JogTunes.com Posts New Running Music by Swizz Beatz, Kenna, Matchbox 20, The Ataris and More

At jogtunes.com we found new great runnable songs from many sources. This is quite an eclectic mix. Eleven of the most recently added 22 songs can be found on our home page but all of the new songs are also found in the Tunes List.

From the iTunes Music Store promos come Swizz Beatz, Matchbox 20, Manu Chao, Kenna, MIA, and Tori Amos.

Runner's World's discussion forum thread, Best Running Playlist EVER, continues to provide great running music. From HeartSmartMD's list we got New Found Glory's All Downhill From Here, a rock song at 168 BPM. Also, So Long, Astoria by the Ataris (183), and Silversun Pickups' Melatonin (162) and Lazy Eye (127).

Skryvanio, from the same discussion thread, mentioned Trivium. We found a song by Trivium called Dying In Your Arms that runs at 160.

Another Runner's World contributor is adamyoungnc who suggested the artists Mae and Further Seems Forever. Mae's song, Suspension runs at an easy going 150. We found a song by Further Seems Forever called Bye, Bye, Bye that runs at a perfect 167.

Susan, our newest contributor and an avid aquarunner, supplied us with I'm Not Running Anymore by John Mellencamp. It's a fast walk at 128. Here's her website.

We're also grateful to Lisa, a new contributor, who sent us a great list of tunes. We posted Potential Breakup Song by Aly & AJ which runs at 158 and Pieces of Me by Ashlee Simpson (174).

Peter, our veteran contributor, has added Joe Satriani's Summer Song to his list. We posted this Peter's Pick which runs at 162. Another pick we added is an oldie but goodie, Cold Sweat, by Thin Lizzy (171).

Please go to Peter's great website for his fine list of running songs with BPM ratings and commentary.

Dr. Bob's 12th episode of the JogTunesIndie Podcast is up for running. Please check it out at jogtunesindie.com. He's happy to announce that the show's episodes have been downloaded just shy of 25,000 times since the November 2006 launch.

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JogTunes lists running music by The White Stripes, Simple Plan, and others

At jogtunes.com we just posted more great running tunes. Some oldies but goodies come from songs sent to us by Susan, our newest contributor and an avid aquarunner who knows her music. Here's the page on her website in which she kindly gives our podcast a prop. The songs are:

The Fever by Dr. Hector & The Groove Injectors (BPM 179)

Why Do Fools Fall In Love by Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers (BPM 175)

Freeze-Frame by The J. Geils Band (187)

Are You Ready to Go by Leaderdog (168)


Andy, another generous contributor, prefers to be called Theodore. He recently sent us a great list of his favorite running tunes. This week we posted:

A Martyr for My Love for You by The White Stripes (173) and

Me Against the World by Simple Plan (143)


Peter's Picks for this week are

Can't Happen Here by Rainbow (BPM 155) and

Back to Start by Girlschool (185)

Please go to Peter's great website for his fine list of running songs with BPM ratings and his commentary on the Rainbow tune (#50 on his list)

Dr. Bob's 12th episode of the JogTunesIndie Podcast is up for running. Please check it out at jogtunesindie.com.

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JogTunes goes a little bit country

Thanks to Susan, a seasoned aquarunner and our latest contributor, we've started expanding our country genre section. Susan has sent me many songs, not only country, that are organized and labeled by BPM. This is an impressive list with a wide genre spectrum. I'll definitely be consulting it often. Please check out our home page for the new country tunes by Phil Vassar, Pam Tillis, and Mindy McCready. The BPM range is 146 to 180.

Thanks, Happy Stuff, for the Prop about Running Music

Carissa, who blogs at Happy Stuff, just posted a great description of her discovery of music-paced running. She also gave jogtunes.com a wonderful prop for which I'm most grateful. Her endorsement of several songs prompted me to list them on jogtunes.com You can find them in the new song section on our home page (see songs by Evanescence, Billy Joel, John Mayer, and Feist). Thanks, Carissa, and welcome to the music-paced running community.

New Running Music by Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, Foo Fighters, and More

At jogtunes.com we received a great running music list from Theodore via email. We selected 11 songs from his list that are "walkable" or "runnable" to the exact tempos of the tunes. You can find them on the Tunes Page of jogtunes.com. They include tunes on the list by Chevelle and Breaking Benjamin and all the songs in between. We thank Theodore for his contribution.

The Runners World discussion thread, "Best Running Playlist EVER", continues to be a great source of running tunes. We found Slayer's Cult in a recent list posted by Skryvanio. The beat is a pounding 186.

Peter's Picks for this week are Lost Boys by the Finnish band, The 69 Eyes, and Lita Ford's tune from the '80s, Kiss Me Deadly. They both run at 156 steps per minute. Thanks, Peter, for emailing this great runnable. Please go to Peter's great website for his fine list of running songs with BPM ratings.

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JogTunes posts new runnable songs and a podcast episode

At jogtunes.com we posted new songs from a great article about running to music. It was published on line in Runner's World. Here's the article link. Almost all of the songs on the first page of the article are runnable. I haven't yet checked the BPMs of the songs on page 2. Thanks, Runner's World, for this great playlist. You can find our list of the songs on our home page. They're songs 2 through 11 in the preview list in the middle column.

Peter's Pick for this week is Animals by Nickelback. You'll really enjoy Peter's review of this song. Please go to Peter's great website for the review (song #11) and his fine list of running songs with BPM ratings.

Please check out our latest episode of The JogTunesIndie Podcast. I dedicated it to Adam Christianson and the Maccast. Adam is the consummate Mac geek and he loves his music. We found 3 great songs for running to the beat on his podcast.

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JogTunes presents BikeToTheBeat.com and welcomes aquarunners

We just launched the beta version of BikeToTheBeat.com. Here's what Dr. Bob, our founder, has to say about our new site:

"Like running to the beat of my songs, I found that pedaling to the beat is also fun and motivating. I'm a big jazz fan so I started with some jazz tunes and then decided to use our entire signed artist, running music database as a resource for biking songs.

