Cruel Running Songs
22-12-2005, 03:08 AM,
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Cruel Running Songs
Doubtless we all have some of our favourite, highly motivating running songs,
like the ubiquitous "Born To Run" of Bruce Springsteen, or Tina Turner's "Simply The Best", but while searching for suitable sings for my own collection I found a few doozies of the less-than-helpful kind. Actually, Tina Turner started all this with her dose of reality for would-be runners, "We Don't Need Another Hero".

There were a couple of other obvious ones, like Jackson Browne's "Running On
Empty" or Aretha Franklin's "Rescue Me", but I found a few other gems as well:

In Too Deep - Genesis
Out Of Time - Rolling Stones
What Kind Of Fool Am I - Sammy Davis Jr

or for the cynics:

King Of Wishful Thinking - Go West
Say Goodbye To It All - Chris De Burgh
Wishin' and Hopin' - Dionne Warwick

while the masochists would like:

1000 Miles Away - Hoodoo Gurus
Let's Go Round Again - Average White Band
Left Outside Alone - Anastasia

but my favourites would have to be the very sympathetic:

Fool (If You Think It's Over) - Chris Rea

and one that definitely suits me on long runs:

Resurrection Shuffle - Ashton Garner & Dyke.

Any others, music lovers?
Run. Just run.
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Cruel Running Songs - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 22-12-2005, 03:08 AM
Cruel Running Songs - by Sweder - 22-12-2005, 08:34 AM
Cruel Running Songs - by Seafront Plodder - 22-12-2005, 09:08 AM
Cruel Running Songs - by Sweder - 22-12-2005, 10:10 AM
Cruel Running Songs - by El Gordo - 22-12-2005, 10:52 AM
Cruel Running Songs - by Seafront Plodder - 22-12-2005, 03:55 PM
Cruel Running Songs - by Sweder - 22-12-2005, 07:18 PM
Cruel Running Songs - by El Gordo - 22-12-2005, 09:55 PM
Cruel Running Songs - by Seafront Plodder - 22-12-2005, 10:32 PM

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