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delta_90017

2 posts since
Oct 10, 2007

Nov 29, 2007 9:59 AM

Running music

I just bought an IPOD and want to laod it for marathon training. What songs do you like for running? I need about three hours of them.

Yodiwan

118 posts since
Oct 1, 2007

1. Nov 29, 2007 12:57 PM

in response to: delta_90017

Re: Running music

I think it's kind of fun to run to songs that are either affiliated with running or have "run" (or "walk" or "dance") in the lyrics/title: the theme from Chariots of Fire, Springsteen's Born to Run or Dancing in the Dark, the Proclaimers I Wanna Be (500 Miles), Men at Work's Safety Dance, Pat Benatar's We Belong (watch Talladega Nights if you're wondering about that one!), Eminem's Rabbit Run, Kanye's Jesus Walks.

If you want music with a good beat but without lyrics (sometimes people like lyrics but sometimes people find them distracting), I like the Afro Celt Sound System and Bond.

Someone posted a question about running music a couple weeks back and there were a lot of responses to that. If you can find the question, I'm sure that will give you a lot of ideas. Also, iTunes has a lot of running and workout iMixes. Have fun! (Although you may want to think about using the iPod in the race itself -- lots of discussion about that issue too ...)

Jay Silvio

1,275 posts since
Jul 9, 2007

2. Dec 6, 2007 8:59 AM

in response to: delta_90017

Re: Running music

I start out almost all of my elliptical workouts with AC/DC's "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Want To Rock And Roll)". I also suggest Cake's "The Distance" and Iron Maiden's "Run To The Hills".

Active Sara

980 posts since
Oct 2, 2007

3. Dec 12, 2007 4:31 PM

in response to: Jay Silvio

Re: Running music

"Showdown" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Mad World" - Tears for Fears
"Black Betty" - Ram Jam
"Juke Box Hero" - Foreigner
"No Not Now" - Hot Hot Heat
"Stuck in the Metal" - Eagles of Death Metal
"Fox on the Run" - Sweet
"Blinded by the Light" - Mafred Mann
"Sweet Lullabies" - Jason Michael Clark & Chris Youkum
"You Shook Me All Night Long" - AC/DC
"Back in Black" - AC/DC
"Highway to ****" - AC/DC

SherpaGirl

9 posts since
Dec 13, 2007

4. Dec 13, 2007 4:10 PM

in response to: delta_90017

Re: Running music

I am an absolute IPOD geek. I have playlists for pretty much every work out I do. I have a lot of them named by either the event I am training for or how long they are. One of the things I have found is to make playlists of my favorite songs. Sometimes I just surf iTunes to find songs I forgot I like. My favorite playlist right now has:

Higher Love - Steve Winwood

Hit me with your best shot - Pat Benatar

Livin La Vida Loca

Hurt so good

The way you move

Rehab

Footloose

runnergirlkim

2 posts since
Dec 2, 2007

5. Dec 16, 2007 7:51 AM

in response to: delta_90017

Re: Running music

Check itunes in the Podcast section- there is a great one called Podrunner. It is free to download and, if you like dance type music, it is great. Many of the mixes are at least an hour long.

nbpgt

1 posts since
Oct 30, 2007

6. Jan 2, 2008 1:18 PM

in response to: delta_90017

Re: Running music

usually drum & bass or hip hop. occasionally some rock.

crtrujillo

9 posts since
Oct 2, 2007

7. Jan 3, 2008 10:55 AM

in response to: delta_90017

Re: Running music

I'm a sucker for puck and rockabilly.

jeffbc94

45 posts since
Oct 11, 2007

8. Jan 4, 2008 1:12 PM

in response to: delta_90017

Re: Running music

i-Tunes also has a few playlists in their "essentials" section that are good compilations. Type in "i-Tunes essentials" in the search bar to find them:

Running through the Hits

Running through the 70s (and 80s, and 90s)

Marathon

You can look at the lists, and either put them together with your own library, or purchase the setlist from i-tunes. Most have three sets of 25 songs each, for a total of 74-75 songs per list.

