My book Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening is an attempt to come to terms with running as a means of hearing music better. Of course, running is good enough on its own; it doesn’t ...
Ben Ratliff is running. He’s off the cinder path encircling Van Cortland Park’s Parade Ground, not far from his home in the Bronx, N.Y. He enters the woods. Earphones in, he listens to Eric Dolphy’s ...
In this case, it makes sense to begin in the middle — that is, several miles into a run in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, with the blues or hardcore or even traditional Japanese flute music blasting ...
Whether you’re running outside or just hitting the treadmill, good music can often make the difference between a solid run and a blown goal. That’s why we’re putting together 90-minute playlists each ...
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School of sport: Born to run

THE 1975 hit song Born to Run is generally considered to be Bruce Springsteen’s signature song.In the magazine Rolling ...