All Running, All The Time

I have a new hobby, a new goal, a new reason to wake up every morning. I’m a RUNNER now. My good friend Lesley and I are training for the Atlanta Thanksgiving Day half marathon. I spent a hundred dollars on a great new pair of shoes, now the ugliest shoes I own. They’re even Mac-compatible. The shoes have a special compartment for an iPod chip—and get this—if you buy all the right equipment, it picks up your pace and chooses music from your library with the right tempo. Amazing!

Nate and his wife Rhea (now my neighbors) are also training for the half marathon. Except I can’t keep up with them. Yet. Or probably ever.

In the interest of full disclosure, there are things about running that I hate. I hate sweating, I hate losing my breath, and I hate having sore muscles. I hate the bright colors of workout clothes, I hate ankle socks, I hate it when my hair falls in my face, and I hate it when my face turns red. I hate blisters. I hate hills.

Enjoy this playlist of songs about running (and a few about walking, because there’s nothing wrong with stopping to walk).

Faster every day,

Kate

1. The Rosebuds “I Better Run”
2. Jackson Browne “Walking Slow”
3. Queens of the Stone Age “Run Pig Run”
4. Ben Kweller “Run”
5. Hanson “The Walk”
6. Cat Power “Keep on Runnin’”
7. The Staple Singers “Long Walk to D.C.”
8. The Jayhawks “I’d Run Away”
9. Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins “Run Devil Run”
10. John Vanderslice “They Won’t Let Me Run”
11. Snow Patrol “Run”
12. Centro-Matic “Take the Maps and Run”
13. Van Morrison “Come Running”
14. Rosie Thomas “I Run”
15. Tom Waits “Walk Away”
16. Air “Run”
17. Smog “Hit the Ground Running”
18. Wolf Parade “You are a Runner and I am My Father’s Son”
19. Sly and the Family Stone “Runnin’ Away”
20. Fugazi “Margin Walker”
21. Johnny Cash “I Walk the Line”