"I'm totally aware of the risk of wearing a headset and playing music while riding a bike in heavy traffic and even on country roads. That's why the new site addresses stationary cycling, kinetic training, and biking on rollers.

"The prepared playlists that we posted and will add in the future are sequenced for warm-up, full speed, and cool-down segments. The difference between the playlists for running and biking is the BPM range that are used for warming up and cooling down. I'm encouraging the playing of songs in the 90 to 100 BPM range to start and end the workout. This forces cyclists to set the gears (or resistance) higher and encourages more muscle toning. I expect visitors to the site will make there own varied playlists depending on their workout preferences. The possibilities are obviously limitless.

"Spinners will be looking for songs in with tempos equal to 180 to 200 pedal strokes (90 to 100 revolutions) per minute (equal to 180-200 BPMs). We have some songs on the site in the 180 to 190 range and will be adding up to 210 in the future."

We also would like to welcome aquarunners to jogtunes.com. We understand that they enjoy songs in the upper range of BPMs as well. So the addition of tunes in the 190-200 BPM range will address their needs as well.


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JogTunes.com posts new runnable songs from Live Earth, Yellowcard, and Ozzy

At jogtunes.com we posted new songs from the new album by Yellowcard called Paper Walls. This album is the quintessential running music album. Most of the songs are in the walking and running BPM ranges including most of the acoustic tracks. See our home page for details.

The Live Earth concerts were awesome. We found a great list of songs from the New York concert on iTunes and posted seven runnable tunes, most of which are on the list. The others are by artists who played at the concert. Here's the artist rundown: Alicia Keyes, Kanye West, Smashing Pumpkins, Melissa Etheridge, Ludacris, John Mayer, and the Dave Matthews Band.

Peter's Pick for this week is Devil's Daughter by Ozzy Osbourne, our first tune on our list by Ozzy. Please go to Peter's great website for his fine list of running songs with BPM ratings.

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New Running Music and a Podcast Episode From JogTunes

At jogtunes.com we continue to consult the Runner's World Discussion thread, Best Running List EVER, for great running music. Here's the link for the latest entries. As usual, consistent with our mission to find music with BPMs in the walking, jogging and running range, we posted songs by artists recently listed by the forum's members. Shera2316 sent the thread a great list. Here's a breakdown of what we found on her list and some songs we added:

Timbaland - The Way I Are (BPM 115 - a nice walking pace) and we added Oh Timbaland at 146 for an easy run)
Rise Against - Prayer (151 - a nice run)
Paula DeAnda - Easy (122 - a quick walk - good for warming up) and we added Walk Away (157)
My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words (at 122) and we had already posted I'm Not Okay (I Promise) (at 181 - a flat out run)
Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs (153)
Papa Roach - Forever (108 - an easy walk - good for cooling down) and we added Scars for a flat out run at 181)
+44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating was on her list and ours (at 171 - a perfect run tempo)
Breaking Benjamin - The Diary of Jane (another perfect run at 168)
Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become (125) and we added Pain (160)
30 Seconds to Mars - Attack (another great run at 174)
DJ 4Motion - We Are Back (a good light jog at 145)

Rabbit76 mentioned how much he likes Flyleaf and rik_117 agreed and specifically mentioned Cassie by Flyleaf. Coincidentally we just posted Cassie (169) and All Around Me (148).

Also, by chance, my son suggested songs by The Strokes and we posted Reptilia (159). Then we found it on rik_117's list.

Peter's Pick for this week is Coming Undone by Korn. It's new on his list at number 53. Please go to Peter's great website for a fine review of this tune.

Dr. Bob's 10th podcast episode is up for running. Check it out at jogtunesindie.com.

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New Running Music by Nirvana, Hedda Layne, Eminem, ZZ Top and More

Members of the Nike Forum thread called "What is your favorite POWER song?" consistently post great power songs. For runners who enjoy running to the exact tempos of their music we posted 2 runnable tunes from this thread that fit the running range of 140 to 190 BPM. Thanks, bribel, for Nirvana's Breed. It runs at 162 BPM. Thanks also to ready to rock for We're Not Gonna To Take It by Twisted Sister. It runs at 150. Our opinion is power-type songs don't have to be fast, just motivating. Apparently, these thread members agree.

Runner's World Discussion members also continue to post their favorite running songs and playlists. Here's the link for the latest entries. We posted 3 tunes that are in the BPM range for great running. One member, slammin, suggested the Nevermind album by Nirvana as a great source of running music. In addition to Breed (see above) we posted Stay Away from the same album. The BPM is 167. Member jwwade likes Lose Yourself from Eminem's 8 Mile soundtrack. It runs at an ideal 171. For flat out running at 182 BPM, run1119 offered Tusk by Fleetwood Mac. You've got to check that one out. A big thanks to the Runner's World members for their suggestions.

For fast walkers and runners who like warm-ups we added more tunes in the 120s BPM range. Hedda Layne and Troy Lee Warden are a husband and wife duo and label artists now living in Dallas. We present two of their latest, very impressive works that both walk at a vigorous 128 steps-per-minute.

Peter's Picks for this week are classics. How could you not enjoy running at 151 to Soul Doctor by Foreigner and at 158 to ZZ Top's Got Me Under Pressure. Please go to Peter's great website for more great BPM (and steps-per-minute) ratings and reviews of runnable tunes. Our thanks again go to Peter for his invaluable contributions.

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New Running Music on JogTunes.com by Springsteen, McCartney, and More

Music-paced runners are invitied to check out the new running music that we posted on our website jogTunes.com. Please go to the left column of home page - for more details about the sites and songs mentioned in this post.

Two living legends recently released new albums that are sure to be big hits. We posted the many walkable and runnable tunes from Paul McCartney's Memory Almost Full and Bruce Springsteen's Live in Dublin. Please check them out and feel free to send us your comments.

