Punjabi Beats

Running:
This past Monday I took a very much needed off day from running.  I managed to get about 30 minutes on the bike and did weights and stretching.   I will never be able to have a long running streak like I did a few years ago with large weeks like the last couple.  I just can't handle it anymore.  Tuesday I got a morning run in before work.  I ran 11 miles in 1:36:10.  Wednesday I ran my hill repeat workout again.  7.5 total miles in 1:5:52.  I took music with me for running the hills for a little motivation.  The snow was coming down so hard during parts of this run I couldn't see the top or bottom of the hill at times.  Thursday I ran 3 miles at 7 minute pace on the treadmill in the morning and then ran 7 during my lunch break.  10 total miles in 1:21:52.
So for the week I'm up to 28.5, for the month up to 200, for the year 444.  

A couple of years ago when I was in India we had for a period of time a Sikh driver.  I found some of the music he was listening to quite interesting.  I came to find out it was called Punjabi music.  Most of it has a very heavy beat.  As with any music you can find faster or slower, but I thought some of the faster stuff might work out for running.  Before I left I had some help picking out a couple of CD's, and since one of the guys has brought some more for me to pick from.  I have loaded up on my iPod a folder of this music that I sometimes use for a change of pace.  Here are a couple of examples of the music.  I have no idea what the words mean and for me and probably most Americans the videos are kind of lame, but you will get an idea of what I'm talking about.  Close your eyes and just imagine running to it.  What do you think?

Punjabi with rock beat

Punjabi with typical beat