Marathon/Running Playlist
Playlists are key! I know a lot of people run without music, and I have done that several times myself! Especially when I am running with someone else. There are also those quiet eerie Saturday mornings that you are alone in except for the wildlife… but that is neither here nor there! I am here to discuss playlists and how clutch they are for the marathon or for distance running in general! I thought long and hard about what songs I wanted to motivate me and power me through 26.2 miles and get me to the finish line. While I intend to list my entire playlist of 100+ songs, I want to take this time to tell you that I didn’t repeat a single song on my run, and there were some I would not have minded repeating!
I had a base list of about 35 songs that helped during all speedwork and such and several I added along the way. They are on a playlist on my iphone called Happiness. Because running is my happy time. Wherever I am, as long as I am running, I am in my happy place (cheesy I know…) — if you had asked me 4 years ago if I would ever like running, I would have said “Guuuuurrrrrrrlllllll, you cray cray” but one day something changed. Why I got started running and what changed is a story for another day! I like to create a playlist where I can listen to any song at any time and it will pump me up or carry me through — basically, I make a list and pop that shit on shuffle!
MVP SONG OF THE PLAYLIST:
Eminem, Til I Collapse — It came on right at the right time and I couldn’t even begin to tell you how much I needed to hear this song!
Honorable Mentions:
Macklemore, And We Danced — just a happy song, reminding me that every step, I would remember for the rest of my lives — reminded me of the advice I got from Jeff and Barrett about remembering every moment and looking around to take it all in because I was really doin it.
Beyonce, We Run the World (Girls) — Just makes ya wanna dance. Queen Bey is fierce!
Drake, Started from the Bottom — Came on during the Speedway and all I could think about was the journey I have been on. Where I came from this small crap hole of hell that I put myself in and here I was, running a marathon. Bouncing back from dark places and surgeries and here I ammmmmmm
AC/DC, Highway to Hell — heard at mile 23.8 when I literally thought I was on the Highway to Hell. Good timing AC/DC, you have always had it, in college and this past weekend
Fall Out Boy, My Songs Know What you Did in the Dark (Light em up) – great song to hear around mile 9, feelin strong. Solidifies the thoughts of #likeaboss 😀
The Playlist in it’s Entirity:
- Macklemore, Can’t Hold Us
- Benny Benasi (Skrillex Remix), Cinema (Extended Mix)
- Huey feat Bow Wow, Pop, Lock and Drop it
- Icona Pop, I Love It
- The Script, Hall of Fame
- Imagine Dragons, On Top of the World (made me think of Homeira)
- Flo Rida, Let it Roll
- Muse, Madness (dedicated to my Ragnar Team who gave me the belief that I could get through it, whatever it was)
- Eminem, Berzerk
- Panic! at the Disco, Miss Jackson
- Chris Brown, Turn Up the Music
- AWOLNATION, Kill Your Heroes
- Lady Gaga, Applause
- Beyonce, Get Me Bodied
- LMFAO, Shots
- Katy Perry, Roar (yes… I like this song. It is a power song)
- Swedish House Mafia, Don’t You Worry Child
- Jay-Z, Kanye and Beyonce, Lift Off
- Don Omar & Lucenzo, Danza Kuduro
- American Authors, Best Day of my Life
- Fun., Some Nights
- AWOLNATION, Jump on my Shoulders
- Britney Spears, Till the World Ends
- Pitbull, Timber
- Lady Gaga, Do What U Want
- Bastille, Pompeii
- Mike Will Made-It, 23
- Robin Thicke, Blurred Lines
- Zedd, Clarity
- Beyonce, Run the World
- Pitbull, Ay Chico
- Drake, Started from the Bottom
- Skrillex, Bangarang (making me think of the Div 6 crew in Oklahoma)
- Jay-Z, Big Pimpin (reppin freshman year of college)
- Wiz Khalifa, Black and Yellow (gave me something else to focus on when I was going through mile 20)
- Linkin Park, Bleed it out
- Sara Bareilles, Brave
- Pitbull, Feel This Moment
- Miley Cyrus, We Can’t Stop
- Fall Out Boy, My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light em Up)
- Fall Out Boy, The Mighty Fall
- DJ Snake and Lil Jon, Turn Down For What
- David Guetta, Titanium
- Jay-Z, Holy Grail
- David Guetta, Repeat
- Kreayshawn, Gucci Gucci (I got the swag and it’s pumpin out my ovaries!)
