I’m currently working on creating a playlist for race day. For those of you who run with music, you know how powerful the right music and, similarly, or how feeble the wrong music can be. So after noting how my power-songs have lost their oomph, I put out the call (via FB) asking for suggestions.
My plea yielded a good helping of songs yet, although many great songs were suggested, very few made the cut. I’ve always know it, but I guess I’ve never acknowledged just how personal my racing playlist is to me. I’ve got 2 ½ hours of motivating music so far – most of which were in myTunes already. It’s an eclectic collection of all sorts.
I’m looking for a few (or so) more songs to enhance it — something special – which I just can’t seem to articulate. This is because my want/need remains intangible or undefined. I just know that I will know it when I hear it.
So with that I ask you my dear peeps, what ONE song fires you up — either before or during your BIG event? Don’t give me a long list. Just give me your ONE power-song.
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Marathon by Rush. It’s a little slower pace than what you would expect, but the words are awesome and it just always seems to pop up at that point in the run when I need it most.
My favorite lyrics:
It’s a test of ultimate will
The heartbreak climb uphill
Got to pick up the pace
If you want to stay in the race
&
You can do a lot in a lifetime
If you don’t burn out too fast
You can make the most of the distance
First you need endurance
First you’ve got to last…
Yes, this is perfect. Thanks!
I have a couple of songs, which I may or maynot include this time around, that I hesitate to admit are even in my iTunes playlist yet the words speak to me in a way that makes them a must-have. They are… (Are you ready?) Go the Distance from Disney’s Hercules soundtrack and The Climb by Miley Cyrus.
I’m looking for a new power song, but for now it’s Uprising by Muse.
I get fired up listening to “Ambling Alp” by Yeasayer.