Hello fellow runners!

I run to music in the 180 beat per minute (bpm) range. I know that there are many who run at this cadence for various reasons (just google it, if you aren't aware of the them). I know that many people also don't run to music, and that's fine as well -- no need to debate the merits of music/no music in this post. It's been hashed/rehashed in many forums.

I've been running for about 5 years, and I have spent about 4 of those 5 years collecting and compiling a massive playlist of songs within that BPM range, because I get tired of listening to the same songs over and over. I do this by analyzing newly published music, then actually taking them out for a run-test before they get added to the list. I do this manually because I haven't been terribly happy with automated BPM analyses - the BPM can be incorrectly calculated, or the tempo can change within a song.

As you can imagine, this is lots of work! It helps me to do the work if I think that I'm not only doing this for me, but contributing to the running community in some way, so I like to share the list. I like to think of this as a public service, since I make $0 for my effort

So here it is, if you are interested....

http://open.spotify.com/user/12721221/playlist/3r2wxY9jV4ls42Tm8aMBWA

Please note that it is an ALL genres list, so if you don't like all genres, you may need to use it only as a reference or a way to find new music. It really is a massive amount of music, with over 3200 tunes currently, and over 200 hours of playtime.

If you are interested in reading a blog post about this list, here's one from 2013: http://theloraxis.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/spotify-and-the-giant-180bpm-running-playlist/

Hope this is useful to some of you, and if you do run with it, enjoy!

(sorry that this is a cross-post. I posted this in the wrong forum, and couldn't figure out how to delete it there!)