Running Music Mix

I found a site with songs at 180 bpm for running. It's runningmusicmix.com. Here's what I found for songs to run by -- although many are unfamiliar to me, I think I'll check 'em out and perhaps download for my iPod.

1. Bang Bang / K'naan & Adam Levine / 181 bpm
2. A Praise Chorus / Jimmy Eat World / 185 bpm
3. The Boys of Summer / Don Henley / 177 bpm
4. Lose Yourself / Eminem / 172 bpm
5. Written In the Stars / Tinie Tempah / 182 bpm
6. Bad Ass / Aphrodite & Mickey Finn / 178 bpm
7. Bang Bang Bang / Mark Ronson & The Business Intl / 185 bpm
8. Golden Phone / Micachu / 180 bpm
9. Gold Guns Girls/ Metric / 182 pm
10. Moments of Lust (Featuring Vikter Duplaix) / DJ Marky, Vikter Duplaix & XRS / 178
11. Wolf Like Me / TV On the Radio / 177 bpm
12. Some Weird Sin / Iggy Pop / 183 bpm
13. Alone Again Or / Love / 177 bpm
14. Let's Get Lost / Elliott Smith / 181 bpm
15. I'm Not Okay / My Chemical Romance / 180 bpm
16. I Only Want You / Eagles Of Death Metal / 174 bpm
17. Dark Entries / Bauhaus / 147 bpm
18. Living La Vida Loca / Ricky Martin / 178 bpm
19. Turning Japanese / The Vapors / 179 bpm
20. Dancing With Myself / Billy Idol / 177 bpm
21. Good Intentions Paving Co. / Joanna Newsom / 175 bpm
22. Come Undone / Duran Duran / 174 bpm
23. I. O. U. / The Replacements / 182 bpm
24. Everlasting Light / The Black Keys / 180 bpm
25. To My Enemies / Saint Motel / 185 bpm
26. Panic in Detroit / David Bowie / 186 bpm
27. Hang On to Yourself / David Bowie / 177 bpm
28. Monkey Wrench / Foo Fighters / 175 bpm
29. Standing Next to Me / The Last Shadow Puppets / 184 bpm
30. Go! / Tones on Tail / 177 bpm

Run Until

Another hot day. The birds weren't even out. Just the sun.

I turned the fans on and made sure they were pointed towards the front of the treadmill. I warmed up for five minutes. Turned off the machine to reset it, and then started it back up.

Thirty minutes
5.5 miles per hour
299 calories
2.74 miles
Close to 10 minutes in VO2

I ran with Amy Macdonald, singing "But I will run until my feet no longer run no more. And I will kiss until my lips no longer feel no more. And I will love until my heart it breaks. And I will love until my heart it aches. And I will run until there is nothing more to live for."

I pressed on with one of my favorite running songs -- I Touch Roses by Book of Love. It bounces back and forth from my left ear to my right.

I ran to Madonna (of course).

I ran to the Streets of Fire soundtrack.

I ran and ran and ran.

And then I stopped.