What’s the soundtrack to your life in motion? Jog FM could probably tell you. Jog FM is a delightful service that allows people to build playlists for their runs. But that’s not all. Jog FM also has walk.jog.fm and cycle.jog.fm for those who prefer to travel in slower, or faster modes. For walkers, users can set what their time per kilometer is and receive a suggested playlist of songs that have a specific beat per minute. For example, if I walk a kilometer in ten and a half minutes, then Jog FM recommends my playlist be full of songs at 130 beats per minute, like Katy Perry’s Hot and Cold and Beyonce’s Halo.
For cyclists, users can set how many rotations their tyres do per minute to determine what their playlist should be. Jog FM is very clear that cyclists should not be listening to music while riding in traffic. We agree.
A good friend of Green Thing, once told us that the ideal walking pace is 105 beats per minute. So we got Tugg from Basement Jaxx, Howie B, Graeme Miller, Animat, Roger Eno and another 13 artists to make the ultimate track to walk to: Walk 105, the Musical Walkcast. It’s free to download and a guaranteed good companion for your wandering feet and mind, around a city.
We love jog.fm. It’s a wonderful tool to get people’s heart pumping and bodies moving as they walk, run and ride.
Ps- If you’re after a bit more walking inspiration, check out Born to Walk, a lovely stop motion that ill take you through virtually every walk of life.
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Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
