Being really lazy but....

[OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere]

I have this 10k run to do on Sunday.
I need an Ipod full of music to get me round.
At this stage I should point out that I will be two days off 45, a mother of five and knackered when I attempt it.

But attempt it I will in raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust (thank you to everyone who has sponsered me).

SO.... I need plenty of songs. Two fast ones, one slower, two fast, one slower for up to two hours (I am not overly optomistic re time scales).

I like rock, reggae, blues, jazz and indie type.

I dont like pop (stuff like Take That makes me stabby and may cause me to run into a lamp post).

Can you opinionated lot help me out? How many and what and in what order.

Fix You by Cold Play will need to be at the end because when I am flagging that will get me to the finish. It is the oncology mum's anthem.

I am frankly terrified.

Help me MNers please?

I am going to sort the DCs out. I will be back soon. So if you could have it sorted by then I would be very pleased. thank you very much

Most of Queen - boy are back in town type of thing, Bon Jovi?

I find Livin On The Edge by Aerosmith and Good Ones by The Kills (Kate Moss's husband's band) always spur me on when I'm running. They both have nice steady rhythms.

Also, Over and Over by Hot Chip.

I have loads more but I can't think of them right now.

you need things with a good steady beat.. rock is perfect, and a lot of 80's stuff is good if you dont mind that

these are some of the songs I have on my iPod for the treadmill at the gym

kiss - i was made for loving you
journey - dont stop believing
whitesnake - here i go again
audioweb - bankrobber
flashdance
come on eileen
every breath you take
dont go - yazoo

Fighter by Christina Aguilera.

Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams.

You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi.

I can't believe you put this in AIBU. Tut tut.

Loving some of these.

I will shame myself by singing along wont I

10k? 2 hours? Bah! I'll give you 75 mins max!

1. Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
2. Bat out of Hell - Meat Loaf
3. Songbird- Eva Cassidy

Is that the sort of thing? I used to do quick, quick slow with 10k playlists too

What are your views on 80s power ballads?!

I know, I know but who looks anywhere else on a wet Monday evening?
AIBU is the place to be innit>

Bat out of Hell

I can cope with a few power ballads. I was a teen in the 80s after all...

First Picture of You by the Lotus Eaters

Simply the Best by Tina Turner for the moment at which you start flagging. Otherwise, I tend to run to stuff like the Pussycat Dolls, Rihanna, Shakira etc. And I fantasise about looking like them if only I run fast enough and far enough. As an incentive, it works for me, even if I am bring delusionsl... Good luck!

Train- drive by makes me walk really fast for some reason.

Creed- higher and my sacrafice

Metallica- whiskey in the jar

Good luck mrsD xx

Ooh oooh T'Pau's China in Your Hand!

Ac/dc- you shook me all night long (just because my 3yo dd rocks out to it)

Def leppard- pour some sugar on me.

Meatloaf- paradise by the dashboard light and YY to bat out of hell.

Nickleback- photograph

We Are Young by Fun, annoyingly catchy but makes my foot tap when I hear it

Born to Run- Springsteen

Good luck!

Anything off the rocky soundtrack, really cliched but all my running playlists have some rocky stuff on, it just helps and they have nice 80's steady beats.

Thank you, thank you.
I need to set OH onto Itunes and get him downloading.

Any good punk/new wave suggestions?

Muse "supermassive black hole"
Heart "Alone"
She who sang "Black velvet"
Metallica "sandman"

Will try and think of more

I currently run to:

Queen don't stop me now
U2 Angel of Harlem and Beautiful Day
Irene Cara Fame
Kenny Loggins Fooloose
Kenny and Dolly Islands in the Stream
Alisha Keyes Empire State of Mind
Elvis Costello Alison and Shipbuilding
Steve Harley/Cockney Rebel:Come Up and see Me
Rod Stewart Maggie May
Chicago: Hard Habit to Break
Bonny Tyler: Total Eclipse of The Heart

Sorry they're lame, but they get me round. I hope you raise loads of dosh!

Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers. Gets you into a good rhythm.
Chariots of Fire - of course.
Eye of the Tiger - for pure cheese to cheer you up.
Rolling in the deep - again helps set a rhythm.
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac, to chase you along a bit.

Best of luck.

Alannah Myles sang Black Velvet , off to have a nosy at dhs i-pod. Dds have taken mine over with Bruno Mars and 1D (see how they make me spell it!!)

Slightly off topic: I worry about runners not being able to hear if they are listening to music while running. Can you still hear traffic, etc while listening to music?

Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon
Walk - Foo Fighters
Sweet Child of Mine - Guns n Roses

Oh, and GOOD LUCK!

Earthquake - Labrynth