My Awesome Half Marathon Playlist

Last year I create a new playlist to pump me up for the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, so I thought it would only be fitting to create a new one for this year’s HALF MARATHON. A study published in 2010 discovered a direct correlation between fast-paced music and athletic performance. Apparently, the speed of the music (measured by bpm) influences the pace that you run. For instance, if you run a 5:38/km or a 9:00/mile (my goal pace for the half marathon) you should listen to songs that are 160 bpm such as Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” and so forth.

Tip: Running at half rate also works well. For example, 80 bpm can be used for 8 min/mile. You just run double pacing.

Now I only half believe this because c’mon, there is no music that is fast enough to make me run a 4 min mile no matter how hard I wish for that to happen! But I’m totally a music person and I cannot run without it so I did what any sane runner does while tapering… I made myself a new AWESOME marathon playlist and now I’m going to make you suffer through reading the entire 26 song, 122 minute list…. 

1. Bad Blood by Taylor Swift (170bpm – let’s start this half marathon FAST!)
2. Fight Song by Rachel Platton (2 x 88bpm – another fast one)
3. Geronimo by Sheppard (148 bpm)
4. Anaconda Remix by Nicki Minaj (165bpm)
5. Want to Want Me by Jason Derulo 
6. Outside by Calvin Harris
7. Rather Be 
8. Eye of the Tiger Remix by Crew 7
9. Love Me Harder by Ariana Grande
10. The Hum by Dimitri Vegas
11. 99 problems by Jay Z
12. Die Young by Kesha
13. Lean On by Major Lazer
14. Where are You Now by Skillrex & Diplo
15. Hey Mama by David Guetta
16. How Deep is Your Love by Calvin Harris
17. Broken Arrows by Avicii
18. Heroes We Could Be by Alesso
19. Sugar by Robin Schulz
20. Show Me Love by Sam Feldt
21. You Know You Like It by DJ Snake
22. Waiting for Love by Aviici
23. Get Low by Dillon Francis
24. Going Down For Real by Flo Rida
25. Talking Body by Tove Lo
26. Bills by Lunchmoney Lewis

Pump up your half marathon with this awesome 160bpm playlist! via @fitcheerldr #runchat
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If this playlist isn’t your thing you can also try Spotify Running. It’s a custom app within Spotify that allows you to set your target BPM and select a music genre to run with.

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