Week 1 of marathon training….check! I have to say that I am loving being back on a plan and having some structure to my running. The tired and heavy legs? Not loving that so much.
In the past when I have trained I used an iPod Shuffle. But I got sick of them dying on me all of the time and spending a small fortune replacing them. Now that I have an iPhone, I can connect to my music more easily. Lately I have been using Pandora and mixing it up with different genres. But we are headed somewhere this week where I won’t be able to use Pandora. My playlist could also use some new tunes and a little change up.
That’s where I am hoping you can help me! In return I will help someone else.
Help me find some new tunes for my playlist and for each new song that isn’t already on my list and works for training, I will donate a dollar to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
As you may (or may not know) I am a coach for MDA’s Team Momentum. They just announced a very exciting rebranding and I am thrilled with their new look and exciting new mission. I have met so many wonderful families through the MDA and they have become both friends and family to our family.
So why not help all of us out? Send me your favorite running tunes and I will send them a donation for your assistance.
Don’t be shy with the music. I like it all and have the most embarrassing playlist. Anything goes as long as it has a nice fast or strong beat. Here is a sampling of what is on my current playlist: Led Zepplin, Miley Cyrus (yes they are next to each other), 50 Cent, Mackelmore, Johnny Cash, Vienna Boys Choir, Dolly Parton, One Republic….you get the drift. Anything goes as long as it has a good beat to keep my legs a movin’.
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I have a 100 song playlist that I listen to on shuffle but I’ll spare you the entire list and am sending a few of my current faves. Go MDA Team Momentum!!
Van Halen – Right Now
Jessie J – Bang Bang
Drake – Energy
Martin 5 – Animals
Bonnie Tyler – Holding out for a Hero
Rick Ross – Hustlin
Paramore – Ain’t it fun
The Killers – Mr. Brightside
The Cranberries – Zombie
Toby Keith – Shoulda Been a Cowboy
Tim McGraw – Shotgun Rider
Fall Out Boy – Centuries
Cali Swag District- Teach Me How To Dougie
Jay Z – Run This Town
Kanye West – Stronger
Ches, you are the man! This is awesome. Thank you 🙂
What a fun idea. AC/DC’s TNT (Bon Scott’s swaggery version) never fails to get or keep me going. Strides just sync to the Oi, oi, oi. So good.
A few other favs:
Authority Song by Jimmy Eat World
Better Things – the Bouncing Souls cover
We Care a Lot – Faith No More
Overkill – Motorhead
Cut me Up – Har Mar Superstar
The Goatrider’s Horde – 3 Inches of Blood
I Want to Conquer the World – Bad Religion
Mama’s Broken Heart – Miranda Lambert
The Underdog – Spoon
Wishing Well – The Airborne Toxic Event
Happy training!
Oooh thanks! Can’t wait to start downloading some new music.
Here’s a couple fun ones from my “Maui Mix!”
Love Runs Out – One Republic
In the Ayer – Flo’ Rida
Timber – Pitbull w/Keisha
Come With Me Now – Kongos
Uptown Funk – Bruno Mars
The Walker – Fitz & The Tantrums
Thank you! More donations and a bigger playlist, check!
Lately, I’ve been digging the dubstep beats for running – check out The Glitch Mob, Fortune Days – it came on my iPod at the end of my run yesterday and I was loving it!!
Thanks Allison. I can’t wait to check these out!
What a great way to increase your playlist and help out others!
Here are some of my favourite songs that I have on mine:
Florence & the Machine – Dog days are over
Pink – So what
Michael Jackson – Don’t stop till you get enough
Violent Femmes – Blister in the sun
Blondie – One way or another
Pitbull – Back in time (or pretty much anything by him…)
These are great! I really like Pitbull too, so this was a great reminder to do some digging!
oh man, do i love music, so this post makes me happy! some personal faves from my current running list: anything by the 1975 or Great Good Fine Ok; “American Money” or “Shooting Stars” by Borns; “Paris” by Magic Man; “Sorry” by Bieber (i can’t NOT love his new stuff); “Street Fight” by Smallpools; “Go For It” by Cruisr; “My Friends Over You” by New Found Glory…ok i can keep going if you need more. 🙂
You are awesome Shawna. I never doubted for a second that you would have some great suggestions!
I love sharing music suggestions! 🙂 Like Ches, my running playlist has over 100 songs and I just shuffle.
Fast Car – Jonas Blue, Dakota (found this one recently)
Perfect – One Direction (only a little embarassing)
My House – Flo Rida
The Veldt (8 Minute Edit) – deadmau5
Five More Hours – Deorro, Chris Brown
Walk – Foo Fighters
You Make My Dreams – Hall & Oates (LOVE H&O)
Derp – Bassjackers (a little hard techno)
I think that’s good for now. Enjoy!!!
This is awesome. I can tell I am going to love this selection! Thank you so much!!
My pleasure! Do you use Spotify by chance?
No, I don’t but I really need to.
I use it for running but also my spin classes. I like the ability to create playlists (which I don’t think you can do in pandora).
I post music on my blog periodically and always tag it, so feel free to steal songs from there 🙂
I like running to David Guetta, especially his Listen album. And Grease, Lorde, Taylor Swift’s 1989 esp, Shake It Up, Calvin Harris, Tina Turner from when she was with Ike. A mix of everything!
Awesome recommendations. Thank you!
🙂
Where you love being back on a plan, I dreaded it. 😉 That’s why I decided that I was not ready to start back up in January and now February. I’m weird but I like to run to the piano guys and just about everything else… When I do decide to run with music. Yeah… I’m not much help!
I remember that you don’t run with music much. I know elites really can’t in races. But gosh, I often rely on it at times.
Happy to help!! I hope you like a few of them… Another great one I just started listening to is “Stitches” by Shawn Mendes.. Oh and “Animals” is by Maroon 5 not Martin 5.