Pearl C., writing in Adventures of a Stiletto Jungle, posted their Ultimate Summer '07 Workout Mix. We found two great runnable tunes on their list that are perfect for running exactly to the beat: Beastie Boys' Sabotage at 168 BPM and Mr. Brightside by The Killers. Check out their playlist in the May 10th post on their blog.

We have two Peter's Picks for this week. They are Justin Timberlake's What Goes Around...Comes Around and Just Like Heaven by The Cure. They both run at 152 steps-per-minute. Please go to Peter's great website for more great BPM (and steps-per-minute) ratings and reviews of runnable tunes.

Please send us your feedback at comments@jogtunes.com.

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A New Playlist and New Running Music by N.E.R.D, Nirvana, T.I., The Smiths, and More

Music-paced runners are invitied to check out the new running music that we posted on our website jogTunes.com. Please go to the left column of home page - for more details about the sites and songs mentioned in this post.

Our newest contributor, Derek, from Charlottesville, VA, sent us his complete BPM-labeled list and pointed out some of his favorites. We include those favorites in our list this week. The artists are all new to JogTunes.com and include Mike Doughty, The B52s, The Smiths, and Johnny Cash. (Yes, Johnny Cash's song is our first country running tune but won't be our last).

For more runnable tunes we returned to the postings on the Nike Forum thread called "What is your favorite POWER song?" Some of the latest suggestions run within the JogTunes BPM range. We agree that they are indeed great power-type tunes. They include songs by Nirvana, N.E.R.D, and NOFX.

Peter's Pick of the Week is Will Smith's and DJ Jazzy Jeff's A Nightmare on My Street. Thanks again Peter and Derek for your continued, invaluable contributions to JogTunes.

Our new playlist is Born to Run and More. It's our first 1 hr runset. You can check it out here.

Those Canadian flag icons on our site are new and link to the songs in the Canadian iTunes Music Store. We have many Canadian visitors and welcome comments about our new links at comments@jogtunes.com.

We changed the search functionality so that visitors can search using multiple parameters. Just try searching on a genre and a BPM range and see what happens. Please tell us if you encounter any problems at comments@jogtunes.com.

New Running Music and Podcast Episodes From JogTunes

Music-paced runners are invitied to check out the new running music and new podcast episodes that we posted our websites jogTunes.com and JogTunesIndie.com.

Please go to http://jogtunes.com - left column of home page - for more details about the sites and songs mentioned in this post.

We published The JogTunesIndie Podcast episodes #7 and #8 back-to-back over the past 2 days. #8 is a 45-minute expanded version of #7. We've received requests for longer podcasts and hope this fills the bill. Please send us some feedback at comments@jogtunes.com.

Geoff's list continues to offer great running songs. Today we added Melissa by the Allman Brothers.

From Steve's list we added Collective Soul's Shine.

On a blog from Italy, we found Basement Jaxx and, on iTunes, we found Good Luck by Basement Jaxx & Kekaula. The BPM is 156.

Peter's Picks for this week are I Had an Angel by Nightwish and Push It by Static-X. See Peter's website for his comments about other great music-paced running songs.

We're grateful to Geoff, Steve, Peter, and all of the other contributors who have sent BPM-rated running tunes to our site.

Want to be a contributor to jogtunes.com? Please send your BPM-rated song list to comments@jogtunes.com. We'll only post your name with your permission. See our privacy policy for more details.

Happy music-paced running!

Bob
PS Here's the location for the podcast feed



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New Running Music on JogTunes.com by Gnarls Barkley, Sia, Iron Maiden, the Grateful Dead, and More

Music-paced runners are invitied to check out the new running music that we posted over the past 2 weeks, on our website jogTunes.com.

Please go to http://jogtunes.com - left column of home page - for more details about the sites and songs mentioned in this post.

This week we checked out the Nike+ Forums and the thread: "What is your favorite power song?" to find another power-type favorite. This time we came across Go-Go Gadget Gospel by Gnarls Barkley. It runs at 150 BPM. We added another tune by Gnarls, Gone, Daddy, Gone, at 166.

Coolrunning.com has a forum thread called "Favorite Songs to Run To?" Among the latest posts, we found runners who enjoy running to songs by Sia, Iron Maiden, and the Grateful Dead. We posted 5 runnables by these groups.

A number of runners have requested that we post songs in the 140-150 range. This is a comfortable range for warming up. We revisited the Arctic Monkeys' repertoire and found the Dancing Shoes which runs at 147.

Peter's Pick for this week is Holiday by Green Day. It runs at 147. See Peter's website for his comments about this and other great music-paced running songs.

The Cinematics round out our new additions with Asleep at the Wheel, which runs at 167.

Want to be a contributor to jogtunes.com? Please send your BPM-rated song list to comments@jogtunes.com. We'll only post your name with your permission. See our privacy policy for more details.

Happy music-paced running!

Bob
PS We podcast at jogtunesindie.com
Here's the location for the feed



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JogTunes lists new running music for the week of 4/2/07

Music-paced runners are invitied to check out the new runnable songs we posted on our website, jogTunes.com.

Please go to http://jogtunes.com - left column of home page - for more details about the sites and songs mentioned in this post.)

This week we turned to the Nike+ Forums where we found the thread: "What is your favorite power song?" (http://forums.nike.com//thread.jspa?threadID=220&start=195&tstart=0).
Of course, we may be biased, but we feel that any power song should be a song with a tempo that matches your favorite and most exhilarating running pace. Although some of the songs suggested by Nike+ Forum contributors didn't fit that description, we found some perfect power-type songs among the readers' posts. Please check the JogTunes.com
home page left column for details.

We welcome a new contributor to JogTunes.com. Kathy, from Canada, posted a great BPM-rated running music list on her blog: (http://fiftykm.blogspot.com/2007/03/running-music-1.html). We posted three of her songs.

Steve, from Texas, is another new contributor. His website: (http://www.treadmillmusic.com/index1.htm) gave us four songs for our tunes list.

We posted 2 songs from the list of Peter Andersson, our steadfast music-paced running colleague. Peter has a great website
(http://k1chyd.adress.eksjo.com/running4.htm) dedicated to music-paced running with expert commentaries on many of his top listed songs.

