Your favorite running music?

[MAJOR METAL]

Howdy friends

To our TB runners, what is your favorite music to listen to when running? Metallica seems to give me a little energy boost.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

A mix of rap and hard rock, mostly chosen for their pacing. I don't make changes to it almost ever; the pattern sort of lets me lose myself and not get distracted. Current list:
Flying Lotus- 1983 (warmup)
Aesop Rock- None Shall Pass
Coheed and Cambria- 10 Speed to God's Blood
House of Pain- Jump Around
Queens of the Stone Age- In The Fade
Eminem- Lose Yourself
Placebo- 36 degrees
Soundgarden- Mailman (slower for a slight rest)
Coheed and Cambria- Welcome Home
Mr. Lif- The Sun
Skrillex- Rock and Roll (either cooldown or kicks my butt to do extra)

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

The loneliness of the long distance runner

 

[BullFrogJR]

Among my favorites are anything by Rage Against the Machine, and Cake's "Going the Distance" (always gives me an extra kick).

But, without a doubt, the best music to run/work out to is the Rocky I and Rocky IV soundtracks.

 

[Dave W]

I like listening to metal when doing any kind of working out. My faves are:

Machine Head
Lamb of God
Disturbed

Mind you, I don't really like Disturbed otherwise.

 

[crikker]

Rush but not the long prog songs. Listen to them 90% of the time.
Foo Fighters, Megadeth, Slash/GnR, Maiden.

 

[Chipter]

Pantera - Walk

 

[EricF]

For me, it could be just about anything I enjoy at other times, as well. As long as I can focus on the song, it distracts me from the suffering of my body.

 

[bassman314]

Yackity Sax

 

[5StringBlues]

I never listened to music when I used to run. ( Wayyyyyyyyyyyy back when )



I did,however,used to listen to YES' Relayer album on my cool down walk afterwards.

 

[Freight Train]

Yackity Sax

That's a funny.

 

[Floridabwoy]

Some good nasty drum and bass like Noisia, pendulum, stakka n skynet, konflict, or ed rush and optical.

 

[6jase5]

I bought an ipod for the purpose of using it for running. I tried it 3 times and hated it. I could never deal with the cable just being anywhere and the feeling of the headphones in my ears. I tried a few pairs, no success. I also tend to like the sounds around me.

Not to hijack, but what phones do you guys use?

I'd be listening to Rush Moving Pictures or Primus Frizzle Fry.

 

[dlargent]

Cool thread! Running music is WAY different than the music I would normally listen to- here are my favorites:

Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water
Madonna - Confessions From the Dance Floor (Try it.)
Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement
Royksopp - Melody AM - especially the bonus disc

 

[Roy Vogt]

RTF Returns or Return of the Mothership by RTF IV. Matching cadence with Fusion keeps me pushing it!

 

[sevdog]

I think I'm weird. I eat, sleep, and breathe music. But I don't run with headphones, ever.

It's like my escape from music time...except I have done some long runs where I completely composed songs in my head...and then forgot it all before the end of the run.

 

[bassman314]

I think I'm weird. I eat, sleep, and breathe music. But I don't run with headphones, ever.

It's like my escape from music time...except I have done some long runs where I completely composed songs in my head...and then forgot it all before the end of the run.

I'm much the same way. Growing up, I ran out in farm country. Having the distraction of an earphone in your ear could be fatal.

These days? I live in a more sub-urban environ. Same issue.

 

[Rush-2112]

For obvious reasons...