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Updated September 10, 2009

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Songs for Tough Runs!

1. "Run the World (Girls)" - Beyonce, 2. "Ante Up" - MOP, 3. "Turn Me Loose" Madcon, 4. "Rusty Halo" The Script, 5. "Boom Boom Pow" Black Eyed Peas
—Guest FitConvert

I have to be mad

Calm like a bomb-ratm, headstrong-trapt, my last serenade- KsE, stillborn- zakk wylde, I stand alone- godsmack, what it is to burn-finch, fixation on the darkness-KsE
—Guest Chad

Top 20 Running Songs

1. Black-Eyed-Peas: Pump It 2. Rihanna: Disturbia 3. Pink: So What 4. Cake: The Distance 5. MIA: Paper Planes 6. Outkast: Hey Ya! 7. Enur: Calabria 8. Kid Cudi: Day n Nite 9. Muse: Uprising 10. Trey Songz: Bottoms Up 11. Missy Elliott: Work It 12. Nelly: Hot in Herre 13. Rihanna: Cheers 14. Eminem: Lose Yourself 15. Nicki Minaj: Super Bass 16. The Offspring: Come Out and Play 17. The Prodigy: Breathe 18. Kanye West: Stronger 19. Jerimih: Down on Me 20. Jay-Z: Big Pimpin
—Guest Shani

Rhett's Formula

1. Run On - Moby 2. Born Too Slow - Crystal 3. Lucid Dreams - Franz Ferdinand 4. Let Me Clear My Throat - DJ Kool 5. The Distance - Cake 6. Square One - Coldplay 7. Lose Yourself - Eminem 8. Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters 9. Requiem for a Dream - Clint Mansell 10. Galvanize - The Chemical Brothers 11. Stronger - KanYe West 12. Paper Planes - M.I.A. 13. Louder (feat. Sian Evans) - DJ Fresh 14. Knights of Cydonia - Muse 15. Float On - Modest Mouse 16. B.O.B. - Outkast 17. I Need a Dollar - Aloe Blacc 18. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley 19. Headstrong - Trapt 20. Rockafeller Shank - Fatboy Slim 21. Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna) - T.I. 22. Kids With Guns - Gorillaz 23. Faint - Linkin Park 24. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas 25. Supermassive Black Hole - Muse 26. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand 27. Let Your Game Speak - Michael Jordan Commecial theme
—Guest Rhett

Run, Baby, Run

Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani Paralyzer - Finger Eleven Monday Morning - Fleetwood Mac Breathe In, Breathe Out - Bush She - Green Day Call Me - Blondie Lump - Presidents of the United States Turning Japanese - The Vapors Sabotage - Beastie Boys Cocaine - Black Crowes All She Wants to Do is Dance - Don Henley Hot N Cold - Katy Perry What's Left of the Flag - Flogging Molly Wake Me Up - Evanescence Cecelia - Simon and Garfunkel Devil's Dance Floor - Flogging Molly Watch the World Die - Everclear
—Guest AmyMB

Songs to Run To

Change - Jon Waits, Only the Young - Journey, Panama - Van Halen, Don't Change - INXS, Rio - Duran Duran, Second Chance - Shinedown, and yes...the theme from Rocky...as corny as it sounds
—Guest Lisa O'Connor

Runnings Songs

1. Dancing with Myself - Billy Idol 2. Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes 3. Walkin on the Sun - Smash Mouth 4. Sheena is a Punk Rocker - Ramones 5. Rock Lobster - B52s 6. Hey Ya - Outkast 7. Sabatoge - Beastie Boys 8. Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N Roses 9. Break Ya Neck - Busta Rhymes 10. Fat Bottom Girls - Queen
—Guest Mitch Rhymer

Great running song

It may be a little fast, but totally motivating and cool for a dude... Runaway Baby by Bruno Mars.
—Guest gimmickthegnome

Running Music to Energize & Motivate

1. "Hard" - Rihanna 2. "C'mon n' Ride It" - Quad City DJs 3. "Pump It Up" - Joe Budden 4. "When I Grow Up" - Pussycat Dolls 5. "All I Do Is Win" - DJ Khaled 6. "Get By" - Talib Kweli 7. "Beggin" - Madcon 8. "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" - Jet 9. "Liar" - Madcon 10. "Pump It Up" - Elvis Costello
—Guest FitConvert

Running Songs

Follow me - uncle cracker Similey faces - Gnarks barkley Promiscous - nelly Furtado On the Floor - Jennifer Lopez/ Pit Bull Can't stop - Red hot chili peppers I love it ;-)
—Guest Fun

Hard Days Run

rediscovering the Beatles1 cd and finding every song is great for running. Even the songs I think of as quieter - Hey Jude or Eleanor Rigby - have a good beat and they get me singing along
—trice4

Top 5 running songs

These songs get me so pumped every time I hear them. Hopefully you guys enjoy them like I do when running. Wake Up - Rage Against the Machine Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers Another One Bites the Dust - Queen Kids - MGMT Aberdeen - Cage the Elephant
—Guest That guy you always see running

From one running chick to another

The Distance: Cake | Remember the Name: Fort Minor | 1234: Coolio | Time to Win: Down With Webster | Til I Collapse: Eminem | Rump Shaker: Wreckx N Effect | Lose Yourself: Eminem | My Chick Bad: Ludacris | If You Only Knew: Shinedown | Crazy Bitch: Buckcherry | 3: Britney Spears | Mercy: Duffy | Gonna Make You Sweat: C&C Music Factory | Lit Up: Buckcherry | Hip Hop Hooray: Naughty By Nature | Rollin': Limp Bizkit | Can't Stop Won't Stop: Young Gunz | Carry Out: Timabalind/Timberlake Just a few!
—Guest Kelly

Top 10 Favorite Running Songs

Do You Remember- Jay Sean Don't Rain On My Parade- Glee Cast Tonight I'm Lovin You- Enrique Iglesias Four Minutes- Madonna I Do Not Hook Up- Kelly Clarkson My Life Would Suck Without You- Glee Cast Only Girl- Rihanna Safety Dance- Glee Cast Smile (Lily Allen)- Glee Cast Whatya Want From Me- Adam Lambert
—Guest Kim

current running playlist

Sometimes I order them, usually they're just on shuffle: Kiss With A Fist - Florence + the Machine Pump It - Black Eyed Peas The Rockafeller Skank - Fatboy Slim Fascination (Bimbo Jones Remix) - Alphabeat Do Your Thing - Basement Jaxx Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Cold War - Janelle Monae Forget You - CeeLo Green Tightrope - Janelle Monae All I Do Is Win - DJ Khaled If We Ever Meet Again - Timbaland Lookin Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To - Weezer Church - T-Pain Travelin' Band - CCR Callin' Baton Rouge - Garth Brooks Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap Till I Collapse - Eminem & Nate Dogg
—Guest sara

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