♪ Workout Playlist: Songs about Running

It's a running playlist! Credit: timtak

Whether you’re training for a marathon, sprinting to a lover or running from the cops, this hodge-podge running playlist will get you moving. And with a total run time (run time…get it?) of just less than 37 minutes, it’s the perfect running workout length!

Warm-up

(4:00) Running, No Doubt: Our love for Gwen continues. Warm up with a slow walk, picking up the pace during the choruses.

Start running
(3:31) Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen: Although I was not born to run, this tune is perfect for building up to a jog, whether you’re a beginner runner or an Olympic athlete.

(3:51) Ready to Run, Dixie Chicks: When the Dixie Chicks are ready ready ready ready to run, you should run faster, too.

(3:39) Let’s Get It Started, Black Eyed Peas: Let the chorus be your guide. Get a sprint started when the Peas want to “get it started in here” and recover between the choruses.

(3:50) Play, David Banner: Be warned, the explicit version is explicit. Steady song for maintaining your pace.

(3:25) Break My Stride, Blue Lagoon: This version’s a little more fast-paced than the original, so feel free to pick up the pace again.

(4:22) Runnin’ Down a Dream, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Recover from your last push for the first half of this song, then pick up the pace again. It just wouldn’t be a running playlist without this one!

(2:15) Run For Your Life, The Beatles: Pick up the momentum here for a minute, then recover before your last push.

(3:17) Police On My Back, The Clash: Pick up the pace for the last time here, pushing yourself when they start listing all the days of the week they run.

Cool down
(4:35) Run, Collective Soul: Slow it down, ending on with a walk. Pat yourself on the back for a run well done!

What would you add to this running playlist? Any of your favorite songs about running that we missed? —Erin