First of all, I went out and bought a 40mb IPOD, which was guaranteed to not skip. Well, it skips since it is a moving, spinning hard-drive
(I can't believe I fell for that one
). Next I went out and purchased an iRiver 256mb flash player, stores plenty of music and no skip.
I try to organize my music for my runs based upon the pace I want to keep...its easy and mellow at the start
(Sublime, Aretha Franklin, Comodores, Earth Wind and Fire, etc
), then, for the middle of the run, its all about the beat to help me keep pace and enjoy the run
(Coolio, LL Cool J, Nelly, Snoop Dog, House of Pain, KC and the Sunshine Band, BTO, Sheryl Crow, Smashmouth, etc
) then I finish up with some really hard, pumping music to finish strong
(Machinehead, Audioslave, Rage against the Machine's Bulls on Parade and maybe even some Powerman 5000
).
I'll cool down to some mellow crooner
(Sinatra
) or some of that cuban music I love so much
(Buena Vista Social Club
).