I like to listen to the same playlist, in the same order when I run. Why? I can quickly judge how I'm doing compared to other days (do I have to walk during the first song or the fifth?), I can tell approximately how far I've gone, and at the end of it all I can roughly calculate how long a run took me without carrying a fancy GPS-type device...or wearing a watch. Magic.
So what keeps my legs pumping?
The Playlist
Sometime Around Midnight - Airborne Toxic Event
Time Won't Let Me Go - The Bravery
In Your Hands - Charlie Winston
One - Glee Cast
Marry You - Glee Cast
Hey Soul Sister - Glee Cast
Take Me to the Riot - Stars
Nowhere with You - Joel Plaskett
Dog Days are Over - Florence and the Machine
Raise Your Glass - Glee Cast
Teenage Dream - Glee Cast
Silly Love Songs - Glee Cast
F*ing Perfect - Pink
Through & Through & Through - Joel Plaskett
Do You Love Me - Guster
Crossfire - Brandon Flowers
Love is the Reversal - Starfield
Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Depending on how long my run is, I obviously don't make it through the whole list. I do always start with Sometime Around Midnight though, I just find it to be the perfect get-going song. As my distance increases, I'm going to have to increase my playlist - time to start searching for new run-appropriate songs!
