They've Got the Beat

So, music is huge in my life.  As you can tell by the fact that I include my playlist for every run, I that importance carries over to running as well.  I'm sure it's true for everyone but when I'm listening to music, I don't think nearly as much about what I'm actually doing as I run and it seems like I can go farther with less effort.  Last night as I was listening to Freewill for like the fourth time in two days while running, I was noticing how listening to a song with a strongly defined beat like Neill Peart really evens out my pace and sets me at a good tempo.

So imagine my joy when today I found this website called job.fm.  So you can go to this website and search for a song and it will display the BPM and what type of pace that translates to.  Or you can search for your pace and it will give you a list of songs that match that pace based on their BPM.

Now obviously, the pace has to be an estimate because no matter how frequently you pick up and put down your feet, your pace will be affected by other factors such as your stride length and topography and such things.  Nevertheless, this seems like a really cool website that I anticipate using a lot as I try to log more and more miles.

What do you guys listen to?  Anyone out there philosophically opposed to listening to music at all while you run?