Trying to kick the Britney habit

My musical taste has never been highly evolved. The kind way to describe it is "eclectic" and really, I'm OK with that.

Still, it takes  courage to admit to some of the songs I have on my iPod to get me through my run workouts. That includes a wide selection of songs by Britney Spears.

Yes, I have Brit on my iPod and she is often featured during my easy-paced treadmill runs. There's old-school Brit mixed with a few choice cuts off her latest album. It's pretty much a guarantee that at some point while I'm counting my cadence or thinking about relaxing my shoulders I'm mindlessly lip syncing something by America's favorite fallen teen queen.

I had promised Dr. Ross Runfola, a professor at Medaille College, that I would have at least one Britney-free workout in exchange for some of the materials he has used in working with athletes on meditation and visualization. (More on those topics in an upcoming post). I kept my word and have actually had several Brit-free runs.

But something keeps pulling me back to adding her to my playlist. Perhaps its really the ridiculousness of her tabloid-frenzy life. Perhaps it's the wonder of what could possibly happen next.

Or maybe it's just as simple as that "rate a record" bit on old American Bandstand shows -- because it's got a good beat and you can dance to it.

Comments

[Tom-Tonawanda]

This is absolutely the most ridiculous blog the Buffalo News has. Enough.

[Beeswax, None of Yours]

"old-school Brit"?....egads