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Hi all you lovely people.

It’s scorchio here and running is a thing best done in the early hours of the morning and in my case with some music to keep me going.

My last run was dedicated to Kate Bush - specifically ‘running up that hill’ and you can see how I got on here:

jancanrun.com/2020/07/27/we...

But I am in need of a new playlist, and as it’s hot here, I was wondering what is the one track ‘that keeps you cool’.

My first track is Cool Kids by Echosmith.

Do you have any favourite ‘cooling/chilling down’ tracks that we can add to the latest playlist?

As always, the playlist link and tracks will be posted back here in about 3-4 weeks (as usually I get lots and lots of lovely musical ideas)

JCR X

[SuzyKK Graduate]

All that springs to mind today, here in UK, is "Raindrops keep falling in my head..." by Burt Bacharach... not sure that's going to make it to a running list 😅😂🤣

[nowster Graduate in reply to SuzyKK]

A playlist for today? 😁

Crowded House - Always take the weather with you

Katie Melua - I think it's going to rain today

Prince - Purple Rain

The Beatles - Rain

Supertramp - It's raining again

The Cascades - Rhythm of the rain

Johnnie Ray - Just walkin' in the rain

Eurythmics - Here comes the rain again

Travis - Why does it always rain on me?

Gerard Kenny/Barry Manilow - I made it through the rain

[Hareshaw-Granny Graduate in reply to nowster]

Hilarious, very obvs you don’t live in Italy like Jancanrun!!!

[nowster Graduate in reply to Hareshaw-Granny]

I've been dodging the heavy Mancunian showers today.

[Hareshaw-Granny Graduate in reply to nowster]

Try living in the West of Scotland😱🤣

[Hidden in reply to Hareshaw-Granny]

What I’d kill for some cooling rain - Purple Rain is one of my favourite songs and artists and you’re right West of Scotland does present some rainy challenges!

[Hidden in reply to nowster]

Okay nowster you have to choose just one of them., which is your fave? are you a Barry Fanilow ? Or do you love his purple highness, like I do?

Or can you recall the Nabob of Sob, Mr Ray??

Whichever you choose out of your shortlist can go in, because they all seem cooling down types to me except for Purple Rain maybe...

[nowster Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Johnny Ray's hit was a Christmas Number 1 in the UK (1956). No I'm not that old. 🤪

But if I were to choose one, it'd probably be the Eurythmics. There's something about the clarity of Annie Lennox's voice.

[Hidden in reply to nowster]

Agreed I love Annie Lennox and the Nabob was one of my dad’s favourites..., so Here comes the rain again is in...

[SuzyKK Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Oh yes! love this one!

[Hidden in reply to SuzyKK]

I like it - I want a cooling down type and it means I won’t run too fast...

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Above and beyond-sun and moon,

One of my faves

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

And it’s in....

[Cmoi Graduate]

"Singin' in the Rain" always make me smile. Found myself singing it during my only run in the rain so far! That was maybe six weeks ago; it's currently 37° outside...

[Hidden in reply to Cmoi]

I know what you mean it was about 31/32 degrees when I wrote the post. Last week we had 41, so it goes on the list

[SuzyKK Graduate]

Then there is always "It's raining men..." by the WeatherGirls... I'd run to that hahahaha....

[mrrun Graduate]

Ah! The Scorcio Time! Greetings from the other side of Adriatic, the land of hot weather and fierce mosquitoes. I've switched from early to late in the day runs, feels better for me. A few days ago the morning heat was savage as I decided to run on the sunny, windless side. Loved it thought! Enjoy your time there!

[Hidden in reply to mrrun]

Hi

Yup we share the mosquito pain. We also have other little blighters called pappatacci.

Smaller than the holes in our mosquito nets, they feed at night and hate daylight. Microscopic Draculas, so that’s putting me off running in the evening. I’m rubbish at getting up in the morning, but think its marginally better than being fly food...

Enjoy the heat whilst we have it!

[mrrun Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Pappataccis made their way across the Adriatic sometime ago. I developed a bad reaction to their bites in 2014. I suppose I got immune since. Little buggers are vicious.

[Hidden in reply to mrrun]

Ouch. I don’t get a reaction just utterly p..d off when they bite.

It was when I asked our local zanzariere could I get smaller mesh and he smiled ruefully....

[nowster Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Talking of microscopic Draculas, ever been on the West coast of Scotland on a summer evening? Midges galore!

[Hidden in reply to nowster]

Yes - been there done that, got the scars to prove it....

[Tinytears60 Graduate]

Love the blog!!!! 👍

Oh and almost 5k up and down a hill! You’re a legend! 👏👏

[Hidden in reply to Tinytears60]

No legend, just a runner who started here. But I love the running (honest) and I like writing so it’s a bit of fun... which reminds me another post for yesterday’s run is due to be done.

Thanks you so much for your kind comments on my blog, it helps keep me at that too.

JCR XX