I posted here about my reasons for listening to music while I run. When I want to do a slower placed but longer run, I try to tone down my 80’s music and mix it up with something a little more mellow.
When I feel like I am super fast ( even though evidence does not support this feeling.) My Spotify playlist titled, “Run Fast,” has the following hits:
- Lots of Offspring, specifically, “The Kids Aren’t Alright,” “Gone Away,” and most aptly, “You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid.”
- “I Wanna Be Sedated,” by the Ramones.
- Kenny Loggins’ classic, “Footloose.”
- Several Green Day songs, “When I Come Around,” and “Basketcase” are highlights.
- “The Distance” by Cake is one of my families favorite songs to play before a race.
- I am not a very good parent and Eminem’s, “Lose Yourself” is also one of our family psych up songs. The kids will need something to talk about in therapy aside from the heatless shed-cabin labor camp.
- As a nod to my son taking German in school, I listen to Alphaville’s, “Forever Young” and “Big in Japan.“
- Having watched my husband play a lot of Grand Turismo early in out marriage, I fine the Cardigans, “My Favorite Game” an accelerator.
- Looking at this list, cursing appears to be directly proportional to speed in selecting running music, I have Rage Against the Machine, “Killing in the Name” on my race-day play list. I have to make sure I don’t sing along to this one inadvertently. Don’t listen to this one in delicate company.
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.. This band is my spirit animal. I don’t know how I lived so long without hearing them. They are a punk band covering popular songs, especially from the 80’s. It’s like my teeny bopper inner child ate 2 boxes of Nerds and Mountain Dew. High Energy. Favorite include:
- Wild World
- Jolene
- Nothing Compares 2U
- I Will Always Love You
- Country Roads
There is another creatively titled Run 2 and Mo Run, I will also share my slow and smooth collection.