Want to be a contributor to jogtunes.com? Please send your BPM-rated song list to comments@jogtunes.com. We'll only post your name with your permission. See our privacy policy for more details.

Happy music-paced running!

Bob
PS We podcast at jogtunesindie.com
Here's the location for the feed



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JogTunes.com Lists New Running Music by 30 Seconds to Mars, Godsmack, Rob Zombie, Lamb of God, and More

Music-paced runners are invitied to check out the new runnable songs we posted on our website, jogTunes.com.

Last week we posted songs by artists sent in by Runner's World visitors to the Music on the Go forum category of Runner's World Magazine's website. Since then, several runners sent in more running music suggestions to the thread called "Looking for some new rock/metal music to workout to?"

We checked out the bands and found that most of the bands have listed runnable songs in iTunes. The artists include 30 Seconds to Mars, Godsmack, Rob Zombie, Lamb of God, Gwar, and Stabbing Westward. The songs are listed in the center column of this page. Album art and links to three of the albums are at the top of this page.

We wish to thank the Runner's World community for their interest in and contributions to music-paced running.

Always a great source of music-paced running songs, Peter's List supplied us with Ice Cube's It Was A Good Day and Kingdom Come's Do You Like It. You can find Peter's top 50 picks with great commentary at his website.

Want to be a contributor to jogtunes.com? Please send your BPM-rated song list to comments@jogtunes.com. We'll only post your name with your permission. See our privacy policy for more details.

Happy music-paced running!

Bob
PS We podcast at jogtunesindie.com
Here's the location for the feed



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JogTunes.com Lists New Running Music by Rage Against the Machine, Mastodon, 12 Stones, Billy Idol and More

Music-paced runners are invitied to check out the new runnable songs we posted on our website, jogTunes.com.

This week we consulted the Music on the Go forum category of Runner's World Magazine's website. Happily, we found some great artists among the posts by three forum contributors. The artists include Rage Against the Machine, Mastodon, 12 Stones, and Atreyu.

We then turned to our veteran contributors. From Peter's list of 200 running songs we got songs by The Ramones and Girlschool. Peter's website has his top 50 tunes with superb commentary).

Searching for songs by two bands from Andy's list resulted in songs by Drowning Pool and Fort Minor.

We added two more Billy Idol songs to our collection, both from Geoff's contribution of BPM-rated running music.

Want to be a contributor? Please send your BPM rated song list to comments@jogtunes.com. We'll only post your name with your permission.


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JogTunes.com posts new runnable songs by McFly, Garbage, Relient K and more

Music-paced runners are invitied to check out the new runnable songs we posted on our website, jogTunes.com.

This week we returned to an old friend's blog for some great new running tunes. The Derek Rose Blog has been a source of visitors to jogTunes.com since we first launched two years ago. Recently, several contributors to Derek's long-running thread, "best running music?" have posted new running music lists.as comments. We consulted the lists sent in by Creepy and FancyPants to come up with the latest additions to our Tunes List. The artists include McFly, Garbage, Relient K, Saliva, Static-X, and My Chemical Romance. We look forward to returning to Derek's site for more runnable tunes in the near future.

Want to be a contributor? Please send your BPM rated song list to comments@jogtunes.com. We'll only post your name with your permission.


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JogTunes posts new podcast and songs by R.E.M., Blondie, ZZ Top, and more

Music-paced runners will enjoy the new songs from the 70s and 80s that we posted on our website, jogTunes.com. We also added songs by Scooter, Razed in Black, Melissa Etheridge, and Jet. Check them out on the home page Tunes List.

We welcome Geoff White, from Atlanta, as a new contributor to jogTunes.com. Some of the new songs are from his extensive list of BPM-rated songs.

We also published the latest episode of The JogTunesIndie Podcast.

In this episode we consulted the websites of RubyFruitRadio.com and mostlytunes.com and found some great artists. On the Podshow Music Network we found perfect runnable songs by these performers.

Here are the artists and the podcast sources:

From RubyFruitRadio.com:

The Dents - Here He Comes
Adrienne Pierce - Absinthe Minded
Rebecca Haviland - Play the fool
Girls Stuff - Big Deal
Laura Clapp - Gotta Be Me

From mostlytunes.com:

Berman - No One Understands
The Eisenhowers - Let's Not Talk About Me and Jigsaw

And our featured instrumentalist and instrumental, straight from the PMN:

Jonny Wells - Autobahn Owl

You can find the playlist and other details in the podcast show notes at jogtunesindie.com. We can be reached by email at comments@jogtunes.com.



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New Running Music by Korn, Rose Tattoo, and More

JogTunes.com has found great runnables in iTunes by Korn, Rose Tattoo, and Bon Jovi, some of the bands from Peter Andersson's latest master list of his favorite music-paced running songs. See his Top 50 List with great reviews (some in English) on his website.

Last month, Andy, from Illinois, sent a great list of songs from his running playlist. He's become a solid contributor to our site. This week we just posted Bring em Out by T.I., another of Andy's favorites, and a song by another band on his master list, (Hed) P.E.

We finished redesigning our playlist page with links to a new playlist details page. Tell us what you think at comments@jogtunes.com.

Happy running, and enjoy the music!

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New running music playlist at jogTunes.com featuring Breaking Benjamin and more

Please check out our new playlist at the jogtunes.com playlist page. It features artists and tunes sent to us by Andy, one of our top contributors of great running music. Breaking Benjamin leads the playlist with 3 songs. Chevelle, Simple Plan, Fall Out Boy, 311, and Sean Paul round out the list. The BPM range is 160s for warming-up and cooling-down and 170s to 180s for all out running. The peak is Firefly at 184. Here are the tunes:

Song Name - Artist

Sugar, We're Goin Down - Fall Out Boy

Evil Angel - Breaking Benjamin

Topless - Breaking Benjamin

Comfortable Liar - Chevelle

Firefly - Breaking Benjamin

The Clincher - Chevelle

I'm Still in Love with You - Sean Paul

I'd Do Anything - Simple Plan

Amber - 311

Happy music-paced running!

