Running and Ipods

[Bikingmomof3]

i know there was a thread going on about using earbuds which made me think of this problem:

went running the other day with the ipod and the next day it froze up on me. i researched how to reset it and it worked fine. though i hear if you run with an ipod it can really mess it up, no matter which one your using (nano, shuffle, whichever). i have a friend that went through 3 different ones and they all broke when he ran.

has anyone else run into this problem? i'm afraid to use it for running, indoors or out. if it is a normal problem is there a good mp3 player to use?

My son is a cross country runner. He is a typical teen (careless) and runs with his all the time without any problem, I think everyone on the teen uses them. He has an arm band for his (he has an iPod mini) and runs with it in the heat and humidity with no problem and the band does not slip around his sweaty, skinny arm.

[Kitsune06]

Odd. I've heard that due to the speed of the hard drive's spin, and the sheer size, the later-gen iPods "weren't supposed to have a problem" with running. That said, it might see less abuse if it were in a case around your neck instead of on your arm, just because people tend to move their arms more running...

[chickwhorips]

thanks girls! i dug out my old mp3 player till i can afford to buy my own suffle or nano. the ipod bf has is about 4 years old. i'm just stuck with the same songs on my old mp3 player that i've had for 3 years because i have no clue what i did with the usb cord for it. oh well.... at least its a bit of music.