Chicago Marathon Soundtrack
Well, there won’t be any more posts about runs as the Marathon is this Sunday.
So, instead of a couple final posts about short runs that, at this point, aren’t really a big deal, I decided I’d list out the songs that are going to be on my iPod come Sunday.
During my training process, I’ve had lots of different songs on my iPod to try to help motivate me. These are the ones that “felt” the best while I was training and thus made the cut.
I aimed for roughly six hours of music as my goal in the Marathon is simply to finish and you’re given 6.5 hours from the time the gun goes off to get over the finish line and still be considered an “Official Finisher”.
I trimmed about 10 songs off the list as the time was close to seven hours by the time I was done. As is, it’s roughly 6.2 hours. Oh well, hopefully I won’t hear any repeats outside my “Power Song”. hehe
I’ll post about the race some time next week after I get back from Chicago.
~jed
p.s. A “Power Song” for an iPod is a song that you can trigger at any time during the run by pressing a button. It’s meant to pump you up and get you moving when you’re lagging. Here’s mine for Sunday:
~giggle~ God I love that song! Always makes me smile, which is why I chose it.
I’m a fan of Music in general, so here it is in all it’s random glory (in alphabetical order) :
- Accidentally in Love – Counting Crows
- Airplanes, Part II – B.o.B. Feat. Eminem & Hayley Williams
- Anxiety – Black Eyed Peas
- B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) – Outkast
- Bad Romance – Lady GaGa
- The Bad Touch – Bloodhound Gang
- The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead – Crash Test Dummies Feat. Ellen Reid
- Be Like That – 3 Doors Down
- Better Days – Goo Goo Dolls
- Black or White – Michael Jackson
- Blaze of Glory – Clipse Feat. Pharrell & Ab-Liva
- Bleed American – Jimmy Eat World
- Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas
- Born to Lead – Hoobastank
- Business – Eminem
- Cheeseburger in Paradise – Jimmy Buffett
- Come Sail Away – Me First & the Gimme Gimmes
- Comedown – Bush
- Comin’ From Where I’m From – Anthony Hamilton
- County Line – Sugarland
- Crash Into Me – Dave Matthews Band
- Dancing with Myself – Billy Idol
- Down in the Jungle – Monster Magnet
- Duck and Run – 3 Doors Down
- Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman) – Counting Crows
- Fuck You – Cee Lo Green
- Fans – Kings of Leon
- Feel Good Inc. – Gorillaz
- Fett’s Vette – MC Chris
- Find Yourself – Brad Paisley
- Fireman – Drag-On
- Fix You – Coldplay
- Full Nelson – Limp Bizkit
- Go Daddy-O – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
- Gold Digger – Kanye West Feat. Jamie Foxx
- Holiday – Madonna
- Hope – Sublime
- I’ll Be Around – Cee Lo Feat. Timbaland
- I’m on a Boat (Kevski Rock Remix) – The Lonely Planet
- I’m Still Here (Jim’s Theme) – John Rzeznik
- I’m Still Standing – Elton John
- I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
- I Am – Train
- I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
- I Hate Everything About You – Three Days Grace
- I Run to You – Lady Antebellum
- I Will Not Bow – Breaking Benjamin
- Let Me Clear My Throat – DJ Kool
- Lights, Camera, Action (Club Mix) – Mr. Cheeks Feat. Missy Elliot & P-Diddy
- A Long December – Counting Crows
- Lookin’ for a Good Time – Lady Antebellum
- Lose Yourself – Eminem
- Man in the Mirror – Michael Jackson
- Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby – Counting Crows
- My Buddy – G-Unit
- New Sensation – Train
- Next Episode – Dr. Dre Feat. Snoop Dogg
- Night Train – Cee Lo Green Feat. the Goodie Mob
- One Tribe – Black Eyed Peas
- Ordinary – Train
- Party Up in Here – DMX
- Pink – Aerosmith
- Prison Sex – Tool
- Rabbit Run – Eminem
- Rainbow Connection – Me First & the Gimme Gimmes
- Rap Game – D12
- Rollin’ (Urban Assault Vehicle) – Limp Bizkit
- Sabotage – The Beastie Boys
- Save Tonight – Eagle Eye Cherry
- Say – John Mayer
- Scotty Doesn’t Know – Lustra
- Settlin’ – Sugarland
- Showdown – Black Eyed Peas
- Soldier – Eminem
- Starry-Eyed Surprise – Paul Oakenfold Feat. Shifty Shellshock
- Stompdashitoutu – CNN & MOP
- Sugarland – Sugarland
- Teenage Dirtbag – Wheetus
- Thru Ya City – De La Soul
- ‘Till I Collapse – Eminem
- Travelling Without Moving – Jamiroquai
- Tribute – Tenacious D
- Unemployed Boyfriend – Everclear
- Upside Down – Jack Johnson
- Viva La Vida – Coldplay
- The Way You Move – Big Boi Feat. Sleepy Brown
- Weightless – All Time Low
- When Will They Shoot (Big Black Boots) – Ice Cube
- Wonderful – Everclear
- Yeah! – Usher/Lil Jon/Ludacris
- You’re the Best – Joe Esposito
- You Make Me Feel Like a Whore – Everclear
- 8 Mile – Eminem
I hope the pizza was good??
hi,
i am about to go through the same process as you did a year ago so I found your blog really inspiring! you did not however mention anything about the marathon itself…how was it?
thanks,
peteer
The marathon was hot. It was 80-90 degrees so it took me far longer to finish than I ever imagined. But, I did finish, so I’m happy ultimately.
I’m in the process of training for Marine Corp in October and I’m currently in week 13 of the Nike+ program. I used the half marathon program for a race last year and it seemed to serve me well. I’m feeling like this program is quite intense and I’m wondering if I should switch to another training plan. How well do you feel that this training program did? I see that you completed your marathon – congrats!
I’d say, if anything, you need it to be intense. The marathon itself was much harder than anything I did in the program. Even though I ran the longest runs of the program without any difficulty or issues after, the marathon itself kicked my butt. (Mainly due to the high temps that day that I wasn’t prepared for: 80-90 degrees.)
The program is there to get your body in shape and get your mind wrapped around the idea of running this type of distance. I think it does that very well. Just make sure you don’t fall prey to normal beginner mistakes and you should be fine.
Once it decides to cool down here (it’s been 90-110 all summer), I’ll be using their programs again to get back into running.