Our 400th running music song and our 4th podcast from jogTunes.com and JogTunesIndie.com

JogTunes.com just added some great runnable songs to our list of songs for music-paced running. See the songs and links to the iTunes Music Store on our home page. This puts us over 400 songs on the site and counting.

The songs by Razed in Black and Disturbed are from Peter Andersson's top 50 music-paced running picks. See his list with great reviews (some in English) on his website.

Andy, from Illinois, sent a great list of songs from his running playlist. Two are straight from his list (Slow Motion by Nickelback and Evil Angel by Breaking Benjamin). A third, Sugar, We're Goin' Down, is by Fall Out Boy, another band on his list.

Keane and John Mellencamp have new albums on iTunes. We found two runnable tunes from each. See their new covers with links to the albums on the top of our home page.

Dr. Bob just published the 4th JogTunesIndie Podcast episode. It's got some great new songs by bands found on the fine indie music podcasting network, Insomnia Radio. So if you want to match your running pace for 30 minutes to fine indie music, come on over to JogTunesIndie.com. Got iTunes? You'll find the podcast here.

We're doing some mild redesign of the websites. Tell us what you think at comments@jogtunes.com

Happy running, and enjoy the music!

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JogTunes.com posts new runnable songs by legends in rock and alternative music

JogTunes.com just added some runnable songs by living legends to the list of songs for music-paced running. See the songs and links to the iTunes Music Store on our home page.

The songs by the following bands were submitted by our veteran contributor, Peter Andersson, by way of Sweden. Please see his top 50 music-paced running picks with great reviews on his website.

* ZZ Top
* Smashing Pumpkins
* Nirvana

Lisa, from the UK, suggested the artist, Fatboy Slim. We posted his "Rockafeller Shank", a great runnable song.

We found a great running music list posted by Lisa of Toronto at runningmania.com. We posted a total of 5 songs by one legend and 2 more recently formed great bands on her list:

* Mötley Crüe
* Sum 41
* Billy Talent


We wish to sincerely thank Peter and the two Lisas for their playlists.

Dr. Bob is finishing up the 4th JogTunesIndie Podcast episode. It's got some great songs. So if you want to match your running pace for 30 minutes to fine indie music, come on over to JogTunesIndie.com. Got iTunes? You'll find the podcast here.

Happy running, and enjoy the music!

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New Running Music on JogTunes.com by Thin Lizzy, Avril Lavigne, Evanescence, and More

JogTunes.com keeps coming out with great music for music-paced running. See the songs and links to the iTunes Music Store on our home page.

The songs by the following artists were submitted by our veteran contributor, Peter Andersson, by way of Sweden. Please see his top 50 music-paced running picks with great reviews on his website.

* Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
* Axel Rudi Pell
* Thin Lizzy
* Avril Lavigne
* Faithless
* Motorhead

And the songs by the following artists for this week were submitted by our latest contributor, Lesha, by way of the UK.

* Lou Bega
* Feeder
* Linkin Park
* Evanescence
* Doves
* Dave Gahan

We wish to sincerely thank Peter and Lesha for their playlists. They came to us BPM rated, saving us lots of time locating great music-paced running songs.

Our podcast, The JogTunesIndie Podcast, has just come out with the third episode.
Want to match your running pace for 30 minutes to fine indie music? Check out the podcast at JogTunesIndie.com. Got iTunes? You'll find the podcast here.

Happy running, and enjoy the music!

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JogTunes.com Lists New Running Music by Kasabian, Sugarcult, Goo Goo Dolls, and More

JogTunes.com keeps coming out with great music for music-paced running. Here's the latest list of artists. See the songs and links to the iTunes Music Store on our home page.

* Taking Back Sunday
* She Wants Revenge
* Kasabian
* Sugarcult
* Goo Goo Dolls
* Under the Influence of Giants

Our podcast, The JogTunesIndie Podcast, is off to a great start. As one blogger described it: A "BPM based podcast of indie artists meant to be run to. Awesome!" We like those kinds of comments.

Want to match your running pace for 30 minutes to fine indie music? Check out the podcast at JogTunesIndie.com. Got iTunes? You'll find the podcast here.

Happy running, and enjoy the music!

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New Running Music on JogTunes.com by +44, Edguy, Scissor Sisters, Nickelback, Snow Patrol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Akon and Jay-Z.

Please check out the new tunes we've added to JogTunes.com. The artists are +44, Edguy, Scissor Sisters, Nickelback, Snow Patrol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and some hip-hop/rap from Akon and Jay-Z.

We also added a new 30-minute music-paced running playlist called Scissor Sisters Plus - A Pop/Rock BPM-Labeled iMix. This link takes you to the playlist page at JogTunes.com where there's a link to the iMix in the iTunes Music Store in the US. The "Sisters" are accompanied by Sheryl Crow and The Donnas. It's a great run!

We also added new functionality to our website. After searching for a BPM range or a genre, the resulting songs are listed in BPM order, from slower to faster. The new function allows you to reverse the order so you can move easily to the faster songs. We hope this will be helpful in finding tunes for your playlists.
Meanwhile, happy running and enjoy the music.


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The Second JogTunesIndie Podcast with Independent Running Music for Music-Paced Running

Dr. Bob has just finished posting his second JogTunesIndie Podcast. You can find it and the first episode at jogtunesindie.com where you can also subscribe to it, find the playlists, and order songs from the shows.

The source of the music is The Podsafe Music Network and the indie artists featured on the second show are Bob Gentry, Matthew Ebel, Black Lab and Reism.

Dr. Bob is the founder of our other website, jogtunes.com, where music-paced runners can find BPM rated running music from label artists.

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JogTunes.com publishes The JogTunesIndie Podcast, an Independent Music-Paced Running Podcast

We're happy to announce that we have published The JogTunesIndie Podcast.

