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I like to listen to something a bit faster in the 140-160bpm range. I've tried to put it into a spotify playlist, and now I just need to work out how to play it. One of the side effects of C25K & B210K for us oldies having to grapple with this new techie stuff...

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I hope the link works!

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Tasha99Graduate10

My playlists range from cheesy pop to nirvana, blur, green day, faithless, kaiser chiefs 😂 Usually run to dance type stuff for ParkRun to spur me on 💪🏽

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Equi-geekGraduate10 in reply toTasha99

Got Kaiser Chiefs :) is the Green Day ‘American Idiot’ or something else? 😁

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Tasha99Graduate10 in reply toEqui-geek

Yes and a few others ☺️

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Sqkr

Pretty varied depending on what I'm trying to achieve with my run.

Generally it's wonky synth and angry hiphop, some 80s classics and the occasional podcast about serial killers.

If I'm running in a event with a number on my front I make a special playlist up, especially if I know the course in advance.

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MadDave in reply toSqkr

Serial killer podcasts? That’s a whole new world of possibilities!

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Sqkr in reply toMadDave

Sometimes if I'm on a long run a musical playlist just gets a bit wearing, but it's nice to give my ears something to lock onto—otherwise I really feel the kms passing! A pal recommended these particular podcasts, and they're unexpectedly compelling. There's about fifty of them so they'll keep me going a while!

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pinkaardvarkGraduate10

Spotify has pre canned running playlists at varying tempos ie fun run 140-160bpm just type running into the search and choose. Useful if you cant be bothered building a play list.

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MadDave in reply topinkaardvark

Yep I tried those and found they didn’t work at all for me. The list I’ve made is stuff I’ve tried and know that it works. Too slow and I can’t hit the right pace, too fast and it doesn’t feel right. I’ve tried all of these on the flat, uphill, downhill and on the road. I’ve probably spent a bit too much time putting them together!

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EmpemGraduate10

The link works, but I guess it would have to be in my own library to play it I think?? Not sure.Runkeeper sends me to Spotify happily.

So do you know the bpms of each track before you make the list?

During C5k I was amazed to discover that I was content to just have anything bimbling along in my ears!

My next run however will need lots of grass to run on and slower music so it might be time to make my own

don't- get-dratted-shinsplints- because -you -love- going -too -fast-paced music!

RIP Aretha Franklin

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MadDave in reply toEmpem

RIP indeed - a great loss to ya all!

With bpms, it took me a while to figure out the tracks I liked running to were all around 140-160bpm, so I then started using apps and databases to find tunes I already had or liked enough to buy, then added them to a playlist and tried them on a run. Surprisingly even then a lot of tunes didn’t quite hit the spot. It’s probably taken me a few weeks to get to this mix by trial and error!

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Cazzajambo in reply toEmpem

I think you just need to follow the playlist and you can play it and it stays in your history of playlist.

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Equi-geekGraduate10

Anything around the 150-160 mark for me... I’m more of a rock fan but Taylor Swift ‘shake it off’ is really helping with mid-run motivation at the moment! 🤣

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bertiesugarGraduate10

To be honest I just listen to music I like and that list is very varied. I have not got into the technical side of running and all this BPM malarky. I just run. An album by Bryde (relatively unknown) I absolutely love running to, but that is followed by Bobby Brown, C&C music Factory and Alanis Morissette, with Ed Sheerhan at teh end usually at warm down then

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