Sub1:40orBust
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)?
I've found good suggestions here:
http://jogtunes.com/
specifically this subcategory: http://jogtunes.com/jtc/jtcplaylists1.php
Not a dude
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?
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.
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
Team TJ
A good dose of this picks up the pace!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZt_OTW7F1Y
Running for TJ because he can't.
flashlight and sidewalk
The jeopardy theme song. I don't want it to be that, but it is...for miles and miles.
**Ask me about streaking**
Mostly harmless
The Flaming Lips, Turn it On.
"It doesn’t matter how often you do it or how much you accomplish, in general, not running is a lot easier than running." - Meb Keflezighi
Bjørnmannen
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.
Found this one today, it's a keeper. Maybe even pre-5K material:
Vitalic - My Friend Dario
Drink up moho's!!
I have heard that some people like this song to keep them moving at race pace.
Chasing the bus
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
“You're either on the bus or off the bus.” ― Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test