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I know many of you don't listen to music while you run, but there are lots of us that do. For those of you who, like me, don't like to listen to your out of control breathing or just need someone to come along with you when no one is available, tell me what you are listening to. I am sitting here downloading music and would love some suggestions. ANY type of music is welcome...I really like everything from country to rap, so bring it on!
I just downloaded some Fefe Dobson and Paramore. It's gotta pump you up, right?!

I've not really run with music much, but before races I'll sometimes get myself pumped up with some techno-type stuff. Mostly it's stuff my brothers download, but the artists I like of the techno we have are NTrance, Eiffel 65 and Aqua (barbie girl, baby!) and then some crazy remixes and mixes by random DJs. Also, there's some crazy rap the football players put on in the weight room that's fun. And classic rock always!

What the crap are you guys talking about!  You're ruining the sacredness of running.  J/K (I can't believe I just wrote J/K... I have been around high school kids too long), On the ol' treadmill its Zeppelin, or some classic U2!

Holt- I can't believe you just put jk either! haha. Your post sounds like Clyde though.
Ruthie- I'm a little scared to look up your music after your weird Jamaican music/dance thingy you and Ally (and Kareena!) would do on the bus!

I'm a purist when I race, but training alone always needs tunes. I found that what I like to run to is not necessarily what I listen to in the car or other places.

Good example- I had a killer run yesterday (Thurs) and I was listening to Limp Bizkit the whole time, which pumped me up pretty good. I never, ever listen to Limp Bizkit at home or in the car 'cause I think the music is stupid. So I guess I've found that aggressive music is good to run to, even if it's not the greatest to listen to by itself.

Other example- I'm listening to Radiohead and Sigur Ros in my car today. Great music, but don't try running to either of it.

I have put together a few playlists for various distances that I call "5k", "10k", etc. If anyone out there has a playlist they dig for running, put down the contents. Oh- I guess that's what MikL was asking.

I usually forget I have an mp3 player, but when I do run with one I generally go with Podcasts of "This American Life", which is a great NPR show. Not music, but a lot of great and funny stories to keep me entertained.

It's not Jamaican, it's Indian! (As in from India.) And I swear we never taught the dance to Kareena. Really, it's my brothers who find all this weird music, not me. Blame them for my insanity. Truly.

Here are some of my favorite running tunes...(I know, I know, some of these songs are maybe kinda evil but dang they sure can get me pumped up on a run)

"Runnin' down a Dream" - Tom Petty
"Run like Hell" - Pink Floyd
"Runnin' with the Devil" - Van Halen
"Back in Black" - AC/DC
"Give a Little Bit" - SuperTramp
"Can't Buy me Love", "Paperback Writer", "I Feel Fine"  - Beatles
"Are We There Yet" - GrooveLily
"Bicycle", "Fat Bottomed Girls" - Queen
"Tell Her About it" - Billy Joel


I suppose I'm dating myself a bit. Yes I'm a child of the 80's.

I'm a techno guy and dance guy when I listen to tunes - old techno, tho - Haddaway, C+C Music Factory, La Bouche, Snap!, etc.  I also have some music from U2, plus some soundtracks - Crimson Tide, Remember the Titans, Superman Theme, etc.  One of my all-time faves to listen to is Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger".  Ever want a tune to pump you up, that's the one.  Gets me going every time.  'Course, so does the Superman theme.  However, I actually find that I don't listen to my music all that often.  I went and bought one of those iPod shuffle "clones" so that I could listen to my mp3's without having to install iTunes, tiny little thing, but most of the time I just don't remember to get it, and end up enjoying the run and listening to my body.

I can't run with out my music and I have to have fast stuff. I really like the 80's but it is to slow so I have down loaded like every remix there is. I have over 200 songs of mostly remixes. I love country as well but it is to slow and I found country remixes that are fast.
I guess it would be techno if it were to have a name.
I go to Itunes and I type in workout music and remixes and I find all kinds of good stuff. Or you can type in running music and it will show you playlists of other peoples workout and running music.
I don't down load from msn or walmart any more because the licenses seem to not last as long. The itunes music I have copied and even changed from one computer to another but my other down loads say they expired.
There is a workout that is remixes of classical music. It is classical but techno. (I think that is my favorite.)   

I would never bother with the hassle of carrying an MP3 player, but let's suppose you could somehow surround yourself with music without having to carry anything. Then I would have BINGO go off every 3 minutes or so on tempo runs and in races, and nothing on easy runs to keep them easy.

  I think BINGO would drive me nutso.  I listen to alot of heavier stuff,  My favorites are Godsmack, Primus, Seven Mary Three, Train, and I some times I do a littel KT Tunstall, Dave Matthews, The skin of my yellow county teeth, Guero Canelo Calexic (Feast of Wire and Feast of Wire), AC/DC, Muse, D'ror Yikra Ol Va Voi (Laughing through tears), some cat strach fever by Ted Nugent is always nice and I like to finish it off with Chariots of Fire as I am running for that finish line (it is really on my Ipod).  I listen to alot more but the list would go on forever, these are my favorites. 
I never use to listen to music when I ran, just on those boring machines at the gym, but I do use it more running because I do more running by myself.  I also tryed it last year in races, I really liked it but I am trying to decide if I am going to continue when I get serious.  I think it can take away the mental concetration you need to dig deep. I don't know?  It a great destraction when you are tried and hurting though.  MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM puzzling.
Some more I though of is Sly and the family stone and Meters if you like funky disco stuff.

