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Walk-Jogger
I don't have an Ipod anymore or listen to music while running unless it's on the house speakers at the Rec center, but I think I could put KD Lang's version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah on a loop and run a marathon to it, and pretty sure I'd run a PR.
Retired & Loving It
17 years young:
Josh WInk - Higher State of Conscisouness (Tweekin' Acid Funk Remix)
My leg won't stop mooing.
i think i've got a calf injury.
Conquest of Paradise - Vangelis
I never run with music, but I listen to this sometimes before a run. Someday, I'll be standing at the start of UTMB and won't have to hit play, it will already be blasted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYeDsa4Tw0c
Marathon: 2:48:49 (Boston 2014) - Half: 1:22:11 (Berkeley 2013)
2x sub-24 100 mile finisher
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prodigy - out of space
Holy crap, Cecil and Jack Frost, I can't believe it. I hadn't visited this thread in weeks, but in the past couple days, I have been listening to KD Lang, Leonard Cohen, and my favorite of all time, Vangelis. I honestly didn't think there were more than three folks on the entire earth who listened to any of those artists anymore.
I listen to Leonard Cohen on long runs, and I listen to some Vangelis as well. ("Direct" and "Oceanic" albums.) Conquest of Paradise one of my favorites, but another great song from the 1492 album:
Light and shadow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xPPyCE0-6w
Also on a similar line, most folks may have not heard of the group "Moodswings" from about 1991, but if not, many great songs by them on this album. Some faster paced, some more like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CdnrmHzHMo&list=PLD128810C9CF89052
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The Plan '15 → /// "Run Hard, Live Easy." ∞
flatland mountaineer
Jimmy Collins- Cowboy Rap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv9rmSb7YH8
The whole world said I shoulda used red but it looked good to Charlene in John Deere Green!!
Support Ethanol, drink the best, burn the rest.
Run for fun? What the hell kind of recreation is that? quote from Back to the Fut III
We're not gonna take it - Twisted Sister.
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap - AC DC
Beatles - Oh, Darling!
It has 180bpm. I can remember the song well enough so if i play it in my head I can roughly check my cadence.
currently spinning/in rotation:
Twin Shadow - Forget
Sonny and the Sunsets - Antenna to the Afterworld
Cave - Threace
LCD Soundsystem, This Is Happening, is poppin' my IPod.
AAAANNYTHING by MISSING PERSONS.
Shruggy Ji by Red Baraat. Bhangra gets the blood flowing.
Legendary choice & always makes me smile!
My favourite song that perks me up a bit when I'm out running with my ipod: Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan, timeless classic.
My Body by Volbeat
The chorus is stuck in my head... it may have nothing to do with running, but sounds perfect for a marathon:
My body tells me no
but I won't quit
'cause I want more x2
RHCP version worth checking out too