2016 Songlist

The order of this list keeps changing, not that it really matters. And although my iPhone Running Songlist has Fireball in it 3-4 times, I won't do that here. Really love running to that song.

The Sound of Sunshine by Michael Franti & Spearhead. This is a funny one, I found it in my blog list but had completely forgotten about it, and to be honest I don't know if I know the song right now. Gonna have to listen to it again. Haven't downloaded yet from iTunes. So I jumped back in where I learned to swim, try to keep my head above it as best I can. YouTubing it....oh yeah I remember this one now!

The Memory Remains by Metallica No particular lyrics in this song, more of a case that I kept hearing it, and it just fit. I kept hearing it at my personal training sessions. And I like Metallica.

Run West from the Devil by Chris Lashelle This is from my Western States 100 DVD. Oooooh it says it all: The devil is chasing me, through valleys of fallen trees, with rivers to cross too deep, In fate (?) now I'm finding I can make it, there is no doubt inside just in time, and I have survived.

Don't Tell Me How To Live by Monster Truck My blog shows an entry in July for Enforcer by same band, but I like this one better. Love rocking out to this one, loud. I'm going to soar like an eagle, my wings will carry me away. I've got the heart of a lion, and I get stronger every day. 

Breathe by Taylor Swift Super hard to explain, and it has nothing to do with Disney or the X. At all. More to do with breaking old habits and staring the Battle with B, M, and D. They defined me for a period of time, and to get them out of my life seemed like stripping me away too. You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand. 

August Moon by Gregory and the Hawk Found this in a YouTube search, not on the radio. So it's a searched-out song and it really stuck. Currently it's one of my iPhone alarm sounds. Don't undo the true chance that chooses you, face to face with a new day. 

Vice by Miranda Lambert From the Evergreen 51 48 miler. I was singing in my head for most of the 2nd and 3rd laps, then out loud near the end of the 3rd. Said I wouldn't do it, but I did it again.

Fireball by Pitbull Started out as a song for the dog, I'd sing Hairball instead. But then in the Farmdale 100 80 race the aid station was serving Fireball whiskey and thus it stuck. If you think I'm burning out, I never am. OK, ignoring the fact that I DNFd that race...

You Are More by Tenth Avenue North In addition to a YouTube find, I also have a Christian rock song. One of my programmed stations is described as "upbeat" so I kept it, only to learn later it's a CR station. This song is one I surfed through, caught a few words, then went back to hear. Another one that stuck. I was in a bit of a self esteem dive after the Farmdale race. You are more than the choices that you've made.

Me Too by Meghan Trainor Heard this during Evergreen recovery. Change it to "want to be BEE too"! I thank God everyday, that I woke up feeling this way, and I can't help loving myself, and I don't need nobody, uh huh, if I was you I want to be me too.

Run by George Straight. I'm a sucker for omen-type stuff. Heard this on the way home from a dog walk with RM in which we discussed my plans for R2T100. Baby run, cut a path across the blue sky. 

I Hope, I Think, I Know by Oasis The R2T100 Song! And what might be my 2016 theme song. This was in my head for the 26 hours of the Kansas race, at least I had the lyrics right. They're trying hard to put me in my place, and this is why I gotta keep running.