Exercising/ Running Marathon with Ipod Classic

Hi there and sorry in advance if this is a tired and already answered question. But I looked and could not find a similar topic.
I run extensively 5 mile a day, even in winters. And workout extensively too, plyometrics, etc. And I am wanting to buy a new ipod. Music is my life and I have a very enormous collection of music.
Here are the questions
1) The max capacity available is with the ipod classic 120 GB. Which is an excellent choice for me. BUT is it a good choice for someone like me who is going to be running around with it and exposing it to jerks and bumps and a lot of movement during play?
2) Is the ipod touch a better option (64GB) if I were to use it extensively while running, gyming etc? I understand that everyone will give the usual stuff about flash based memory Vs hard disc (in case of classic). But is that really the case or are there Ipod classic owners who subject it to a lot of abuse and have never reported problems?
I only ask because the difference in terms of money for Ipod 120 GB classic Vs the new ipod touch 64 GB is quite a lot.
Your help and direction to further articles/ research would really help me. I greatly appreciate you taking the time for reading this and choosing to answer.
Thank you

is the obvious answer, but I think that if you are going to be using it for this then the classic is too big a risk to take.
From my experience, hard disks can sometimes take quite a bit of bashing about, but nothing like flash based memory does. It seems very hit and miss, some people manage to get away with it for quite a long time, but if you use a classic for this purpose then there is a big risk of it falling over after a very short amount of time.
Basically, if you can take the financial risk of needing to replace it every six months then go for it if the extra capacity is important, but if a damaged ipod will result in no music at all for a while then it's got to be flash.

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