Listening to the right music which has a tempo similar to my running stride gives me an ability to ‘cheat’ / ‘hack’ my body. I know, this isn’t a revelation, but I was surprised by how well it worked. So here is what I’ve done:
- Marathon Goal: 4 hrs => 240 min
- Typical Song Length: 3 min
- Total Songs In Playlist: 80
Here are the songs that I am going to put on my playlist to listen to during the marathon. I’m going to post them here as I find new ones. As you have probably already guessed, yes there are going to be 80 of them before October 12th.
- “Burn Burn” by Lostprophets <listen>
- “The House Is Rocking” by Stevie Ray Vaughan <listen>
- “Wonderful Night (feat Lateef)” by Fatboy Slim <listen>
- “Don’t Let The Man” by Fatboy Slim <listen>
- “This Fire” by Franz Ferdinand <listen>
- “Micheal” by Franz Ferdinand <listen>
- “Come on Home” by Franz Ferdinand <listen>
- “Quicksand” by Incubus <listen>
- “Dig” by Incubus <listen>
- “Anna Molly” by Incubus <listen>
- “Love Hurts” by Incubus <listen>
- “Paper Shoes” by Incubus <listen>
- “Pendulous Threads” by Incubus <listen>
- “For Sure” by Lostprophets <listen>
- “Voices of the Voiceless” by Rage Against the Machine <listen>
- “Down Rodeo” by Rage Against the Machine <listen>
- “Scratch-N-Sniff” by Stevie Ray Vaughen
- “Lis teba” by Tatu
- “Understanding in a Car” by Thursday
- “A Hole in the World” by Thursday
- “Signals Over The Air” by Thursday
- “War All The Time” by Thursday
- “I’m Slowly Turning Into You” by The White Stripes
- “A Martyr For My Love” by The White Stripes
- “You’ve Got A Change” by Bad Religion
- “Fake Frown” by Death Cab For Cutie
- “Summersong” by The Decemberists
- “The Bachelor and the Bride” by The Decemberists
- “The Sharpest Lives” by My Chemical Romance
- Anberlin – Ready Fuels
- Anberlin – Baby Please Come Home
- Arctic Monkeys – The View From the 4Afternoon
- Arctic Monkeys – From The Ritz To The Rubble
- Arctic Monkeys – Certain Romance (ehh not great)
- Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The 8Dancefloor (too fast)
- Breaking Benjamin- Dairy of Jane (not great)
- KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See (not bad)
- Linkin Park – Papercut (good beat)
- Linkin Park – A Place For My Head (not bad)
- Motion city soundtrack – Everything is allright (Fast but Good?)
- New Found Glory – All Downhill From Here: Relaid Audio, Closed Captioned
- New Found Gloty – Hit or Miss (Waited Too Long)
- New Found Gloty – Dressed to Kill
- New Found Glory – It’s Not Your Fault
- New Found Glory – Hold My Hand
- Nickelback – Animals (Excellant!)
- Nickelback – Side Of A Bullet
- Panic at the Disco – The Only Difference Between Martrdom and Suicide is Press Convereage
- Panic at the Disco – London Beckoned Songs About Mone Written By Machines
- Panic at the Disco – I Write Sins Not Tragedies
- Panic at the Disco – Nails For Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks
- Relient K – I Need You
- Relient K – Come Right Out and Say It
- Relient K – Devastation And Reform
- Relient K – I’m Taking You With Me
- Woflmother – Woman
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