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Listen up - the HUHM & 10K playlist and soundtrack need you! πŸƒπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸŽ΅πŸŽ§

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Calling all HUHM & 10K Spring 2023 participants and VRBS - the HUHM & 10K playlist 🎡 and soundtrack 🎧 need you!

To accompany you and your VRBs as you head around your chosen HUHM & 10K Spring 2023 route, we’re putting together two audio features:

🎧 A RunGo soundtrack based on the Vancouver HM, to enable you to experience that fabulous city virtually. Even better, Β Β linda9389 is hoping to test this out and tweak it for you during her forthcoming Canadian trip – yes, really! So, to make the soundtrack a truly unique HU experience, we’d like you to provide some short’n’snappy motivational soundbites, whether silly or serious, to include. Please PM Linda with your ideas as soon as possible, so she can get creating. Chat messages only, please, to keep the motivational magic a surprise for the day!

🎡 A Spotify playlist, which we’re aiming to base on your suggestions. This will be compiled by Β Cmoi ably aided and abetted byΒ Β TailChaser . Please send them your suggestions either by replying to this post, or by sending a chat message. It’ll help loads if you can provide the names of the tunes and the artists performing, and if possible, Spotify links. The tracks don’t have to be running-themed, just music that you like to run to. Feel free, too, to suggest more than one song.

Both the RunGo soundtrack and Spotify playlist are free and can be used together, independently or not at all – the choice is yours!

So please get your thinking caps on, then get PM’ing and/or replying – we’re looking forward to hearing from you!

The Marathon Team xxx

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TailChaser profile image
TailChaserMarathon

This may be cheating but I’m going to kick this off as it’s oh so quiet in here (wasn’t that a Bjork song?). Here in the UK I think we could all do with some Mr Blue Sky by ELO at the moment 🌞

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SueAppleRun10 Milesβ€’ in reply toTailChaser

Well there goes my number one choice πŸ˜‚So I'm going to follow with, Diamonds on the Soles if her Shoes by Paul Simon.

open.spotify.com/track/71Gv...

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserMarathonβ€’ in reply toSueAppleRun

Excellent choice Sola 😍

Cmoi profile image
CmoiMarathonβ€’ in reply toSueAppleRun

You can have several choices Sola, we'll need loads of tracks, so feel free to suggest more!

SueAppleRun profile image
SueAppleRun10 Milesβ€’ in reply toCmoi

I'll have a think πŸ€”

misswobble profile image
misswobbleMarathonβ€’ in reply toSueAppleRun

beautiful πŸ₯°πŸŽΆπŸŽ΅. I adore Paul Simon I run to loads of his stuff πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

Hedgehogs123 profile image
Hedgehogs123Metric Marathonβ€’ in reply toTailChaser

Absolutely love that song great choice!! πŸ˜„

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserMarathonβ€’ in reply toHedgehogs123

It really is!

CandyCool profile image
CandyCoolMarathon

I like When the going gets tough- Billy Ocean. We are the champions- Queen. And of course the theme from Chariots of Fire - Vangelis….but there are just so many to choose from!!!

SueAppleRun profile image
SueAppleRun10 Milesβ€’ in reply toCandyCool

Radio Gaga while we are thinking of Queen

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserMarathonβ€’ in reply toSueAppleRun

If we’re having Chariots of Fire then we’ll also need the London Marathon theme, The Trap, by Ron Goodwin. They both cause the hairs on the back of my neck to prickle 😍

Dexy5 profile image
Dexy510 Milesβ€’ in reply toTailChaser

Yes, and also the theme to Ski Sunday is on my playlist. Pop Goes Bach. By New World Orchestra

Cmoi profile image
CmoiMarathonβ€’ in reply toDexy5

So would you like it adding to the HUHM10K playlist Β Dexy5 ? Sorry, my brain's a bit fried at the moment, and I'm getting confused as to what's a request for tracks to include and what's not!

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Dexy510 Milesβ€’ in reply toCmoi

yes, if you’ve got room for it Cmoi?

Hedgehogs123 profile image
Hedgehogs123Metric Marathon

Can we also have Eye of the Tiger by Survivor and I would walk 5 hundred miles by the Proclaimers please

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TailChaserMarathonβ€’ in reply toHedgehogs123

Of course HH, consider them added πŸ‘. Both essential and totally uplifting πŸ˜€

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Birdlady64

Running Up That Hill, Kate Bush

I hate hills, but love this song! 😁

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Irish-JohnMarathonβ€’ in reply toBirdlady64

I played Darts with Kate back in the day - just prior to Wuthering Heights and her career taking off :) Don't tell her I said thing - but she is certainly a better singer/songwriter than a Darts player LOL

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Birdlady64β€’ in reply toIrish-John

Now that’s a really brilliant anecdote!

Irish-John profile image
Irish-JohnMarathonβ€’ in reply toBirdlady64

I swear, all I have ever done is basically blunder through life - and things like that simply just happen :)

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserMarathonβ€’ in reply toIrish-John

That’s amazing John! That’s a brilliant claim to fame!

