Running Music

Running Music for Your iPod or MP3

Obviously, the choices for running music to put on your iPod or MP3 are very personal. However, I'm going to attempt to cover some of the best motivators I have found along with those of some of my running buddies. I do have to say that recently I've started mixing in audiobooks and other spoken word tracks with my songs to vary things up and have found this to be very helpful. Nonetheless, I always come back to my primary mix for that extra push. One cool thing about the Nike + iPod shoe insert that you can use in combination with your iPod Nano is that you can program in your power song that you can play with the touch of a button when you most need it. One word about that, though, I personally dislike the Nike shoes that you can purchase for the insert. Instead, I modified my own pair to put the iPod insert in and it works great. With no further ado, here's a list of my favorite running music:

• The Final Countdown
• Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
• What Are You Waiting For? - Gwen Stefani
• Sin Wagon - Dixie Chicks
• I'm Still Standing - Elton John - My Power Song
• Bring Me to Life - Evanescence
• Livin on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
• Let's Get It Started - Black Eye Peas
• Yeah! - Usher
• Lose Yourself - Eminem
• Couch Potato - "Weird Al" Yankovic (listen to the previous and this one back to back for a joke)
• Sexyback - Justin Timberlake
• Livin' on the Edge - Aerosmith
• Buttons - The Pussycat Dolls
• You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
• Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
• Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero
• Bryan Adams - Get Off of My Back
• Never Say Die - Jon Bon Jovi
• Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
• Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
• Through the Fire - Larry Greene
• Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
• U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
• Never - Moving Pictures
• It's My Life - No Doubt
• Get the Party Started - Pink
• If You're Going Through Hell - Rodney Atkins
• Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
• Switch - Will Smith
• La Grange - ZZ Top

As you can see, I enjoy a wide variety of music to run to and I mess with the order of my mix quite often. I have a ton more I add in but most of these are the running music I take with me each time I run. Cheers!

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