I like upbeat music when I run.  Usually Green Day, Simple Plan, Third Eye Blind and other alternative bands.

Yeah! A music thread! I have been wondering the same thing Mik'L. (Cody just informed me that this thread has been here for a while.   :o)  As for myself, I have a very hard keeping myself entertained even for a mile without music or a running partner. (I know, I am not a "true runner" if I need music. Thanks Cody). So, I enjoy My Chemical Romance- The Black Parade Album is best. Incubus is really good- their last three albums are great. Pinback is pretty good. I also like to find songs that are intruiging and complex (not necessarily pumped up and fast all the time) so I get caught up in the music. An example would be Thrice's Water from their Alchemy album or "son et lumiere" or "televators" by The Mars Volta. Most of the de-loused album is pretty good if you like these two songs. I also love the composer Henry Gorecki (sp?) he is amazing. Rachmoninov is a must as well. I also have to admit an attachment to Josh Groban. But that is just my taste... :)

Well, the Matrix Soundtrack is way fun. Dodge bullets while you run!! Also, the guy who wrote Clubbed to Death on that CD, Rob Dougan, puts out some AWESOME tunes. Just a random thought.

I train with music.  I usually listen to soft rock or worship music.   But I usually don't run races with music.  In races I usually forget to turn it on, like in TOU.

I can run without music, but I've really come to enjoy running with my ipod, probably because I don't have to listen to my heavy breathing.  I usually listen to hard rock (AC/DC, Motley Crue, Nickleback) and sometimes hip-hop on hard days.  Mainly I listen to more mellow stuff on easy days (Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Maroon 5, and Jack Johnson) along with a lot of classic rock.

Sometimes on the easier days I go out with an MP3 player, or on some longer runs when I just feel like having it around. But its definitely a not everyday things. I can say though that my playlist has probably one of the weirdest ranges that I can think of including people like:

Jason Aldean
Josh Turner
Bach
Handel
Union Station
311
Metallica
AC/DC
Black Sabbath
Beastie Boys
Cake
Frank Sinatra
G & R
Incubus
Nelly
RATM
CCR
Mozart

Those are just some of them right now

WOW, Adam, that is truly a motley assortment of artists.  I'm not sure I could listen to Bach and then turn around and put on some heavy metal - I didn't know they were compatible . . .

Wow, I haven't checked the discussion forum in a while - I'm glad you started this, Mik'L.  I've been wanting to know the same thing.  Some of my favorite songs to run to are:

Celine Dion "I Drove all Night" and "Coulda Woulda Shoulda"
Dixie Chicks "Wide Open Spaces"
Lonestar "Come Crying to Me" and "Mr. Mom"
Phil Collins "Strangers Like Me" from Tarzan - ha!
They Might Be Giants "Lucky Ball & Chain" and "Women & Men"
Proclaimers "I'm on My Way"
English Beat "Bubblin Hot"
Sara Evans "As if"
Rascal Flatts "Feels Like Today"

I listen to others, too, but these tend to get me going faster without even thinking about it!

Yeah!  Something I can contribute to!  I've just started running and just started running with music, so I'm still feeling it out.  I've tried listening to whatever comes up on my MP3 player, but that sometimes gets annoying when I run into something that I don't want to run to (stuff that I like to listen to, but not while I'm running).  Lately, I've found that the best music for me to run to is Christian music.  It takes my focus off the running and puts it on God.  I'm not saying that that is good for speed or for a good workout, it's mostly good for praising God while you run.

Ummm....I'm not sure how I got logged on as Logan, but this is Stacy.  Weird.  That last post was me.

Logan used our laptop in NY, so now it logs in as him by default when you go to the message board.

I fixed it.  I'm me again!

Kory and Stacy- what kind of gospel/christian music do you suggest?

Music to match the run, speed workout, need speed:  ACDC, Blondie, Pat Benatar, Gwen Stafani - Long and slow: Beatles assortment, imagine is at the top, eagles, doors, led zeplin.  No music in races, got to soak in all the racing vibes.  Also, it bugs me to have someone in a race weaving all over the road listening to music during a race.  It is hard enough to pass without runners breaking a music move. 

No Doubt is one of my favorites.  Also Me First and the Gimmee Gimmees  (they do pop punk 80's covers, fun stuff).  I'm always looking for good tunes too.  I found I've resorted to upbeat top 40 lately I'm sorry to say...

I usually don't run with music for a couple reasons, first, I can't walk and chew gum at the same time, what makes me think I can run and listen to music, second, i want to hear that car just before it hits me, or that mountain lion just before it leaps on my neck.  i also like to hear the sounds of nature when I'm on the trails.

Jim,

Any relation to the great Ricky Skaggs? That's some fine pickin'.