I am fortunate to live in an area with beautiful running paths. During most of my runs I am happy to enjoy the natural ambiance of the trail: the wind rustling the leaves of the trees, the bird calls, and the gurgling of the nearby Sacramento River.
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| The Ribbon Bridge - When I reach this point in the marathon I will have less than 5 miles to go. |
Once in awhile though, I'd rather not listen to the sound of my own feet hitting the pavement, and I need a little music to motivate me. On those days, I am extremely grateful for the invention of the ipod.
I can put my headphones and know that a few happy and funky tunes will energize me. Just for fun, I collected a few songs from my running playlist here to share with you:
(I found YouTube links for some, and tried to link to an MP3 player for others. I hope this works!)
Iwoya - Angelique Kidjo
Son of a Preacher Man from the Pulp Fiction soundtrack
Beautiful Thing - Conya Doss
Change - Joy Denalane
Dr. Feel Good - Travie McCoy
What about you? Do you have music that gets you in your groove when you need a little boost? I would love to hear suggestions from you to expand my playlist.
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I am on a kick of listening to KC and The Sunshine Band on Pandora then pulling the songs from that to shuffle into my running playlist.
ReplyDeleteI can run for pretty much ever to the Black Eyed Peas (their older stuff, especially). I'd tell you Def Leppard is good for that too if I were willing to admit that sort of thing in public, but I'm not.
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