- La Roux, BulletProof (A song recommended by my boss and that always reminds me of my husband 🙂 love him)
- Lil Wayne, Wipe me Down (Remix)
- LMFAO, Sexy and I Know It (reminds me of Leslie, overcomin shit like whoa!)
- Lupe Fiasco, The Show Goes On (came on around mile 16, pushed me forward)
- New Boyz, Break my Bank
- Jason Derulo, Ridin Solo
- Flo Rida, Wild Ones
- Flo Rida, Whistle
- Sage the Gemini, Gas Pedal
- Skrillex, Kyoto (always gets me pumped!)
- Madonna, Ray of Light
- Florence + the Machine, Dog Days Are Over
- Taio Cruz, Dynamite (Makes me think of Rebecca Fontenot, my partner in Crime in Oklahoma — so much fun)
- Usher, OMG
- Eminem, Not Afraid
- Rihanna, We Found Love
- Flux Pavilion, Cracks
- Flux Pavilion, I Can’t Stop
- Pitbull, Back in Time
- Wiz Khalifa, No Sleep
- Journey, Don’t Stop Believin
- LMFAO, Party Rock Anthem
- Shop Boyz, Party Like a Rockstar (what says party like a rockstar more than running 26.2 miles?!)
- Kanye, Power
- Kanye, Gold Digger
- DJ Fresh (Flux Pavilion Remix), Gold Dust
- Black Keys, Gold on the Ceiling
- Beyonce, Single Ladies
- DJ Khaled, Out Here Grinding
- DJ Khaled, We Takin Over (Miami memories… one glorious summer in tons of heat cruisin A1A)
- Outkast, BOB
- Salt n Peppa, Push It
- 69 Boyz, Tootsieroll — fun fact, I actually stopped on the course to tootsie roll… it boosted the spirits at mile 24 🙂
- Young Jeezy, Put On
- Day 26, Imma Put it on Her
- Young Jeezy, My Hood (reminds me of a time in my life where I am not anymore)
- Far East Movement, Like a G6
- Willow Smith, Whip my Hair
- Mambo Sauce, Welcome to DC
- T.I., Whatever you Like Remix w Luda
- Kelly Clarkson, Stronger
- Hollywood Undead, Comin in Hot
- Fergie, Glamorous
- Jay-Z, Dirt off your Shoulders (Reminds me of my brother, not because he likes the song, he doesnt but because he and i fought about the song and i repeatedly told him he wouldnt dislike the song so much if he just brushed his damn shoulders off, circa 2004)
- Grouplove, Tongue Tied
- Yung Joc, Coffee Shop
- Yung Job, It’s Goin Down
- Flux Pavilion, Night Goes On
- Kevin Rudolf, I Made It
- Maino, All of the Above
- Survivor, Eye of the Tiger (Rocky styles)
- Kanye, Stronger
- Kevin Rudolf, Let it Rock
- Black Eyed Peas, Let’s Get it Started
- Travis Barker, Let’s Go
- Eminem, Lose Yourself
- Eminem, Till I Collapse
- DJ Khaled, All I Do is Win
- Florence + the Machine, Shake it Out
- Macklemore, And We Danced
- Jamie Foxx, Winner
- Pantera, Cowboys of Hell (EARRRRRRLLLLLL!!!!!)
- AC/DC, Back in Black (All AC/DC reminds me of my husband because he doesn’t like them and so I gotta listen to em on my time)
- AC/DC, Highway to Hell
Hope this list helps ya get pumped up or make fun of me, either way. Also, look for my 10k recap in the next couple of days!
What a great list, I am going to have to use some of those for my marathon play list! Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend!