My running playlist 2

I haven’t blogged about running for a while. There’s a reason for that, as I’ve mentioned on my Instagram feed lately. #smellysockscantrunanymore

I had a dreadful cold in February – himself had COVID, I was testing daily and negative throughout. One false negative I might understand, but not 7 in a row while I felt dreadful. In the end I lost three weeks where I didn’t run at all. When I came back to it, wow that was hard! Who knew your body could forget so completely how to do such a basic thing as run, in such a short time?

So here I am, three months later, still not back to where I was and fighting hard to get there. I’m frustrated with my body and mind as I struggle to run for a decent distance without stopping. If I can get through the first 3km without stopping, I’ll do OK. But sometimes 2km is almost impossible. My speed is good to start with, but tends to drop off enormously. I need to start slower, I know that, but controlling my pace is tough.

Anyway, I’m persevering and taking the joy where I find it. Mostly, that’s in the views around me as I drag my legs along and in the music that soundtracks my runs.

I shared my running playlist last year, it’s evolved quite a bit since then – thank you BBC 6Music for your constant inspiration and introduction to new artists! So here are some of my recent favourite tunes for running to (on my fab AfterShockz, that are symptomatic of the running bug III). There are some new artists in here for me, and some that just come back again and again with more top tunes.

Enjoy!

• Everybody Hates Me by Coach Party

• Count Your Blessings by Mattiel

• I’m Glad That We Broke Up by Du Blonde feat. Ezra Furman

• Slowly by NewDad

• My Girls by Animal Collective

• Change Will Come Anyway by Mauv

• In My Head by The Mysterines

• Danny Nedelko by IDLES

• Selfish by Little Simz

• Dancing On My Own by Robyn

• Kids by MGMT

• Waving Flags by Sea Power

• Big Cat by Wild Beasts

• Only God Knows by Young Fathers

• Blue Heaven by Public Service Broadcasting

Oh wow, I’ve managed to even make a Spotify playlist with these songs and those from my first running playlist: Smelly Socks Goes Running.

How about you?

What do you listen to when you get some time alone? Whether its running or walking or working or just dancing round the house doing the cleaning?

I hope you decide to click on one of the artists above and discover something new.