Run for Mind and win an iPod Shuffle
Despite not having blogged any runs for ages, I have been running. Just very very slowly. I hope I get a bit quicker, as Folkestone Half is in six weeks and I’ve arranged to meet Travelling Hopefully, Helsbels, Fit Artist, Tom Roper and Highway Kind afterwards for lunch, but at this rate I’m not even sure I’d make it in time for dinner.
Two weeks after Folkestone, is the Royal Parks Half, where I’ll be meeting up with fairweatherrunner, Helsbels and abradypus for drinks after (I don’t do races just for the socialising afterwards, honest). Speaking of the Royal Parks Half, if you didn’t get in the ballot and still fancy doing it, if you register to run for it through Mind, you can enter their competition to win an iPod Shuffle and tickets for the VIP tent (where you will get fed after the race).
The competition
Mind would like you help them to create the ultimate feel-good running playlist on Spotify. From pumping energiser to guilty pleasure, we’ve all got a favourite exercise soundtrack, and they want you to tell them what your top running tunes are.
To enter the competition and be in with a chance of winning 1 of 5 iPod Shuffles and a pair of VIP tickets, all you need to do is leave a comment on this blog post including:
– Name of artist
– Song title
– Why this song makes you feel-good
– Entrant’s name
Even if you don’t want to run for Team Mind, they would still love to know what your favourite exercise tracks are, so please leave a comment anyway.
Info:
To register to run for Team Mind, visit their Royal Parks web page.
You can read the full terms and conditions of the competition here.
The competition closes on 26 August 2011 and the winners will be announced on 31 August 2011.
Meat Loaf – Bat out of Hell
Yes, it’s a long song, but when you’re nearing the end of a tough run and you want something to power you through the last mile, this is the perfect length and who can help but run faster to the lyrics “like a bat out of hell I’ll be gone, gone, gone.”‘
Helen Tamblyn, own place.
Chemical Brothers – Out of control
It’s got the perfect bpm for getting you through that last half mile. I whack it on when nike+ tells me I have 600 meters to go because then it gets to the crazy euphoric beat bit for the last 100m. It makes me run proper fast and if no ones looking I’ll throw in some ‘big fish, little fish’ hand shapes as well. And also because Bernard Sumner sings on it and he rocks.
Sammy Ward
But isn’t the post race socialising the only reason that anyone runs races?
Yay – glad to see you are still running. I’m doing RPH too can I come along for drinks please??? NBeer is the reason I run…. oh and Alma is too yay it’ll be a Janathon reunion!
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