Dr. Bob, the founder of jogTunes.com, is the host of the show. It's a 30 minute "run to" format with independent music separated by brief discussions about the artists and the beats-per-minute. The sequence of tunes involves a warm-up, easy run, peak run, easy run, cool-down pattern. There may be more than one song in each section. The source of the music is The Podsafe Music Network. The companion website, jogtunesindie.com, provides the podcast's play and subscription links , playlist, and links to the tunes on the iTunes Music Stores (US, UK, Ireland, and Japan).

We must admit, it was really fun to run to the podcast. The songs are great, motivating, and paced just right.

We look forward to comments about our podcast. Just email them to comments@jogtunes.com.

And stay tuned for more BPM-labeled music at jogTunes.com, coming soon.

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JogTunes.com presents more music to run to with a twist of metal

Again we consulted Peter Andersson's voluminous list of great running music and came up with more additions to JogTunes.com's Tunes List. These artists have been around awhile and some are still out there. They include The Donnas, Depeche Mode, Black Sabbath, the Ramones, Sisters of Mercy, Savage Garden, and Weezer. We hope you enjoy a little bit of memory lane.

Please also check out Peter's site for his top 50 running music picks. It's mostly in Swedish but the titles are in English. He rates the songs for music-paced running using the phrase "steps-per-minute" to indicate the actual running pace that best fits the song.

Thanks, again, Peter, for your great contribution to music-paced running.

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New Running Music by Sheryl Crow, Axel Rudi Pell, Bon Jovi, and Shawn Mullins

Please check out the new tunes we've added to JogTunes.com. The artists are Sheryl Crow, Axel Rudi Pell, Bon Jovi, and Shawn Mullins. We hope you enjoy the rock.

We also are working on our new site and podcast, JogTunesIndie. Please stay tuned.

Meanwhile, happy running and enjoy the music.

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Now at jogTunes.com: Running music for MPR by Yellowcard, Silverchair, Raven, The Donnas, At Vance, W.A.S.P., Motörhead, Danko Jones

We wish to thank Peter for the great playlist he submitted on our Forum. We have posted just a few of the wonderful music-paced running (MPR) tunes he listed. They include great rock and alternative from the likes of Yellowcard, Silverchair, Raven, The Donnas, At Vance, W.A.S.P., Motörhead, and Danko Jones. Please check them out on the home page of JogTunes.com. We'll be making an awesome playlist from these tunes. Feel free to make your own right away.

Also, returning "jogTuners" will notice that we've lengthened the tune list on the home page and added the new offerings from Napster and Rhapsody. If you have an MP3 player and don't like having to convert iTunes songs to MP3s, you might want to consider using one of these services. If you do, please click on the ads at jogtunes. It helps pay the bills.

Meanwhile, happy running and enjoy the music.

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JogTunes.com offers jogTunes users great buys on running apparel, shoes, Napster, Rhapsody, and Apple Products

JogTunes.com just added the JogTunes Shopping Mall to the website. Check it out for links to great buys on running apparel, running shoes, Napster, Rhapsody, and Apple Computer products.

Meanwhile, happy running and enjoy the music.

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JogTunes.com offers jogTunes users great buys on running apparel, shoes, Napster, Rhapsody, and Apple Products

JogTunes.com just added the JogTunes Shopping Mall to the website. Check it out for links to great buys on running apparel, running shoes, Napster, Rhapsody, and Apple Computer products.

Meanwhile, happy running and enjoy the music.

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Thanks Geek News Central for Kind Words About JogTunes

We want to thank Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central and the GNC Podcast for his kind words and prescient promotion of The JogTunes Podcast. Due to overwhelming fatigue, Todd stated, in his Oct 3, 2006 episode, that jogTunes is a podcast rather than a website. He kindly mentioned our appearance in the LinkShare ad in Revenue Magazine (see our last blog), and guessed my age based on my photo in the ad. Thankfully he guessed around 50. The truth, I'm now willing to admit, is that I'm 63.

The other truth is that, unbeknownst to Todd, I had already recorded a promo for the new JogTunes Podcast. I know I need to improve the sound quality and maybe pep things up a little...but it's a start.

Since the JTCP (JogTunes Podcast) will provide running music by independent artists, the resource for the tunes will be the Podsafe Music Network. I'll try to pick songs that are sold on iTunes as the PMN is not yet selling songs as of this blog date. The website will be called JogTunesIndie.com.

Here's the promo. Please be patient while I prepare the first podcast. I'll keep you posted.

The JogTunes Podcast Promo

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JogTunes and LinkShare in Revenue Magazine

It's in your larger bookstores. That's Revenue Magazine with an ad for LinkShare featuring yours truly and jogTunes.com. There's also a big article on LinkShare.

We also posted runnable cadence-labeled tunes from Bob Dylan's new album, Linkin Park, and Ray LaMontagne. Check them out on our home page.

We're working on expanding the website so come back soon to see what's happening.

Happy running to the music!

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An All Beck Running Music Playlist for Music-Paced Running

We just posted a new music-paced running playlist on jogTunes.com. It's all Beck. Please check it out.

Meanwhile, happy running and enjoy the music.

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New Running Music by OutKast, The Killers, and More

We just posted new music-paced running music on jogTunes.com by OutKast, The Killers, Nada Surf, and Cake. We welcome more suggestions for music-paced running songs.

We're looking forward to seeing the LinkShare ad that features jogTunes.com. It comes out in September in the October issue of Revenue Magazine. We'll keep you posted.

Meanwhile, happy running and enjoy the music.

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From The Fixx to Sublime: A new jogging music and running music playlist

We just posted a new music-paced running playlist on jogTunes.com. It features The Fixx, Sublime, and Beck. Watch your pulse monitors on this one. It peaks for three songs in the 180 BPM range.

Just got an article published on RunThePlanet.com. Check it out at Matching Cadence to Music.

Happy running and enjoy the music.

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New Running Music, Jogging Music and jogTunes News

Hi music-paced running fans.

