Running Play List

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On a side note that is not at all related to cooking, I am getting ready for my first half marathon next week.  I am making my play list.  I know, I know.  I should not be listening to music while I run a race; I should be enjoying being a part of the race.  The yogic side of me totally agrees with you.  However, my quadriceps disagree with you.  My quads do much better when they have something to motivate them.  This time, my quads win.

Anyway, this is what I am thinking about.  Clearly (hopefully!) too many songs.  Lots of Green Day and Avett Brothers.  Don't judge me too much for the Justin Timberlake.  We all have our secrets.  Besides, it makes me want to run. 

So, what do you listen to when you run?  Seriously.  I am always looking for new music.


A-Punk
Vampire Weekend

Jejune Stars
Bright Eyes
Ambling Alp
Yeasayer

Kick Drum Heart
The Avett Brothers
American Idiot
Green Day

Kingdom of Rust
Doves
At the Beach
The Avett Brothers

Know Your Enemy
Green Day
Basket Case
Green Day

Ladies of Cambridge
Vampire Weekend
Bite Hard
Franz Ferdinand

Long May You Run
Emmylou Harris
Bloodbuzz Ohio
The National

A Manner to Act
Ra Ra Riot
Calamity Song
The Decemberists

Marathon Not a Sprint
Camera Obscura
Calling and Not Calling My Ex
Okkervil River

Mardy Bum
Arctic Monkeys
Caroline
Old Crow Medicine Show

Minority
Green Day
Chin Up, Cheer Up
Ryan Adams

Moab
Conor Oberst
Colorshow (Live)
The Avett Brothers

O Valencia!
The Decemberists
Criminal
Fiona Apple

Peacemaker
Green Day
The Dark of the Matinée
Franz Ferdinand

Pretty Girl from San Diego
The Avett Brothers
Darts of Pleasure
Franz Ferdinand

Pumped Up Kicks
Foster the People
The Distance
Cake

Raised By Wolves
Voxtrot
Dying Is Fine
Ra Ra Riot

Sausalito
Conor Oberst
The Echoes of Time
The Smiles and Frowns

Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes
Everlasting Light
The Black Keys

SexyBack
Justin Timberlake
Fireworks
The Whitest Boy Alive

She's A Rebel
Green Day
Fluorescent Adolescent
Arctic Monkeys

Sometimes In the Fall
Phoenix
Forget the Flowers
Wilco

Spiders
Moby
Go to Sleep
The Avett Brothers

Stickshifts And Safetybelts
Cake
Good Days Bad Days
Kaiser Chiefs

Take Me I'm Yours
Squeeze
Good Life
OneRepublic

Tales of Coming News
The Avett Brothers
Got My Mojo Workin'
Muddy Waters

Tell It to Me
Old Crow Medicine Show
Head On
Jesus And Mary Chain

This Year
The Mountain Goats
Holiday
Green Day

Tighten Up
The Black Keys
Home
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Waiting for a War
The Morning Benders
Honey
Moby

What She Came For
Franz Ferdinand
Howlin' for You
The Black Keys

Will You Return
The Avett Brothers
If It Hadn't Been For Love
Adele

Wrecking Force
Voxtrot
Ik Wil Alleen Maar Zwemmen
Spinvis

You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover
Bo Diddley
Jackass
Green Day

You're So Damn Hot
Ok Go


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