I am one of those folks who needs music to complete any and all of my runs. For example, if my phone has only 10% battery juice, I will have to charge the phone for 30 - 45 min to ensure that I will have music during my run. I’ve failed miserably with trying to run “naked”; that is running without any electrical devices (e.g. an Apple Watch or my iPhone).
For this challenge, I put my Long Run Playlist #2 on shuffle and, for the 1st ten songs that came up, I’ll provide a few thoughts about the song or artist.
Andrea Bocelli ft. Laura Pausini - Dare to Live (Vivere)
Aside from being a huge Laura Pausini fan, I’m not really too sure how this song made it into my music library.
La Quinta Estación - Busco Tu Piel
I pretty much love everything this group does. Actually, I take that back. I pretty much loved everything from this group when Natalia Jiménez was the lead singer. However, she did/does have a tendency to over scream at times.
Ike & Tina Turner - Shake a Tail Feather
No words needed.
Lady Gaga - Just Dance
Just a great song, in general, to get up and get going.
Laura Branigan - Gloria
Since I was born in the 80s, a lot of the music from that era holds a special place in my heart. Random fact: Two months ago, I learned that this is a remake from an Italian version. The Italian version also has made it into my music library.
Michel Montano - Waiting on the Stage
I “discovered” this artist during one of my Zumba classes back in the day. Pretty all of his songs have addicting beats that make you want to push harder.
David Guetta & Sia - Titanium
Aside from “Breathe Me”, I am not too familiar with Sia’s work. However, this is a pretty inspirational song with a catchy beat . . . thanks to David Guetta.
Destiny’s Child - Lose My Breath
Any song that incorporates a drumline gets an A+ for my running list.
J. Perry - Boujé
Another artist that I discovered from Zumba.
Bomba Estéreo - Internaciones
Another song/group that I learned about during Zumba. I’m not really sure why I like the song, but I just do.
Zumba Talk
Since I mentioned the influence of Zumba on my running playlist, I figure that I would mention why Zumba has come up a bit in this list of songs. A few years back, I had a lower back injury that pretty much prevented me from doing any physical activity for fitness. The funny thing is that I injured my back while during Shaun T’s Insanity workout DVDs. As I was healing, my doctor gave me the ok to do low impact exercises, and Zumba was one of the things that my doc recommended. Not to toot my own horn, I was a bit surprised that I was good at it after attending my first class. Even the instructor said that I picked up the moves pretty fast as a first-timer. I don’t know. I just made sense. If we are going to do a move two times facing the left, we’re probably going to do it again facing the right. It seemed pretty logical. At one point, I was attending Zumba classes three times a week and would only go to classes taught by specific instructors.