Monica

I had a 30 min power beats work out playlist but somehow Tidal no longer wanted to play it so I had to shuffle my ‘Rock’ playlist. These were songs that awkwardly shaped my teenage years. God I felt like I was too cool for school back then, now I just feel old. There was no thought back then that I would be listening to these songs whilst training for a marathon.

Shuffle. Play. Run.

Somebody Told Me (The Killers) – Ah good song to kickstart with. Good intro to get the feet moving. I wasn’t really into the Killers and I think I was already in the US when this came out. This is still a song anyone would sing to if it came on.

Chop Suey (System of a Down) – Yes, not quite my favourite System of a Down song. ‘Sugar’ would have been my personal fave. Sugar blew my mind. Not as popular as Chop Suey.

Icky Thump (The White Stripes) – I would eat up anything that The White Stripes whipped up. Not quite 180 bpm but good for a Tempo Run.

Stupid Girl (Garbage) – The moment this came on – I automatically felt as if Shirley Manson was directly referring to me. ‘You pretend you’re high. Pretend you’re bored. Pretend you’re anything. Just to be adored.’ I absolutely love Garbage!

Welcome to the Jungle (Guns N Roses) – Good ol’ Axl Rose. I automatically ran faster.

Passenger (Deftones) – Love Deftones/Love Maynard but had to skip this… too slow.

Song 2 (Blur) – The music video for Song 2 turned some of our worlds upside down back then.

Breathe (Prodigy) – Yes! This brings out something in anybody who listens to it. You can feel your soul leave your body for about 5 minutes. I ran even faster. Psychosomatic addict insane.

All in the Family (Korn) – I knew every single word but I was horrified that I listened to this and thought I was cool. Explicit Lyrics. Dear God. There will be no Korn in our car anytime soon. Yikes.

Intergalactic (Beastie Boys) – There is nothing like the Beastie Boys. I also knew every word and rapped it all the way home. They say run whilst having a comfortable conversation, what about run whilst rapping to the Beastie Boys?

Music is definitely an awesome running buddy that elevates my running mood and sometimes makes me run faster. But I’ve learnt not to run with it during big city races. I will rely on the crowd and atmosphere instead.

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