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Updated September 10, 2009

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Current PlayList

I love hip hop with a trickle of this and that to run with so here goes: Black Eyed Peas -Let's Get It Started -Pump It -Boom Boom Pow LL Cool J -Mama Said Knock You Out -Control Myself -I'm Bad OutKast -Hey Ya -The Way You Move Ludacris -How Low -What's Your Fantasy -My Chick Bad Rob Base - It Takes Two Flo-Rida -Low Chris Brown -Kiss Kiss Usher -Yeah -OMG Public Enemy -Fight the Power Pink -Get the Party Started
—Littefoot

my favourites

30 Seconds To Mars - Closer to the edge, Abba - Gimme gimme gimme, Alphabeat - Fascination, Caesars - Jerk it out, Carl Douglas - Kung fu fighting, Elvis Presley Junkie XL - A little less conversation, Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere, Glasvegas - Geraldine, Kelly Rowland ft. Freemasons - Work it, M.I.A. - Paper planes, Metro Station - Seventeen forever, Queen - Don't stop me now, Ricky Martin - She bangs, The Fratellis - Chelsea dagger, The Killers - All these things that I've done, Will.I.Am - I got it from my mama. Enjoy! x
—Guest Lana

Run till your ears bleed

alice in chains-man in the box black eyed peas-boom boom pow linkin park-no more sorrow cypress hill-insane in the membrane disturbed-indestructable drowning pool-bodies evanessance-wake me up house of pain-jump arround limp bizkit-behind blue eye metallica-one ozzy ozzborne-killer of gaints p.o.d.-boom! papa roach-last resort rammstien-duhast real life-send me an angel rob zombie-iorn head rob zombie-never gonna stop saliva-click click boom soft cell-tainted love system of a down-b.y.o.b. three days grace-roit trapt-headstrong
—Guest cviers112

Top 15 Songs for Jogging/Power-walking

these songs cover a wide variety of genres, there's something to please everyone. 1. We are all prostitutes - Adam Sky vs. Mark Stewart 2. Just Seventeen - Approaching Nirvana 3. 100eme Etage Remix - Vegastar 4. One Night In Bangkok - Vinyl Shakerz 5. Gives You Hell - All American Rejects 6. Tricky Disco - Discotronic 7. What About Us - ATB 8. Shakespeare - Akala 9. Don't Trust Me (Blake Jarrell Remix) 3OH!3 10. Lights (Dream Dubstep Remix) - Ellie Goulding 11. Yeah (Ragga Remix) - Usher 12. I'm So Excited - Le Tigre 13. Tenderoni - Kele 14. She's So Lovely - Scouting for Girls 15. Crushcrushcrush (Slofman Remix) - Paramore
—Guest LR

Summer Mix

(Run this town- JayZ)(Get on your boots-U2)(Lateralus- Tool)(Shipping up to Boston- Dropkick Murphies)(Vertigo-U2)(No one knows-Queens of the stone age)(Party up-DMX)(Ladies and Gentlemen- Saliva)(Bodies- Drowning Pool)(BYOB- System of a down)(Smack my bitch up- Prodigy)(Bleed it out- Linkin Park)(Bombtrack- Rage against the machine)(Welcome to Jamrock- Damian Marley) Just about any Tool or Rage against the machine song works for me!
—Guest Branden

I love rock

Run to the hills - iron maiden running with the devil - van halen don't stop me now - queen for whom the bell tolls - metallica the pretender - foo fighters little less conversation - elvis presley elevation - u2 heaven and hell - black sabbath detroit rock city - kiss saints of los angeles - motley crue even flow - pearl jam crazy train - ozzy osbourne jump - van halen
—Guest Greg Osoria

Rock running songs

Disturbed- indestructable, Tokio hotel- Humanoid, flyleaf - Again, Godsmack - i sTAND ALONE, jem - 24, shrek soundtrack - holding up for a hero lol, Muse - Hysteria.
—Guest Flora

Current Playlist

I change up a lot. This is what's on my list currently: #1 - Nelly, 3 Sheets To The Wind (What's My Name) - Kid Rock, Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas, Cricket On A Line - Colt Ford, Devil Without A Cause - Kid Rock, E.I. - Nelly, Get It Poppin (Featuring Nelly) - Fat Joe, Hello Good Morning (feat. T.I.) - Diddy - Dirty Money, Hey Ya! (Radio Mix/Club Mix) - OutKast, It's Tricky - Run-DMC, Keep Away - Godsmack, Monsta' Mack - Sir Mix-A-Lot, My Way - Limp Bizkit, No Stress - Laurent Wolf, Play The Game - Motorhead, Pocketful of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield, Pump It - Black Eyed Peas, Shake Ya Tailfeather - Nelly, P. Diddy, Murphy Lee, Stand Together - Beastie Boys, Stop the Rock - Apollo 440, Stronger (A-Trak Remix) - Kanye West, Unbelievable - EMF, Wat Da Hook Gon Be - Murphy Lee, What's Luv - Ja Rule Ashanti, Work It - Nelly,
—Guest - B-Miller

5k Mix

Heels over Head(Boys Like Girls), Anthem for Tonight(Halifax), Hit or Miss(New Found Glory), Semi-Charmed Life(Third Eye Blind), Entertainment(Rise Against), Be Still and Breathe(Ivoryline), Stolen from Some Great Writer(Spitalfield)
—Guest Hurdler47

My favorite running songs

OMG-Usher, Bulletproof-La Roux, Gotta Feeling-Black Eyed Peas, Carryout-Timbaland and Justin Timberlake, and any song by Taylor Swift.
—Guest Jason

energy boost

Primetime - Sexcrime by the Earphones (I think) I have no idea what this song is about - it came already on my mp3 player - but it has the best get-up-and-go rhythm. Whenever it comes up it gives me an energy boost.
—Guest Trice

old and new

Electronic: Let's Make it Happen | The Strokes: Last Night | Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Maps | Franz Ferdinand: The Fallen | The Prodigy: Smack My Bitch Up | Bee Gees: Jive Talkin' (surprisingly good!) | Stone Roses: I Wanna Be Adored | Dinosaur Jr: Feel the Pain | Chemical Brothers: Setting Sun
—Guest Smote

Sth I run with

Don't give it up - Chicane ft Bryan Adams; Addicted - Serge Devant; Speed Up - Funkerman; Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix) - Morgan Page feat Lissie; Tick Tock - Kesha; No Stress - Laurent Wolf; Get up - Stellar Project; Wow - Kylie Minogue; Step Up - Samantha Jade; Amazing - Inna.
—Guest Doris

My Rockin' Runnin' Tunes

Beautiful Day, Runnin' Down A Dream, Kryptonite, Born To Be Wild (Adam Lambert version), Get On Your Boots, Call Me, Middle of the Road, Edge of Seventeen, Vertigo, Takin' Care of Business, What I Like About You, Going The Distance, Elevation, For Your Entertainment, Holding Out for A Hero, Fever, You Give Love A Bad Name, Runnin' For The Red Light, Rebel Yell, Back in Black, Born to Run, Pump it Up, Money For Nothing, One More Time, Because of You, Super Freak, Bad Case Of Lovin' You, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Life During Wartime, Theme from Chariots of Fire, Learning To Fly, New Years Day, White Wedding, T.N.T, Gonna Fly Now, Satisfaction, Jumpin' Jack Flash
—Dave_The_Healthnut

Police and U2

Police-When the world is running down you make the best of what's still around; Message in a bottle; Driven to tears. U2-Breathe, Magnificant, Sunday bloody Sunday, I still haven't found what I'm looking for.
—Guest chuck

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