We just added more songs at jogTunes.com. Come see tunes from Wolfmother, AFI, Birdman & Lil Wayne, BHI, KRAB & Lil Jon, and Neil Young. The tempos are in the range of 152 to 172 BPM, even the hip-hop/rap. (Just a reminder: about half of the hip-hop/rap on jogTunes.com is in the 80-100 range. You can double-time the 80-90 BPM tunes and run them at 160 to 180 BPM. It's really fun. Or you can just walk to them to warm up or cool down.)

Also, we put an entry in Wikipedia for "Running Music." You're invited to contribute. Check it out at Running Music Wiki.

Happy running and enjoy the music.

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Running Music, Sport Music, Nikeplus, and JogTunes

iTunes just posted a new catagory inside the Music Store: Nike Sport Music. There you'll find compilations and iMixes intended primarily for running. They boast that the music is "made to move you." In their promo, Paula Radcliffe even alludes to the concept of music-paced running. But, rarely is there a song in their collection that matches the pace of a runner. Only jogTunes.com provides a specially selected listing of songs whose tempos fall within the range of a runner's cadence. We're guessing that some runners may like the Nikeplus shoes and the Sport Music playlists. We know they'll love running to jogTunes.

Also, please check out the website, jogTunes.com. It's got some additions including tunes by Sublime, The Fixx, Moby, and the Beastie Boys. Just start scrolling down on the first page or find the songs by using the artist selection field. Like Nike/iTunes we have playlists. But, better yet, you can make your own lists that match your running time and artist preferences.

Enjoy the run. Enjoy the music.

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More running music at jogTunes.com

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have a new album, Stadium Arcadium, and in it we've found 6 great running songs on iTunes. Check out the list at jogTunes.com by clicking this link: Red Hot Chili Peppers. Also, we found 2 runnable songs in the Arctic Monkeys iTunes listings. They're an up and coming alternative band from the UK with a great sound. Here's the link: Arctic Monkeys. Enjoy!

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iTunes, NikePlus, and jogTunes

Well, music-paced running fans, we got a little help from Nike and iTunes. You probably have heard that the two companies have partnered to make Nike+iPod, a high tech tracker of running experience using a sensor in the shoes and an iPod. In additon, Apple is apparently applying for a patent for a system that uses the running data to set the tempo of your tunes on the iPod. Intriguing.

But don't you think it would be more fun to have the system pick a jogTune that matches your pace? The iPod could be programmed to say something like, "You're running at 160 beats-per-minute. Here's a song to match." Or, " Would you like to push it and go to 180 BPM? Press the select button and you'll be listening to XYZ's tune, Run Fun, at 180 BPM." Now how do I get Apple to hear me.

Also, please check out the website, jogTunes.com. It's got some additions including a list of all of the artists with links to their tunes.

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jogTunes chosen by LinkShare for Their "My Story" Campaign

Great news! LinkShare, the prominent and pioneering pay-for-performance affiliate marketing company, has chosen us as a participant in their promotion campaign. So, we're going to New York City, courtesy of LinkShare, to do a photo shoot, meet with their PR people and attend the LinkShare Symposium. Mark, from LinkShare, told us that they really like our concept. JogTunes will be featured in an ad in Revenue Magazine. This will be a great opportunity to promote music-paced running and jogTunes and to help LinkShare with their campaign. Should also be great fun.

The website jogtunes.com is being modified to be more functional for newcomers and return visitors. The changes will be up and running tomorrow. We'll also be adding affiliate links to running merchandise companies.

We welcome your feedback here or on our forum.

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Catch the new songs and the PMN is coming!

JogTunes has added more great running titles to jogtunes.com. Here's a list of the artists:

T.A.T.U.
Steps
The Killers
Faithless
The Zutons

My sincere thanks goes to Joe, my UK consultant, for turnng me on to the Zutons' songs and other great artists who have produced runnable tunes. As a teenager, he helps me focus on what's big in his world, especially in the UK.

I'm looking forward to the implementation of the Podcast Music Network's affiliates program. I'll be one of the first to join and will then begin posting independent runnable songs that can be purchased on the PMN. What's great about the PMN resource? The artists get a greater piece of the action and podcasters can embed these podsafe (non-RIAA) songs in their podcasts for the enjoyment of listeners who run. I'll keep you posted.

Happy music-paced running!

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Jogtunes gets an award

We've been featured on Call For Help by Amber McCarthur, Robin Good's New Media Pick of the Week, and as the Featured Affiliate on the iTunes page of Linkshare's website.

But our most recent recognition is an award by the Linkshare Club as this week's Best Creative website! Scroll down on the Linkshare Club page to see the details.

What is Linkshare? They run what they claim is the largest pay for performance affiliate marketing network on the Internet. Clicks on links on jogTunes.com that result in sales are paid to jogTunes through Linkshare.

Hopefully, this is just the beginning of the popularization of music-paced running and our music service.

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More Tunes for Music-Paced Running

Here's a list of the artists whose "runnable" songs I just posted on jogtunes.com.

- Beck
- A Perfect Circle
- System of a Down
- Audioslave

I admit that I select most songs solely by listening to the 30 second clips in iTunes and counting the BPM with Blacktree's iTunes-BPM Inspector. Since I don't listen to the entire song, I can miss changes in tempos and other characteristics of the song that might affect the running pace. I apologize for this but hope that the user understands that it would be prohibitive to purchase all of the songs just in order to look for unusual characteristics. I encourage users to contact me about any songs that they find are inappropriately listed as "runnable" tunes on jogTunes.com.

I also wish to acknowledge the numerous joggers and runners who have shared their running playlists with the public. They have been most helpful to me. I hope they will understand that I only chose truly music-paced running songs recorded by their favorite artists. Many songs are enjoyed by runners even though the songs' tempos don't truly match their running pace. While that's all well and good, jogTunes is promoting only running-paced songs to foster the acceptance and enjoyment of music-paced running.

Happy running and enjoy the music!

