I think i've decided its better to run without music. I completely agree it can keep you going when the feel shit but sometimes find myself zoning out and running to the beat and dropping my pace. Ran without it today and did loads better on the route than i've ever done. Ran Brighton marathon last year and they had a headphone ban (not that anyone pays any attention to it) and found I was paying attention to how I was running a lot more.
I started out running with music but as soon as I got up to about 10k distance runs I was getting fed up of sorting out hour long playlists I soon stopped bothering, now I enjoy running without music always plenty enough to go through my head while I'm running to keep my brain occupied.
I started out running with music but as soon as I got up to about 10k distance runs I was getting fed up of sorting out hour long playlists I soon stopped bothering, now I enjoy running without music always plenty enough to go through my head while I'm running to keep my brain occupied.