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserMarathonβ€’ in reply toIrish-John

If she was as good a darts player she’d be 20+ stone and up on the Oche with Ray van Barneveld at the World Champs each Christmas πŸ˜†

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Irish-JohnMarathonβ€’ in reply toTailChaser

LOL :)

I used to play a LOT of Darts from about '76 to '83. Can't really say I know much about the scene nowadays but from what little I've seen it's gone way too flash for my taste. Bobby George started the trend I guess - but missing the sheer Class the likes of Stefan Lord, Bill Lennard, even Jocky Wilson...solid Players :) In my book, John Lowe was the greatest Dartsman ever - the likes of Eric Bristow played great, but JL was great :)

Mind you, Kate has packed on a few pounds since those days - maybe I ought to chat to her about starting C25K ;)

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TailChaserMarathonβ€’ in reply toIrish-John

🀣🀣 Can you imagine the headlines if the press caught her out for a run?

I played darts when I was a teenager, Eric Bristow was my man, I had his flights on my darts, I was very proud of them 😊

Irish-John profile image
Irish-JohnMarathonβ€’ in reply toTailChaser

I bet she'd never feel the same again about "Running Up That Hill" πŸ˜‚

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misswobbleMarathonβ€’ in reply toIrish-John

I think John Lowe is local to me . I know nowt about daaaaarts other than that

We always had a dart board behind the kitchen door when I was a kid.

Irish-John profile image
Irish-JohnMarathonβ€’ in reply tomisswobble

Would love to meet him. Watching him was to see total concentration, the kind very very few ever attain in any circumstances:)

misswobble profile image
misswobbleMarathonβ€’ in reply toIrish-John

can you remember Smith and Jones sketch 😁

Irish-John profile image
Irish-JohnMarathonβ€’ in reply tomisswobble

I don't think I saw that ? πŸ™‚

Hedgehogs123 profile image
Hedgehogs123Metric Marathonβ€’ in reply toBirdlady64

Haha, I need to play that track when myself and the other girls are getting used to hill training!! 🀣🀣

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misswobbleMarathonβ€’ in reply toHedgehogs123

I use Led Zep β€œKashmir” for hill climbing πŸ’ͺπŸ˜€πŸŽ΅πŸŽΆ

Hedgehogs123 profile image
Hedgehogs123Metric Marathonβ€’ in reply tomisswobble

I've just played it (full volume!)to remind myself of it, absolutely cracking song, got to go on the list!!! πŸ˜„πŸ˜„

Cmoi profile image
CmoiMarathonβ€’ in reply toHedgehogs123

Which song please Hedgehogs123 ? Nine minutes (!) of Led Zep or a mere 5 of Kate? Fried brain here!

Hedgehogs123 profile image
Hedgehogs123Metric Marathonβ€’ in reply toCmoi

I guess 8 mins of Led Zep may be too long, so maybe Kate BushπŸ˜†

Cmoi profile image
CmoiMarathonβ€’ in reply toHedgehogs123

Kate's in there, and I'll add Led Zep.

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misswobbleMarathonβ€’ in reply toHedgehogs123

πŸ’ͺπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸŽΆπŸŽ΅ Halvalla I am cominnng. That always makes me titter πŸ˜€

Cmoi profile image
CmoiMarathonβ€’ in reply toHedgehogs123

Nah, you need one about knowing when to walk up hills!

Hedgehogs123 profile image
Hedgehogs123Metric Marathonβ€’ in reply toCmoi

🀣🀣

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Dexy510 Milesβ€’ in reply toBirdlady64

it has to be there.!

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CowladyrunningMarathon

spotify.link/BsmZGFvAWyb where's your head at? Basement Jaxx cos I just heard it and thought I ask myself that on a lot of runs 🀣 and spotify.link/71aD2G5AWyb

Titanium by David Guetta because I love running to it ! Thank you!

Cmoi profile image
CmoiMarathonβ€’ in reply toCowladyrunning

Titanium takes me straight back to when I was teaching some particularly challenging agricultural school students. I'd use it in class as a treat for them, thinking all the while "This is my theme song with you guys!"

Cowladyrunning profile image
CowladyrunningMarathonβ€’ in reply toCmoi

🀣 oh sorry!!!

Cmoi profile image
CmoiMarathonβ€’ in reply toCowladyrunning

No need to apologise, I love it, very much a never give up song!

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MissUnderstandingHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toCowladyrunning

Love Titanium…a favourite of mine too!

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserMarathonβ€’ in reply toCowladyrunning

Perfect Cowlady. I had to play Titanium to recognise it but you’re right, it is a really good, uplifting song.

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CowladyrunningMarathonβ€’ in reply toTailChaser

πŸ˜€ I just love the little skippy beat it has.... beats any caffeine boost... music is a great power giving drug!

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserMarathonβ€’ in reply toCowladyrunning

It’s the way it builds up as well, you can target it in your mind as you’re running along, so it’s a really good distraction.

