Playlist Motivation

"Your biggest challenge isn't someone else. It's the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs and the voice inside you that yells "can't." But you don't listen. You just push harder and then you hear the voice that whispers "can." And you discover that the person who you thought you were is no match for the one you really are."

Okay, y'all. It's time for me to get serious about this running thing. I've got an 8k (5 miles) coming up in March and a 10K (6.2 miles) coming up in April. How much have I run in the last month? Probably 5 miles. Total. Yikes! Remember when I found my inner runner and finished a half marathon? Yea....I'm not sure how that happened, but I'm trying to make it come true a second time! Not that I've been being some lazy blob on the couch--I've discovered this beautiful thing called spin class, which I love and has really been great for my weight loss goal. But....it's not going to do me any good when I'm dying along Lake Michigan and making ND Friend carry me for the last half of the St. Patrick's Day Run!

So...in an effort to gain some motivation, I've made a new running playlist. You're going to laugh at my list---who ever thought they'd see Nelly, Bon Jovi, Reckless Kelly and Miranda Lambert on the same playlist? That's sort of my musical taste though--anything and everything.

What songs are must haves on your running mix?

New Running Playlist

Stronger - Kelly Clarkson
Mama's Broken Heart - Miranda Lambert
Angel Eyes - Love and Theft
I Won't Back Down - Blake Shelton and Dia Frampton
Ridin Solo - Jason Derulo
Every Girl - Turnpike Troubadors
Super Bass - Nikki Minaj
Mama, I'm Alright - Miranda Lambert
This Ain't Rock and Roll - Steve Monker
Good Luck and True Love - Reckless Kelly
19 and Crazy - Bombshel
Wild and Young - American Bang
Even if it Breaks Your Heart - Eli Young Band
Girls Run The World - Beyonce
Chicken and Biscuits - Colt Ford
Hurt So Good - John Mellencamp
Born Free - Kid Rock
Rainbow - Colbie Caillat
My Cowboy - Jessie James
Texas To You - Johnny Cooper
We Danced Anyway - Deana Carter
Batter Up - Nelly
Like The Way Love Looks - Easton Corbin
Born to Follow - Bon Jovi
Unwritten - Natasha Beddingfield
A Guy Like Me - Reckless Kelly
Right There - Nicole Scherzinger
No Reins - Rascal Flatts
Gotta Get Through This - Daniel Bedingfield
Firework - Katy Perry