Re: favorite running song?
Grateful Dead's "Fire on the Mountain," of course: "Long distance runner, what's you standing there for? Get on, get up, get out of the door" Another GD song that comes to mind is 'Bertha', a concert favorite beginning with:
"I had a hard run, running from your window; I was all night running, running, Lord I wonder if you care, I had a run in, run around, and run down. Run around the corner, Lord run smack in to a tree." I also love the concert combo: "Help On the Way --> Slip Knot --> Franklin's Tower". Great stuff to run to...
Beyond the Dead, Floyd's "Learning to Fly" is fun, as is the already mentioned "Run Like ****", with its line: "you better run all day and run all night..." Also inspirational for me to run to is "Take It Back"...something about the guitar sound Gilmore makes in that song.