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Words as Fuel: What Inspires You?

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This week we're turning the mic around and asking for your input. What are your favorite lyrics that inspire you during a workout?

Music is a powerful workout tool. The intensity gets you pumped. Good running music has a tempo in BPM that syncs your stride—you can’t slack off, but you also learn to pace yourself.

Words are a driving force, too. A turn of phrase can instantly connect the listener to a powerful memory or an ambitious dream.

We’ve previously focused our discussion on non-verbal elements of good running music—the rhythm of running, the driving tempo, progressions and themes that lift you up and keep you going.

Today we’d like explore lyrics that inspire.

What lines get you going?

Whose words have lit your fuse when you’re running?

What lyrics light your fire?

Today, we encourage you to share your experience with music.

In the comments below, tell us what song or songs get you going—which snippet of lyrics really register with you when you run.
Are they happy? Sad?
Do they make you relive a hard time?
Do they remind you of past victories?
Or focus your will on upcoming challenges?

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