The loneliness of the long distance runner
I recently put together a running playlist for a good friend who is training for a half marathon. Which I could never do. I wanted to have a mix of tempos but all pretty energetic with a variety of styles. After a warmup track it starts with some gritty guitar driven indie rock and transitions to R&B and hip hop with a focus on beat. The breather section is a bit lighter and brighter to help distract from the muscle pain. The final stretch is very anthem-ish to help push through to the end. Finally there is a cool down period to walk down to.
She said her young teen kids love the mix as well, referring to "Beat the my heart skipped" in particular as 'totally badass', 'not failcats' and 'beast'. I'm familiar with the phrase 'totally badass'. But the other two I've never heard before. I mean, I've heard the term beast, but not in that context. I'm old.
| Playlist: Run Lisa Run 37 songs, 2:19:22.682983398438 total time, 210.6 MB | |||
| Title | Artist | Album | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Testing 1,2,3 | Barenaked Ladies | Everything To Everyone | 3:32 |
| Don't Make Me a Target | Spoon | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga | 3:55 |
| Pieces | Dinosaur Jr. | Farm | 4:32 |
| I Got Mine | The Black Keys | Attack & Release | 3:59 |
| Fried My Little Brains | The Kills | Keep On Your Mean Side | 2:08 |
| Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle | Be Your Own Pet | SXSW 2008 Showcasing Artists | 2:06 |
| Standing In The Way Of Control | The Gossip | Standing In The Way Of Control | 4:16 |
| Gimme Sympathy | Metric | Fantasies | 3:54 |
| You Can Listen You Can Talk | Carsick Cars | You Can Listen You Can Talk | 3:23 |
| ON the bridge | K.Flay | MASHed Potatoes | 1:52 |
| No Time To Play (feat. Ronnie Jordan & Dee C. Lee) | Guru | The Best Of Guru's Jazzmatazz | 4:54 |
| S & M Groove | Prince | Slaughterhouse | 5:08 |
| Homie | Jiva ft.Mr.Summatyme | Mixtape Volume One | 2:55 |
| Beat that my heart skipped | Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip | Recordings | 3:54 |
| Power | MC Paul Barman | Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud | 3:48 |
| Weight of the World | Pigeon John | SXSW 2008 Showcasing Artists | 3:38 |
| True Player For Real | MC Lars | This Gigantic Robot Kills | 3:33 |
| Positive Contact | Deltron 3030 | Deltron 3030 (reissue) | 4:42 |
| Sala | Washburn, Abigail & The Shanghai Restoration Project | Afterquake | 2:12 |
| Everything's Ruined | Faith No More | The Works | 4:35 |
| We're In This Together | Nine Inch Nails | The Fragile | 7:15 |
| Autumnsong | Manic Street Preachers | Send Away The Tigers | 3:40 |
| Little Brass Bear | Goodrich, Rachel | SXSW 2009 Showcasing Artists | 4:15 |
| Dirty Laundry | Bitter:Sweet | SXSW 2008 Showcasing Artists | 3:20 |
| Blinkandyou'llmissit! | Pepper, Bo | SXSW 2008 Showcasing Artists | 2:31 |
| There's Always Someone Cooler Than You | Folds, Ben | Supersunnyspeedgraphic, The LP | 4:11 |
| boom boom pow KUNG FU | K.Flay | MASHed Potatoes | 2:38 |
| A Thousand Words | Northern State | Dying In Stereo | 3:36 |
| Rock The Nation | Franti, Michael | Stay Human | 4:26 |
| Move By Yourself | Frankenreiter, Donavon | Move By Yourself | 5:16 |
| Rush | Big Audio Dynamite | Planet Bad Greatest Hits | 3:11 |
| I Believe I Can Fly | Me First & the Gimme Gimmes | Take a Break | 3:01 |
| Umbrella | Manic Street Preachers | NME Bonus Disc | 3:32 |
| Crazy In Love | Snow Patrol | n/a | 4:13 |
| Butterfly Thing | Donelly, Tanya | Whiskey Tango Ghosts | 3:21 |
| Beautiful (Aguilera) | The Lemonheads | Varshons | 3:45 |
| Pit Stop (Take Me Home) | Merriweather, Nathaniel | Lovage: Instrumentals | 3:58 |
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