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What's your favourite song to run to?

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Had to run without Laura's dulcet tones tonight (don't ask, IOS 6 update on my iPhone broke the Podcasts app), so I had to resort to running to random songs instead. Best one for me was "American Girl" by Tom Petty.

What's YOUR favourite running song???

(Let's see how many nominations we can get :-)).

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Minke profile image
Minke

Titanium - David Guetta! It is almost like a running mantra !

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HickeypaGraduate in reply toMinke

Oh yeah, good one! I've just downloaded it...

in reply toMinke

This song was played constantly when I was skiing this year so it reminds me of whizzing down slopes (well, that's what it felt like to me though I was prob snail's pace compared to the pros!); it really gets my adrenaline going!

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Ade_DennisGraduate

Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Iron Maiden is very apt and keeps me going

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HickeypaGraduate in reply toAde_Dennis

Sounds like I'm going to have to check that one out :-).

Pelephant profile image
PelephantGraduate

'Go' by the Indigo Girls.

Elizadolots profile image
ElizadolotsGraduate

Drummer boy. :-)

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HickeypaGraduate in reply toElizadolots

"Little Drummer Boy", like with Bing & Bowie? Novel!

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ElizadolotsGraduate in reply toHickeypa

Tee hee... no sorry. (Though strangely that is my favorite christmas song. :-) ) I meant Alesha Dixon's. Fires up my backside near the end of the run when I am flagging. And to start with the run, Eliza Doolittle's 'Pack up'. It's my happy song. :-) :-) My normal playlist will never do for running. :-)

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HickeypaGraduate in reply toElizadolots

Two more added to my list :-).

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BurstcouchGraduate

Rhythm is a Dancer by Snap

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HickeypaGraduate in reply toBurstcouch

Yup, got that one!

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MittsGraduate

Viva la Vida Coldplay

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HickeypaGraduate in reply toMitts

And that, good one.

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DeliaItalyGraduate

spencer Davis Group "Keep on Running"

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Chewy in reply toDeliaItaly

Oldies but goodies, I'm going to have to listen to that one now :)

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OldgirlGraduate

M People - Elegant Slumming Album - Moving on up

Sissor Sisters - Ta-Dah Album - I Don't Feel Like Dancing

Ooh

She's My Man

Sam and the Womp - Bom Bom ... I will now go and hang my head in shame and repeat "I am 40 years old and should not be listening to songs like this at my age". One day I *will* be cool ... one day!!

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OldgirlGraduate

Alexandra Burke - Bad Boys & Broken Heels

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magicfee23Graduate

Jai Ho by the Pussycat Dolls. Something I'd never normally listen to but I love it for running. Heaven by Emilie Sande too

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OldgirlGraduate

The Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm

Inna - Sun Is Up

ABBA - Mamma Mia

Does Your Mother Know That Your Out

Take That - Could It Be Magic

Maroon 5 Feat - Moves Like Jagger

Very mixed as yyou will have guessed!!

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KatsmeatGraduate

I guess You and Julie doesn't count?

Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry

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HickeypaGraduate in reply toKatsmeat

You and Julie definitely counts - it is RIDICULOUSLY catchy :-(....

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FrazzlesGraduate

I don't have one favourite, but here are a few from my running playlist:

Metric - Help I'm Alive

Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger

Wolf Parade - You Are A Runner And I Am My Father's Son

Yeasayer - Ambling Alp

Save Ferris - Come On Eileen

Arcade Fire - No Cars Go (this works best running through the woods, rather than next to a road!)

OK Go - Here It Goes Again

TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me

Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

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HickeypaGraduate in reply toFrazzles

Lots in there I am going to have to look up on iTunes :-).

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RollertoasterGraduate

I'm still faithfully listening to Laura at this point, but as I always finish the podcast before I get home, I put Florence and the Machine - Dog Days are Over on for the final few minutes' walk. It has become a tradition to put this song on as my post run song and I now do it each time (I've heard it's a good one to run to as well). I'm really looking forward to making my own playlist though!

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arablue in reply toRollertoaster

oooh I'll give that one a go. I usually have 5 minutes or so left to get home when I run out of podcast and I have Florence on there too. I usually end up with Muse or Foo Fighters. :)

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RollertoasterGraduate in reply toarablue

Both also excellent choices! Think there will be some Green Day on my playlist too :)

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Chewy

Ditto Roller Toaster, I'm not at that stage yet but already thinking about what I might use. Great thread by the way, I'll contribute in a couple of weeks ;)

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OldgirlGraduate

The first playlist I made up was 31 minutes plus one warm up song and one cool down song total 38 minutes duh!! I now have my jogging playlist which is 2hrs 30 minutes which I play in shuffle mode which means I've plenty to listen to and different each time so I don't get fed up listening to the same old stuff. When I think about it I've almost enough for a HM huh thats not going to happen. ;)

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HickeypaGraduate in reply toOldgirl

Oh come on, I bet you once thought you could never run 5K! So "never say never" :-).

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OldgirlGraduate in reply toHickeypa

No Hickeypa I've no intentions of ever trying a HM, I know my limits and I'm quite happy working away at 5K & 10K distances.

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HappyH1

U2 Beautiful day

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Mrs42

I'm still using the podcasts but I deviated a bit last Saturday and had fun running to River deep, mountain high and Proud Mary (Tina Turner) and Kate Nash's Foundations and Mouthwash are surprisingly good to run to, tempo wise.

This is my morning task today; to make a running playlist ready for my 28 and 30 minute runs. Some of the suggestions on here are great!

So far I've got:

Feeder - Just a Day

Fall Out Boy - Thanks for the Memories

Matchbox 20 - How Far We've Come

Muse - Starlight

Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks

and for a bit of pure cheese....

Wham! - Wake me up (before you go go)

Dire Straits - Wak of Life

:D

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*Walk of Life!

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arablue

Hi Hickeypa, what a great post. It's good to see what others are listening to, and get inspiration at the same time.

I listen to Kanye West Jesus Walks and Eminem Lose Yourself while I warm up and do stretches. Not my usual musical style but I love the beat on these two tracks, they have a good bpm and get me feeling warmed up, lively, and ready to run!

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HickeypaGraduate in reply toarablue

Listened to a sample of the Kanye track, really not my thing. but, love that Eminem track, and great beat like you say!

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littlejowGraduate

Maroon5 - Harder to breathe!

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VivwestieGraduate

Wow - it would be great to put together a podcast of c25K running songs for everyone to download!

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subhyst

At the moment I just listen to my very heaving, desperate breathing, try and block out Laura's musical choice, and pert my ears when I hear Laura's voice.

I struggled to hear Laura properly today what with my breathing plus the howling wind and rain. Wk5 R3 done today, it'll be sometime before playlists can smoothe the absolute effort.

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GoogleMeGraduate

Two tracks I would never have discovered had it not been for running and which are perfect 'in the zone, floating alone barely aware you're running' songs: Children by Robert Miles and We Are the People by Empire of the Sun.

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ceefinGraduate

I have a huge variety on my playlists for my power walking, but a couple of tracks that I absolutely love for running are

Kenny Loggins - Footloose

Alison Krauss - Lay my Burden Down. The beat is so catchy and it really picks me up

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