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Audience Question

November 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Joe from Hawaii writes:

Everyone always seems to want to know what’s on the iPod of an Olympic athlete. I’d say running the 1/2 marathon qualifies you. So, what do you say? What are you listening too as you run? What’s on your iPod?

Well Joe, a lot of time and attention goes into the details of the preparation of an endurance athlete like myself. I am laughing on the inside following the end of that sentence. So, my iPod. A very eclectic, diverse, genre spanning, 3 decade covering sampling of the music that makes me tick. I have to admit, almost every song takes my mind somewhere else.  College, High school, friends, vacations, beaches, mountains, long hikes, days in solitude and days of celebration. I couldnt possibly explain it all. Trust me. This list worked. Wifey and I both carry the small iPod shuffle, so these play in no particular order.

I have listed the list below the fold.

I bet you have never seen these 42 songs together, 2.8 hours, (A buffer just in case, gives me the ability to skip songs and have plenty to go the distance.)

Mrs. RobinsonSimon & Garfunkel
If Everyone CaredNickelback
In the Blink of an EyeMercyMe
Silver ThunderbirdMarc Cohn
StrongtowerKutless
Come MondayJimmy Buffett
One Particular HarbourJimmy Buffett
Coconut TelegraphJimmy Buffett
You’re Worthy Of My PraiseJeremy Camp
Like a ChildJars of Clay
Here Is Our KingDavid Crowder*Band
If We Are the BodyCasting Crowns
Against the WindBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
I Can See Clearly NowBob Marley
Love Liberty DiscoNewsboys
HomesickMercyMe
Are You Listenin’ Lucky?Joe Ely
Stays in MexicoToby Keith
These DaysRascal Flatts
I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like YouLyle Lovett
Piece of WorkJimmy Buffett/Toby Keith
Walking in MemphisMarc Cohn
Life Is a HighwayTom Cochrane
City LoveJohn Mayer
Pencil Thin MustacheJimmy Buffett
Run-Around [Single Edit]Blues Traveler
Southern CrossJimmy Buffett
FloodJars of Clay
Mighty WingsCheap Trick
Untitleddc Talk
The UnforgivenMetallica
Me and Billy the KidJoe Ely
PhotographNickelback
Livingston Saturday NightJimmy Buffett
How You Remind MeNickelback
Sweet Home AlabamaLynyrd Skynyrd
Playing With the BoysKenny Loggins
Nothing Else MattersMetallica
Side of a BulletNickelback
RockstarNickelback
The Pascagoula RunJimmy Buffett
AnimalsNickelback

Tags: Friends · Running · pop culture

2 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Joe // Nov 2, 2008 at 2:56 am

    Nice mix of Jars and Jimmy. I always struggle to find the right tunes to run to. Some are spot on, but some make me run slow and others are just a hair faster than my body wants to go – usually leads to getting winded. Thanks for the insight and inspiration! Can’t wait to see the Jeep.

  • 2 Sean // Nov 3, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    For sprint work/intervals (do you do any sprint work?) try Rodrigo y Gabriela. Or even for hill work. Of course my running revolves around my 10 year old’s cross counrty training not marathons or mini’s. Our big distances are four and five mile’s, we ususally are under three and moving quickly. As Joe put it, this “usually leads to getting winded.” Thank God and Walgreens for my inhaler.

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