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What songs motivate you to keep going? šŸ™‚

I find myself listen to bubbly, bouncy pop songs that Iā€™d never listen to outside of a run...but whatever helps!

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My choice of running music is just as bizarre as the fact I am actually running, not sure what I have become! But pop music definately motivates me more than metal on a run so I'm just going with it!

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Poppins93Graduate in reply to sofiaO

Agreed!

A random rock song thrown in sometimes helps me too šŸ˜„

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sofiaOGraduate in reply to Poppins93

I have one dance/pop playlist and one rock/metal playlist but the former gets much more air time, must be something about Britney telling me to 'work bitch' šŸ˜‚

Actually 80's power ballads fun to run to too!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate

Iā€™m fairly into thrash and death metal, but I donā€™t run to the tempo of the songs I play. Usually they are just background as my coach speaks to me, when Iā€™m not on a coached run I tend to go for a podcast instead of music.

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Poppins93Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore

Podcast is a great idea, something to focus on! May give it a go post couch to 5k

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to Poppins93

I also have a power song for each run if I need a boost I just tap a button... sometimes I keep it for speed, but on occasions Iā€™ve loaded up some weird stuff... Churchillā€™s Speech off Iron Maidenā€™s live after death is good for me to start a long run on.

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RunRunRun13Graduate

I made a Spotify playlist of mostly ā€œcheeseā€ yes slightly embarrassed but no one else can hear (apart from when Iā€™m singing along) šŸ˜‚

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to RunRunRun13

I thought that 2 different wrong ways before I noticed the quotes šŸ˜‚. First I was trying to think how many songs about cheese I actually have, must be a few šŸ˜‚. Then I thought of Richard Cheese... and will now be running to his stuff soon!

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RunRunRun13Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore

Cheesy pop ! I canā€™t think of a song with the word ā€œcheeseā€ in it šŸ¤”šŸ˜‚

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to RunRunRun13

I think theyā€™re all comedy... Tim Minchin did a song called cheese, I think thereā€™s a few more, all even more obscure šŸ˜‚

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Jell6Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore

Cheesus He Knows Us. Genesis

Sorry I just had to .

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to Jell6

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Try a few of Jancanrun's playlists.

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Northreader

Iā€™ve not been at it long so just put a ā€œmassive dance classics albumā€ on and ended up doing the five minute walk at the end to ā€œBonkersā€ by Dizzee Rascal - couldnā€™t have planned it better if Iā€™d tried šŸ¤Ŗ

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I even run to Country sometimes šŸ˜³

I like guitar blues to get me up steep hills. Good wordy songs for very long runs so Bob Dylan features a lot

I did - and still do - the Sami Murphy podcasts, and there was lots of music new to me on there Love most of the tracks, and there are loads šŸ˜ƒ. Free fun for those graduating from 5k and looking to go further Plenty of pop on there

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