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Music that keeps you at your goal pace (Read 209 times)

ba13e4

Sub1:40orBust

posted: 12/6/2012 at 12:23 PM

I don't run with an iPod or other music player, but I have been known to sing to myself on long runs. Below are 2 very different songs that keep me at right about an 8:30 pace. I use songs like this to finish strong or break out of LaLa land when my pace has slipped.

Push Rewind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deD-ktirExk

Godsmack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eXIOK2vOhM

Anyone else have particular songs that get the legs locked into that goal pace (training or race)?

mucknort

posted: 12/6/2012 at 12:32 PM
modified: 12/6/2012 at 12:34 PM

I've found good suggestions here:

http://jogtunes.com/

specifically this subcategory: http://jogtunes.com/jtc/jtcplaylists1.php

FlippyNoodle

Not a dude

posted: 12/6/2012 at 12:40 PM

No, but Schism by Tool makes me feel like a total badass for some reason. The Lovecats by The Cure puts some extra pep in my step.

Do you sing out loud or in your head?

ba13e4

Sub1:40orBust

posted: 12/6/2012 at 12:44 PM

Most of the time I am in lala land listening to my shoes hit the road, but when I sing its in my head. The only problem this presents is when a song gets stuck in your head and loops there for 2 hours.

Luke79

posted: 12/6/2012 at 12:48 PM

This song always gets my ass movin'. I don't remember who posted this vid on RW a while back, but it changed my life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dFgH_vDh6E

Robert31320

Former fatboy

posted: 12/6/2012 at 12:58 PM

A good dose of this picks up the pace!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZt_OTW7F1Y

Run till your hat drips!

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Jamezilla

posted: 12/6/2012 at 2:43 PM

The jeopardy theme song. I don't want it to be that, but it is...for miles and miles.

Are you doing this for world peace? For the homeless? Are you running for women's rights? The environment?

They couldn't believe somebody would do all that running for no reason.

ImNotScott

meh

posted: 12/6/2012 at 4:08 PM

The Flaming Lips, Turn it On.

HM: 1:44:18 (05/06/13) | FM: 3:54:51 (3/16/13)

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buchy2009

Bjørnmannen

posted: 12/6/2012 at 5:43 PM

Any New Orleans bounce, especially DJ Jubilee. Cult of Personality by Living Colour. Some old school (Wu Tang Clan, Grandmaster Flash, LL Cool J) and new school (Kanye, Jay-Z, Drake, Tyler, The Creator) hip hop. Pretty much only listen to hip-hop while running but its hard to find anything outside of the genre to motivate me and help keep my pace while running.

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Jay716

posted: 12/6/2012 at 10:26 PM

Found this one today, it's a keeper. Maybe even pre-5K material:

Vitalic - My Friend Dario

Venomized

posted: 12/6/2012 at 10:56 PM

I have heard that some people like this song to keep them moving at race pace.

Furthur

knee wrecker

posted: 12/7/2012 at 2:58 AM

I like these guys a lot lately, and at 180 bpm, this works;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZy4cxj4SGQ

and if you like ska, these guys are good. Two more at 180.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsFpUW48Tnc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGUUYHPQ8qg

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