What is the point in running if you don't have any good tunes to jam out to?

There is no possible way that I could look forward to running if my playlist was lacking some of the best songs for getting your sweat on.

To preface this, there are not many runs that I actually look forward to anyways, because let’s be honest here running is kind of the pits. But, to add to that, I have never regretted any run that I finished and afterward ended up feeling great about myself and proud that I did it instead of saying, “Oh I will do it tomorrow,” and putting it off.

I owe most of my enthusiasm toward running to music. Actually, I owe most of my enthusiasm toward life to music, but that is a story for a different day.

Music gives us an outlet to the world. Music allows us if only for a few minutes, to be somewhere else and to be taken away. Nothing is different about those two statements when it comes to listening to music while getting a satisfying run in. If anything my personal experience with these statements is that during a good run the music means more and I can escape further.

Tying music into running, here I have listed some of my top favorite songs on my running playlist. If you need an extra push to get going, here it is!

1. You Shook Me All Night Long – ACDC
2. Just Dance – Ke$ha
3. Slow Hands –Nial Horran
4. Move – Luke Bryan
5. Bang Bang – Jesse J
6. It’s Tricky – Run DMC
7. Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
8. Talk Dirty – Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz
9. Sideways – Dierks Bentley
10. Rise Today – Alter Bridge
11. Paradise City – Guns N’ Roses
12. Kickstart My Heart – Motley Crue
13. Can’t Stop the Feeling – Justin Timberlake
14. Timber – Ptibull ft. Ke$ha
15. My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark