run with friends and I’m there for the company and the conversation.
However, during the strictest part of Covid lockdown, I was running alone quite a bit. At that point, I started listening to Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard.
Since I hadn’t listened to it from inception, I had a lot of episodes to catch up on over the past year or so. I listened to it so much that I feel like Dax and Monica were a part of my pandemic experience, as I will probably hear their voices and get transported back to 2020!
I have dabbled in some of the running-focused podcasts as well, like Ali on the Run’s podcast or I’ll have Another with Lindsey Hein. But oddly, I don’t always want to listen to discussions about running when I’m running. I prefer the conversational tone of something like Armchair Expert, where it feels more like a run with a friend!
A few other podcasts that I enjoy are Stuff You Should Know , RadioLab, or How I Built This.
I also enjoy unsolved mystery ones like Cold, Bear Brook, The Thing About Pam, Up and Vanished, Dr. Death!
One problem with bringing your phone on runs?
The other day when I was running with Ruth, I had my phone in my fanny pack/SPI belt. I was trying to turn up the volume without taking the phone out of the pack and apparently I was pressing the lock button, which led to my phone inadvertantly calling 911!
Less than 30 seconds after I realized that I had called 911, the dispatcher returned my call and ask if there was an emergency. How embarassing! Lesson learned. Now I’m really paranoid every time I unlock my phone to take a photo that I am 100% sure its locked before I put it away!
Anyways, be sure to check out Zenaida and Kim’s blog for other posts about the best podcasts, as clearly I am not much help in this department, ha!
Haha, Jessie, when we were in Florida I once called 911 inadvertantly, too! The phone was in my back pocket when we were on the bike.
It’s funny how things can transport us back to the hard lockdown phase last year. I will always connect Ozark and Tiger King with those months!
I’d be curious to see the stats to see how often people call 911 totally by accident!
Yes Ozark and Tiger King will definitely be a strong memory of the pandemic for me too!
ha ha. I did that with my Apple watch. I was embarrassed.
Thanks for the recommendations. I should branch and listen to something besides running.
Well, that makes me feel a little better that others have made the same mistake!
Great suggestions! Like you, I’m usually running to be running, and if there’s any dialogue it’s between myself and the “lucky” runner with me. I should give these a whirl…
There are even times I run alone (especially in the dark in the morning) that I don’t listen to anything, but for solo long runs, they are a great ‘companion!’
I’m totally no help with podcasts-I’d just rather listen to music! I’ve accidentally dialed 911 before but a bigger issue for me is accidentally turning on the flashlight!
Ha, yes, I often turn on the flashlight too!
I feel the same way about running podcasts, but I do like Allie’s “On The Job” series, where she interviews people about their jobs.
My worst phone fail was when my phone wiped itself out during a run. It wasn’t locked and must have bounced around enough to sense password attempts. Due to my work requirements, 5 failed attempts wipes my phone. I lost all the photos of that days run (which was a pretty one) and couldn’t use my phone until I got home and could access my cloud account.
Oh my goodness Coco, that would be so frustrating!
Oh no Jessie!! Sorry to hear that! I would have been similarly embarrassed, LOL!
I sure was 🙂
I’ve never accidentally dialed 911 but now I think I jinxed and it will happen. 🙂
It is also hard for me to get into podcasts since I’d rather listen to music. Doesn’t hurt to try, right?
I understand why Apple added that feature to the iPhone, but it’s easy to make the mistake!
I don’t listen to anything on the run (although sometimes I think I should!).
Oh no about calling 911! I have definitely done some odd things with my phone but never that.
It was my first time doing that…I hope I never do again, I felt so silly!
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I sometimes listen to running podcasts, but others don’t want to think/hear about running when I’m running.
One for your list might be Beach Too Sandy. I don’t like all of them, but like 99% Invisible, they have some fun topics
Agree! I like running podcasts for road trips, but like non-running ones when I’m running! I will check out Beach too Sandy, thank you!
Mom’s husband has family in Minneapolish ish and he was talking about their skyways in context of the hospital ones between HSS and NY Presbyterian, so I linked him to the 99% Invisible one you mentioned 😀
I have had the same experience with accidentally dialing 911! It only happened once, but it was shocking when all of a sudden my sound started making loud alarm noises and I had no idea what the heck was going on! oops.