RUNNING WITH MUSIC : THE 'OISELLE EFFECT'

Monday, August 18, 2014

THE 'OISELLE EFFECT'

"I’m gonna let my heart decide if this is real

A thousand pictures can’t describe how I feel

It’s like the world doesn’t exist, but I can still see it

...it’s (the) heart that I’m hearing."

~ Galantis, 'The Heart That I'm Hearing'

HEAD UP, WINGS OUT

This morning, as I was running around looking for shin guards, making breakfast, pounding coffee and getting my girls ready for soccer camp, I suddenly realized I had an ear to ear grin spread across my face. I also realized that, despite all the stress and chaos of this Monday routine, the smile was just kind of stuck there. At one point, my 9 year old daughter stopped what she was doing, gave me a strange look and asked me if everything was okay. "It's all good, Rosie", I told her, "it's just the Oiselle Effect." She rolled her eyes and mumbled something to the tune of "whatever". I just laughed to myself, as I continued to get them ready, with the smile still plastered across my face. Did I look ridiculous? Probably. Did I care? No, I did not. In truth, I couldn't really help it. What's the Oiselle Effect, you ask? I'm so glad you asked.*

THE 'OISELLE EFFECT'

The feeling of 100% pure joy that flows through my body when I think back on my experience at running camp (aka BIRDCAMP) in Bend, OR. The electric buzz in my head and in my heart that automatically goes off when I conjure up the memory of those four long and incredibly powerful days that I spent running, eating, sleeping and just being with over 100 of my Oiselle teammates. That feeling of weightlessness and flight that I knew existed but that I now truly understand. And, most importantly, the specific feeling that I will do everything in my power to call on next time I am mid-race or hard workout and I want to reset my mind and take it to the place where I soared to new heights as both a runner and a person.

Listen to this:
Surrounded by Your Friends - Hooray For Earth

*Note: Full blog post on BIRDCAMP to follow once I get this ridiculous grin off my face and my regular life somewhat back to normal.

