Climbing and Running
7 marathons. 7 continents. 7 years.
Great Running Songs
August 12, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · 3 Comments
So many … here’s a few for today: (Special Thanks to YJ for her inspiration for getting this down in writing!) 
(And I need to keep remembering to link back to other sites that are referenced
- Beautiful Day (U2), always the first the start a marathon
- I Won’t Back Down (Petty), inspirational
- Californication (RHCP), its California!
- Born to Run (Springsteen), need I say more!
- Blue Sky Mine (Midnight Oil), great beat
- Allison Road (Gin Blossoms), true running
- Are You Still Having Fun (Eagle Eye Cherry), upbeat and self-explanatory
- Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits), a long mindless song
- White Flag (Dido), most inspirational
- Mr. Jones (Counting Crows), beat and more beat
- Peace of Mind (Boston), flashbacks!
- Take it as it Comes (Doors), you have to run fast with this
- Shakin (Foreigner), the first few notes push you!
- Miracles (Jefferson Starship), great long song for long stretches
- Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin), nanaanaaa etc.!
- Long May Your Run (Neil Young), perfect running and car song
- Green Grass and High Tides (Outlaws), the best running song for length and tempo
- Revolution (Pretenders), motivational
- Don’t Stop Me Know (Queen), the second best running song, starts and ends strong
- Changes (Yes), great guitar licks and lyrics (“I’m moving through some changes …”)
- Because The Night (10,000 Maniacs), tempo, tempo, tempo
- Full Force Gale (Van Morrison), high energy song and windy
- Time For Me To Fly (REO Speedwagon), a true running and moving along song
- Band On The Run (Paul McCartney), love the second half
- Bang and Blame (R.E.M.), beatful tune
- I Need A Lover (Pat Benatar), lyrics and melody and tempo great
- Black Horse and The Cherry Tree (KT Tunstall), can’t help but run fast to this one
- It’s Gonna Get Better (Genesis), always motivating
- Stand Or Fall (The Fixx), defiant!
- Alison (Elvis Costello), another Alison song (must be a back-story and there is)
- Take It Easy (Eagles), a very happy strumming song
- Got It Made (CSN), meaningful – very meaningful
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HEY thanks alot for the songs, i recentley lost 100 pounds and im planning to run a marathon next year. i run anywhere from 10 to 18 miles a day.
I really enjoyed this post and used it as a great source to create a list of my own with links and genre organization! I compiled 300+ songs organized across the genres of Pop, Rock, Rap, Classic Rock, and Instrumental. All songs have iTunes links so you can download easily. If you need more songs take a look!
http://themotivatedrunner.com/songs/
Hi Jack, Glad that you like it as well and checked out your (much more!) complete list. I was very impressed that you linked almost all the songs to iTunes – that takes a ton of work! It also reminded me that it has been almost two and a half years since I updated the list and are missing a huge chunk or more current hits (or variety in some cases!
. Keep running and staying in stride! All the best, Mitch