The Proper Music

Thinking about my first 5k, my attention was turned to music. I have a playlist to which I run called the Ultimate Workout Mix. I have over 100 songs in there and its basically a best-of from my music collection. The stuff that makes me move. For a 5K however, 100+ songs is bit of overkill so I thought I'd condense it to about 45 minutes of music. For one, I thought it would be great to narrow it down to the songs that are really moving me right now. Also, I thought it would be a great way to keep pace during the race. The final playlist is 46.3 minutes. If I run out of music during the race... well, I'll think about how to express my shame on this blog when I have to. Right now, the objective is clear.

Here is the final playlist. Two things: 1) I'm a metal guy. If you don't know who some of these bands are, think metal. 2) This is not a list of my favorite songs. They are just the songs that are motivating me to run right now. They tend to change.

Sabotage - The Beastie Boys

Breed to Breathe - Napalm Death

Fuel - Metallica

Eye of the Tiger - Survivor (Having this song on your running playlist should be a law!)

The Heretic Anthem - Slipknot

Going the Distance - Bill Conti (Also from the Rocky soundtrack)

Wolverine Blues - Entombed

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner - Iron Maiden 

'Till I Collapse - Eminem featuring Nate Dog

Not Listening - Papa Roach

Move Along - The All-American Rejects

Don't Stop Believing - Journey

Hopefully, somewhere in the middle of not stopping to believe, I will cross the finish line. It is recommended to focus on finishing during your first race, not some finishing time. However, I think I have trained well enough to run this race comfortably within that time frame without over-doing it.