Runners: Power Song?

tift0918
tift0918 Posts: 13
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I am desperate to find some new Power Songs for running - my play list is fabulous until I get to about 45 minutes in and it starts repeating or slowing wayyyy down - anyone have a Power Song that just kicks your butt back into gear and makes you want to run??? Im going to be in trouble with my first half-marathon if I dont find some more music lol.

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  • Uuugggghhhhhhh
    Uuugggghhhhhhh Posts: 38
    Children of Bodom - Needled 24/7
    Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Little Dawn
    The Walkmen - Tenley Town
    The Walmen - The Rat
    U2 - I will follow
    Cradle of Filth - Medusa & Hemlock

    Just a small taste of those that get my *kitten* in complete gear. :bigsmile:
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    That's when the Blackeyed Peas kick in on my MP3 player.

    Pump it
    Let's Get it Started
    Imma Be
    Boom Boom Pow
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    For speed: "I've been everywhere" - Johnny Cash. "Punk Rock Girl" - Dead Milkmen. And anything by LMFAO.

    For "keep going at a steady pace," I'd go with "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" - Rembrandts, "Jackie Wilson Said" - Dexys Midnight Runners, "Chelsea Dagger" - Fratellis.

    I always thought angry metal would make me push harder, and I feel all badass and powerful, but I run faster and more effortlessly to happy songs.
  • beckyinma
    beckyinma Posts: 1,433 Member
    Eminem "Lose Yourself"
    and Volbeat "A Warrior's Call"

    :)
  • Indolent
    Indolent Posts: 12
    I've got a different perspective on this...

    I'm against listening to music while running for two reasons:

    1) It's harder to hear the sounds of traffic nearby when you've got your headphones on and that makes it more difficult crossing roads etc.

    2) If the local mad axe-man decides he wants your pretty head on his china plate that evening; then at least without headphones on you may get some idea of his intentions.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I have the volume low enough that I can hear all traffic, dog tags jingling, people vacuuming inside their houses, when a/c units kick on, and carry on a conversation at normal volume.

    Maybe I'm a fatalist, but I figure if someone wants me dead bad enough, they'll find a way. I think there's a greater danger of someone following me home from the store and assaulting me while my hands are full of grocery bags than a chance encounter on fairly busy suburban street while I'm running. I don't run at the same time or the same routes with any kind of predictability, so it would have to be a pretty quick on the fly planning to get me.
  • maryloo2011
    maryloo2011 Posts: 446
    Killers: Mr. Brightside
    Matchbox 20: How Far We've Come
    Talib Kweli - Get By

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