<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Beatpace Blog</title><description>Music, science, and the craft of training well. Notes from building Beatpace, the research behind tempo-matched music, and what we learn from runners and instructors along the way.</description><link>https://beatpace.io/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>What BPM Should Your Running Music Be? (Probably Not 180)</title><link>https://beatpace.io/blog/what-bpm-should-running-music-be/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://beatpace.io/blog/what-bpm-should-running-music-be/</guid><description>The internet says run at 180 steps per minute and find music to match. It is mostly wrong. Here is how to actually think about cadence, tempo, and the music you run to.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>running</category><category>fitness</category><category>exercise-science</category><category>music</category><category>marathon-training</category><author>David Erenger</author></item><item><title>Why 130 BPM Feels Different Than &quot;Close Enough&quot;</title><link>https://beatpace.io/blog/why-130-bpm-feels-different/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://beatpace.io/blog/why-130-bpm-feels-different/</guid><description>The science behind tempo-matched training, and why approximate isn&apos;t good enough.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>fitness</category><category>exercise-science</category><category>music</category><category>running</category><category>indoor-cycling</category><author>David Erenger</author></item><item><title>I Built a Music Engine for My Runs. Then I Found Who Really Needed It.</title><link>https://beatpace.io/blog/music-engine-for-runs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://beatpace.io/blog/music-engine-for-runs/</guid><description>Why a runner with no spinning experience is building the music tool cycling instructors have been waiting for.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>fitness</category><category>ai</category><category>startup</category><category>indoor-cycling</category><category>music</category><author>David Erenger</author></item></channel></rss>