Bob

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Expanded our name

I thought I'd add "music-paced running" to the blog title to expand the blog concept and promote the phrase I coined. More and more people are admitting that music-paced running (MPR) is fun, motivating, and invigorating. And music preferences abound -- from rock to jazz (my favorite) to alternative to happy hardcore.

If you haven't heard of happy hardcore, check out this article for a simple explanation. Then Google away! I have yet to post HH to jogtunes.com but I will. Most of the songs are highly "runnable."

Meanwhile, I just posted 4 Beck songs to jogTunes.

I've received a number of lists of favorite artists from runners and will continue to look for the runnables (jogtunes) among their songs in iTunes. Please keep those lists coming. You can post them in the jogTunes forum or email them to me.

Happy MPR!

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More jogtunes for music-paced running

I coined the phrase, "music-paced running", to describe the unique activity that is gaining in popularity. There's no question that running to the tempo of good music can get you motivated and can add to the fun of exercising. It's not for everyone and many runners will find that they prefer music-paced running on occasion but not every time they run. Whatever you prefer, the tunes are available at jogTunes.com.

I just added songs from Coldplay and Something Corporate. Please find them using the artist search at the jogtunes.com site and tell me what you think about them as jogtunes.

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Casual running and jazz

Needless to say, the suggested 30-minute playlists at jogTunes.com are geared towards the casual runner who enjoys a half-hour jog several days a week. What better way is there to enhance the fun of a short run than by running to the beat of jazz? Music-based running (matching your pace to the tempo) is like dancing. It's fun, it keeps you going, and it invigorates.

Our latest playlist is the Basie/Ferguson jogSet. It builds to a BPM of 184 which is the tempo of Ferguson's Birdland. Watch your pulse monitor because this tune will push you.

Of course, the tune list in jogTunes.com provides many runnable songs that can be inserted into longer lists for the more serious runners or placed between several podcasts to make the mid-point of a run a little more fun. Or, just play a runnable song or two in the middle of a quiet run for variety and pacing.

And don't forget, we have links to the UK and Ireland iTunes Music Stores for many of our jogTunes.

Enjoy your next run!

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The UK and Irish Connections

I'm starting to add links to the UK and Irish iTunes Music Stores in the jogTunes.com Tunes database. Users need to open their respective stores to facilitate access to the tunes. I hope people in the UK and Ireland will find this helpful and give me feedback on how it's working out.

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jogTunes Tunes List Updated

Since my last post I've been adding more songs to the jogTunes Tunes List. It continues to amaze me how few songs actually have tempos in the runnable pace range. I've added tunes from the following artists:

Filter
Soungarden
Freq Nasty
The Crystal Method
Paul Oakenfeld
The Prodigy
C & C Music Factory (Listed as C+C Music Factory in jogTunes)
Meat Beat Manifesto
Electric Light Orchestra
Marc Anthony
Oscar D'Leon
Crowded House
Peter Gabriel
Ben Harper
Counting Crows
Pearl Jam
Switchfoot
Depeche Mode

A Trail Runner's Blog (see Links) is the number one source of visits to jogTunes. I'm grateful to Scott for the link.

I'm developing links to iTunesUK and other European iTunes Music Stores. It will take some time but it'll be fun...and maybe increase my earnings.

I welcome any suggestions and comments here or on the jogTunes Forum.

Health

A New Playlist Featuring Bloc Party

jogTunes presents a new playlist (jogSet) called Bloc Party and More jogSet. We saved you the work of finding runnable songs in Bloc Party's recent album Silent Alarm and in an iTunes Live Session. Check it out here. The BPM ranges from 156 to 172. The iMix also includes runnables from Pearl Jam, NIN, The Chemical Brothers, and Ben Harper. The last song by Harper, Bring the Funk, should be walked in a cool-down mode at 100 BPM.

Rob Nelson of areyouageek (?) spoke highly of jogTunes on his 9/18 podcast. I'm grateful to him for helping to popularize music-paced running.

Finally a special thanks to Nathan Moore of phusebox and Scott Dunlap of A Trail Runner's Blog for their support of jogTunes.

The mornings are cool and crisp in Moab and there's a dusting of snow in the La Sal Mountains. It doesn't get any better for the morning workout.

jogTunes on the MacCast

The new and, I think, improved, jogTunes, was introduced to the podcasting world by Adam Christianson on his popular podcast, the MacCast. It was on his 9/13/05 show. And sure enough, the traffic to jogTunes increased exponentially. I'm grateful to Adam for his help

I've been thinking about the many ways users may find jogTunes helpful. They may place a "runnable" tune in the faster range (about 170 to 180 beats-per-minute) in the middle of their regular running playlist to ensure they're running at peak pace. Or they may switch to several runnable songs after listening to a podcast during warm-up. Others may create a full playlist of runnable songs or download one of the playlists on jogTunes.

I'm still waiting to find out how many other people will find it a whole lot of fun to run to the pace of music. I've written emails to several bloggers: A Trail Runner's Blog and A Runner's Blog, and will post to forums where there is interest in running to music.

Also, foreign versions of JogTunes may be helpful. Japan has just joined the iTunes community. Most of the European countries are already on line with iTunes. This may get interesting.

Happy running to the beat!

jogTunes Revamping

Over the past 2 months I've been working on a cleaner website with a mySQL/PHP database running in Apache on my PowerBook with Tiger now installed. It's been quite a trip. I vowed that I'd spend nothing on a database and application server and so far it's been on the cheap.

Well, we got noticed by another blogger, Thom, in the UK. Here's the post called BPM. I've entered a comment as well. Once I get the new version up and running, I'll start publicizing it via blogs. I understand that that's probably the best way to get noticed.

Running with my 2 dogs has improved. We took them to obedience training classes and now they understand the word "heel"...well, barely. The little Cairn Terrier is a bit feisty but then that's what the breed's all about.

So I understand that there's an mp3 player that you can use underwater! Some day jogTunes.com may include swimTunes for swimmers who do laps.

Gabi, my daughter, is now in India. Her blogs are wonderful and she even found the time to remind me to update this blog. Thanks, Gabi! You can catch her posts at Chartandwaters.