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Yo Momma RunsAugust 18, 2014 at 9:22 AM
I love that song! Jealous you got to go to bird camp!
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The Avett Brothers, The Beta Band, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Breeders, Broken Social Scene, The Chemical Brothers, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cobra Starship, David Guetta, Dominant Legs, The Drums, Fanfarlo, Foster the People, Fruit Bats, Givers, Hockey, I Break Horses, The Joy Formidable, The Killers, The Kooks, Lettuce, Local Natives, Lord Huron, M83, Metric, MGMT, Pitbull, Pixies, The Police, Ra Ra Riot, The Raconteurs, The Raveonettes, Regina Spektor, Rihanna, Robbie Rivera, Robyn, Soulive, Steel Pulse, Truth & Salvage Co., Tune Yards, Two Door Cinema Club, The Vaccines, Vampire Weekend, The Vivs, Wilco, Wolf Gang, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Silversun Pickups, Freestylers, White Rabbits, Phantom Planet, The Big Pink, U2, Miike Snow, Empire of the Sun, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, David Wax Museum, Elbow, Alexander, The Black Keys, Black Kids, OK Go, Foreign Born, Hothouse Flowers, Graffiti6, Sleigh Bells, Awolnation, Discovery, Animal Kingdom, The Naked & Famous, Rostam, Ima Robot, Surfer Blood, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers Band, Santigold, Delta Spirit, Wave Machines, Throw Me the Statue, White Rabbits, Tanlines, The Walkmen, Beck, Blondfire, Flo Rida, Modest Mouse, The Ting Tings, Radiohead, Wintersleep, The New Pornographers, Givers, Sleigh Bells, The Temper Trap, The Killers, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Phoenix, Chris Knox, Arcade Fire, The Fratellis, The Boxer Rebellion, Jim Noir, Cascada, Madonna, Ian Van Dahl, Robyn, Britney Spears, Vision Factory & Maxine, Ashiva, Heartless Bastards, Jason Derulo, Pink, Basshunter, Patrick Watson, Lady Gaga, The Black Eyed Peas, Soho, DJ Sammy, Bell X1, OneRepublic, Usher, Foggy, Hannah, Spinnerette, The Police, Local Natives, Ida Maria, Kate Nash, Sugar, Eminem, Phantogram, The Feelies, Smashing Pumpkins, Rob Dougan, Gnarls Barkley, TV On the Radio, Gorillaz, Beyonce, Leroy, Seether, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Green Day, Gotye, Punch Brothers, Beirut, Salt-n-Pepa, The Strokes, Mika, Tears For Fears, The Flaming Lips, R.E.M., The Kinks, Patrick Watson, Great Lake Swimmers, Reptar, Kasabian, Fun., The Rosebuds, Icona Pop, The New Pornographers, Cat Power, Ratatat, Cold War Kids, Goldfrapp, Animal Collective, Delorean, Wolf Parade, Journey, Mr. Little Jeans, Nicki Minaj, MNDR, No Doubt, We Are Scientists, Sappho, School of Seven Bells, The Dodos, Little Comets, Youngblood Hawke, Fang Island, Deadmau5, Imagine Dragons, Crystal Fighters, Dum Dum Girls, WALK THE MOON, The Rebel Light, Django Django, Churchill, The Black Angels, The Zolas, Robert DeLong, Caribou, Built to Spill, Cayucas, Xavier Rudd, Gnarls Barkley, Here We Go Magic, John McAllister, Portugal. The Man, Five Knives, The History of Apple Pie, Tegan & Sara, Wake Owl, Dragonette, Alex Clare, The Epochs, Young Galaxy, Dana Buoy, Leagues, Tilly and the Wall, Stars, Drrt, Radical Face, Bleached, Manchester Orchestra, Deep Purple, Deerhunter, Daughter, White Arrows, Kid Astray, Fitz & the Tantrums, SPLASHH, Said the Whale, Paul Oakenfold, BIGkids, Lydia, Guards, Daft Punk, Marlena Shaw, Diplo, Jack White, The Dead Weather, Dame, Savoir Adore, Jagwar Ma, ON AN ON, WE ARE TWIN, RAC, The Royal Concept, NONONO, HAIM, Bear in Heaven, Vance Joy, New Beat Fund, Au Revoir Simone, CHVCHES, I Break Horses, MSMR, Woodkid, Sub Focus, Lorde, MajorLOVE, Cults, Be the Bear, Paul Simon, The Jezabels, Wild Cub, Temples, The Neighbourhood, Greg Laswell, M.I.A., She & Him, Sam Smith, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., The Griswolds, of Verona, Sir Sly, Magic Wands, Thao & Mirah, Opus Orange, Wildlife Control, New Villager, Blackbird Blackbird, Bright Moments, MØ, Strange Talk, Diplo, Ferry Corsten, The Morning Benders, Rogue Wave, The Radio Dept., Other Lives, Daniel Bedingfield, Broods, Colour Coding, Augustines, SOHN, Fire In The Hamptons, Sun City, Nora Jean Martine, Jetta, Betty Who, Mapei, Air Traffic Controller, Birds of Tokyo, Dream Machines, Max Frost, Andy Bull, Goldroom, Milo Greene, Paris Carney, Bear Hands, Pacific Air, Donora, Generationals, Galantis, Hooray For Earth, Daniel Ellsworth & the Great Lakes, Lykke Li, Jinja Safari, Dae, Raleigh Ritchie, Sylvan Esso, Blackbird Blackbird, Odyssey, Creases, Bleachers, Imogen Heap, Zella Day, Banks, Architecture in Helsinki, Ghost Beach, Stars, Vinyl Thief, Odesza, Steel Pulse, Tove Lo, Sir Sly, BØRNS, Snowmine, Sky Ferreira, VERITE, Gwen Stefani, Far East Movement, MisterWives, TV on the Radio, Lights, Tove Styrke, AURORA, IYES, WE ARE TWIN, Genevieve, Waterstrider, Cash + David, Charlie XCX, Alagoas, Believe in Giants, Coleman Hell, David Dallas, Disco Fries, Filous, Flume, FMLYBND, French Horn Rebellion, Ggoolldd, Gordie, Jack Garratt, Javelin, Jax Jones, Joceyln Alice, Katie Day, Magic Giant, Major Lazer, Meg Myers, Moran Delt, NAATIONS, Night Riots, OneRepublic, Opus Orange, OYLS, Rafter, Royal teeth, Royal Tongues, Saltwater Sun, Santigold, Sia, SKYES, Sleigh Bells, Syvia, Tigertown, Tongues., VHS Collection, Wayfarers, We Are The City, Weezer, Wintersleep, Zedd, Grey, Krewella, Hanz Zimmer

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THE 'OISELLE EFFECT'

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