Hedgehogs123 profile image
Hedgehogs123Metric Marathonβ€’ in reply toCowladyrunning

Titanium, brilliant track!!!!

MissUnderstanding profile image
MissUnderstandingHalf Marathon

It’s so hard to narrow it down! Here are three favourites from very different genres…

Firestarter by the Prodigy (even better if it’s the Andy C drum and bass remix!) got me over the line at the Bath HM.

Lose Yourself by Eminem.

Free by Florence and the Machine.

Cowladyrunning profile image
CowladyrunningMarathonβ€’ in reply toMissUnderstanding

Great choices!

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserMarathonβ€’ in reply toMissUnderstanding

Fab! Consider them added MissU!

That reminds me, Mr Brightside by The Killers, start line music at the Vitality 10k last year πŸ™Œ

MissUnderstanding profile image
MissUnderstandingHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toTailChaser

Love The Killers! Mr Brightside is a classic. Great choice.

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserMarathonβ€’ in reply toMissUnderstanding

It is! Helped me get my 10k PB!

Freecloud profile image
FreecloudMarathon

I like keeping it nice and easy these days. I listened to some recommended fast beat playlist during an early parkrun and was terrified when I saw the way my heart had been racing afterwards 🀣.

A nice easy one from me would be Piano man - Billy Joel.

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserMarathonβ€’ in reply toFreecloud

That’s just parkrun though, when you get carried away by the crowd. You could try fooling your heartbeat by listening to something gentler but keeping the pace up. I wonder if that would work πŸ€” I might try that on Saturday!

Great choice Freecloud, another classic, consider it added πŸ‘

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FreecloudMarathonβ€’ in reply toTailChaser

Found it! It was a playlist called run "n" Bass. This was in the early days after doing the run to the beat thing from C25k app. I never listen to fast stuff running anymore, I usually have it playing in the background whilst playing NRC. Thanks T C.

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misswobbleMarathonβ€’ in reply toFreecloud

great choice πŸ‘

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Dexy510 Miles

I’d have to include Come on Eileen by Dexy’s Midnight Runners, for obvious reasons. πŸ˜‚.

Also , Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens by Louis Jordan because it always make me smile and sing along. πŸ“πŸ“πŸ“πŸ“πŸ“

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misswobbleMarathon

Baba O’Riley is always on my playlist. Flat piece of ground for when the instrumental bit arrives πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸš‚πŸš‚πŸš‚πŸš‚πŸš‚πŸš‚

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LottieMW

Some of my current Spotify favs…

Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing…T.Rex: Get it On…Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run…Bob Seger: Hollywood Nights… Steely Dan: Reeling in the Years…Stephen Stills: Love the One You’re With…Creedance Clearwater Revival: Up Around the Bend…

I could go onβ€¦πŸ˜‚πŸƒπŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸŽΆ

misswobble profile image
misswobbleMarathon

I’ve got Up and Around the Bend in my playlist πŸ˜€πŸŽΆπŸŽ΅

i adore Steely Dan πŸ₯°

Irish-John profile image
Irish-JohnMarathon

"Word Up" by Cameo."Urgent" by Foreigner

And

"Fishermans Blues" by The Waterboys.

And of course,

"Cloudbusting" by the inimitable Kate "Where did my Dart go?" Bush.

😁

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathon

May I add Blinding Lights by The Weekend? They played live at the SuperBowl a few years ago and it rocked. It’s on my running playlist and always perks me right up. πŸ˜€

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IrishprincessAdministratorHalf Marathon

My taste in running music is from the epic genre, big orchestral pieces, which I appreciate is not everyone’s cup of tea but I do have non-epic pieces on my playlist. This is my current favourite.

β€œBack To You” by Lost Frequencies, Elley DuhΔ— & X Ambassadors

Other favs are:

β€œWake Me Up” by Avicii

”Tusk” by Fleetwood Mac ( a perfect 180 BPM)

β€œCheap Thrills” by Sia feat Sean Paul

β€œBad Moon Rising” by Creedence Clearwater Revival

β€œCan You Feel It” by The Jacksons

β€œGlitter and Gold” by Barns Courtney

These always perk me up and I usually sing along to them too πŸ˜‚

I’m not on Spotify, so can’t give you the links, sorry.

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Sandraj39Half Marathon

Some fab tunes above!

Sia -The Greatest πŸ’ͺπŸ†( The lyrics are just made to run to!)

Sia - Unstoppable.

Britney Spears - Stronger (Yep, I still love Britney!!)

Sarah Bareilles - Brave

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ForbiddenPlanetHalf Marathon

My tastes are eccentric so a rejection will not offend πŸ˜€, but as a suggestion here are the first 6 tracks from my current running playlist -

Bullet Train - Stacey Kent

When Love Comes to Town - Torsten Goods, Ida Sand

Born This Way - First to Eleven

You Only Live Twice - Bill Frisell

Someday After a While - Carl Verheyen

Cold - Black Country Communion

Here is a link to the playlist -

open.spotify.com/playlist/4...

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