Message was edited by: jeffbc94
Personally, like running to Dave Matthews, Dashboard Confessional, Eminem, Fallout Boy, Modest Mouse, Angels & Airwaves, and of course "Sirius" by the Alan Parsons Project (formerly the opening music for the Chicago Bulls, among others). It's an interesting mix, always changing as I hear new tunes to add to the collection.

jeffleeismyhero

2 posts since
Jan 6, 2008

9. Jan 8, 2008 11:58 AM

in response to: delta_90017

Re: Running music

If you're a Mac user checkout Tangerine! found at: http://www.potionfactory.com/tangerine/

It will build your playlist based on a time given and look at the beats per minute of songs to give you a playlist that increase/decreases in tempo and feel.

jeffbc94

45 posts since
Oct 11, 2007

10. Jan 17, 2008 6:41 PM

in response to: jeffleeismyhero

Re: Running music

jefflee-

Does this only work with Macs?? Sounds like something I would want to check out, but I only have a PC.

jeffbc94

45 posts since
Oct 11, 2007

11. Jan 17, 2008 6:47 PM

in response to: delta_90017

Re: Running music

My current running playlist has about 200 songs in it, so I won't list them all.
Here are some of the highlights of a few recent runs:

Lose Yourself - Eminem

Stolen - Dashboard Confessional

Read My Mind - The Killers

Numb - Linkin Park

Wolf Like Me - TV on the Radio

Survivalism - Nine Inch Nails

Keep the Car Running - Arcade Fire

Points of Authority - Angels and Airwaves

Santa Monica - Everclear

Into Your Hideout - Pilot Speed

Signal Fire - Snow Patrol (great interval/fartlek run!)

The Idea of You - Dave Matthews Band

Soldier - Eminem

It Hurts - Angels and Airwaves

The Crane Wife 3 - Decemberists

The Adventure - Angels and Airwaves

Tessie - Dropkick Murphys

I'll post a few more every so often if people are still reading - and I'm always looking for new tunes to add!

--Jeff

AZRunnah

15 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

12. Jan 27, 2008 4:02 PM

in response to: delta_90017

Re: Running music

Lots of Red Hot Chili Peppers - for whatever reason, their music seems to go along PERFECTLY with every run. Slow, fast, whatever... the energy is just perfect.

ENJOY!

jeffbc94

45 posts since
Oct 11, 2007

13. Feb 11, 2008 11:09 AM

in response to: jeffbc94

Re: Running music

the next installment - in case people are still reading!

--Jeff

Square Dance - Eminem
Politik - Coldplay
Powerless (Say What You Want) - Nelly Furtado
Slow Decay - Dashboard Confessional
In the End - Linkin Park
Where the Streets Have No Name- U2
Do It For Me Now - Angels and Airwaves
Move Along - All-American Rejects
God Put a Smile on Your Face - Coldplay
I'm Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys
Everything to Everyone - Everclear
Famous Last Words - My Chemical Romance
Speed of Sound - Coldplay
From the Inside - Linkin Park *great tempo run!
Living in Your Letters - Dashboard Confessional
Dashboard - Modest Mouse
Hailie's Song - Eminem
The Gift - Angels and Airwaves
This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race - Fall Out Boy
Trip Like I Do - Crystal Method
AM Radio - Everclear
Konstantine - Something Corporate
The War - Angels and Airwaves
Such Great Heights - Postal Service
Down - Blink 182

KWallace13

48 posts since
Feb 24, 2007

14. Feb 15, 2008 4:45 PM

in response to: delta_90017

Re: Running music

My running playlist is very eclectic, but my favorite to run to (the one I speed up with when I hear it), is definitely 'Apache' by the Sugarhill Gang. Missy Elliot has a nice improv on it called 'We Run This'. I find the title to be appropriate. =)

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