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Corny Running Songs

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on January 26, 2015
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So after a few years of running with the same songs on my iPod / iPhone I recently researched running songs for motivation.  Boy did I hit the jackpot.  Check out these corny songs that will help with your running motivation!  I thought I would post the most common ones I found…

 

  • “Gonna Fly Now – Bill Conti (from Rocky)
  • “Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
  • “Strong Enough” – Cher
  • “One Step at a Time” – Jordin Sparks
  • “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” – Michael Jackson
  • “Video Killed the Radio Star” –  The Buggles
  • “Believe It or Not” – Joey Scarbury (from The Greatest American Hero)
  • “Eye of the Tiger” – Survivor (from Rocky III)
  • “Jessie’s Girl” – Rick Springfield
  • “Born to Be Wild” – Steppenwolf
  • “Firework” – Katy Perry
  • “Call Me Maybe” – Carly Rae Jepsen
  • “Nothin’s Gonna Stop Us Now” – Starship
  • “Boyfriend” – Justin Bieber
  • “I’m Sexy and I Know It” – LMFAO
  • “Come on Eileen” – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
  • “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill Me)” – Kelly Clarkson
  • “The Climb” – Miley Cyrus
  • “Take On Me” – AHA
  • “Hungry Like the Wolf” – Duran Duran
  • “Man in Motion” – John Parr
  • “The Final Countdown” – Europe
  • “Let It Go” – Idina Menzel (from Frozen) – YOU KNEW IT HAD TO BE THERE!!!
  • Livin’ On A Prayer” – Bon Jovi
  • You’re the Best”  – Joe Esposito (from Karate Kid)
  • “Walking on Sunshine” – Katrina & the Waves
  • “Summer of ’69” – Bryan Adams
  • “Shake It Off” – Taylor Swift
  • “Take Me Home Tonight” – Eddie Money
  • “Stronger” – Britney Spears
  • “Jump” – Van Halen
  • “Best Day of My Life” – American Authors

 

Do You Want to Run a Marathon?

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on December 30, 2014
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She wrote “Do You Want to Run a Marathon” to the great Frozen hit, “Do You Want To Build A Snowman”! This is fantastic!

Will Run for Ears

As Goofy quickly (a little too quickly) approaches, I find myself waking up earlier and earlier…almost as if my body is prepping me for the God awful early morning wake up calls.  How do I occupy my time in the hours until my husband wakes up?  I rewrite Disney songs to apply to running!  Off the success of “A Whole New Run” I give you “Do You Want to Run a Marathon?” (based off of “Do You Want to Build a Snowman,” you know, in case you’ve been living under a rock and didn’t get the reference).

Do you want to run a marathon?
Come on let’s go and train!
I never see you anymore
Run out the door
It’s like I’ve gone away!
We used to be run buddies
And now we’re not
But it’s only a “few” more miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiles
Do you want to run a marathon?
It kinda…

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17 Things Running Teaches You About Life

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on April 19, 2013
Posted in: Quotes, Running. Tagged: , , , , , .

A fellow running blogger, Rachel of Running Races Coast to Coast, posted this today.  I liked it so much, I had to post it for others to see.

1. To be good at anything, you have to put in the time and effort no matter how talented you are.

2. Your abilities and someone else’s abilities are not the same. Do the best that YOU can do.

3. If winning is your objective, realize that you have to work 10 times harder than the next best person.

4. No matter how hard you work and how prepared you are, disappointments will happen.

5. The most gratifying experiences usually come as a result of enduring the most painful trials.

6. To be great at anything, you have to risk failing terribly at it.

7. A lot of people endure the same pains that you do.

8. If you focus on putting one foot in front of the other, you will eventually reach the finish line.

9. You cannot reach the finish line unless you start.

10. The mind is a very powerful thing. If you can train your mind to keep going even when your body wants to quit, you can achieve some incredible things.

11. Learning the difference between physically being unable to continue and giving up.

12. Accepting that every day is different — some days 5 miles is really easy, other days it feels like a cruel punishment.

13. Pace yourself.

14. You cannot give 100%, 100% of the time.

15. Sometimes you need a day off, a day off from everything.

16. The worst time, the slowest pace, the last person to finish the race is still better off than the person who refused to try.

17. Even if you fall, even if you cannot finish today, you can and should pick yourself up and try again tomorrow.