Some people may ask, “Mia, you don’t look like you run, in fact, you hate running. Why would you record podcasts for something that makes your thighs chafe and cuts into your time to watch The Story of the Half-Ton Man again?” Great question. I’m not really sure what got me started, but I can tell you that as much as I loathe running, the Cool Running Couch to 5k Program turned me into someone who, despite my feelings, found out she can get over herself and actually run! Like, for way longer than I ever would have expected. The only thing that was missing was music that didn’t make me want to punch myself in the throat. I realize that my music taste may still cause others to play Fight Club with themselves – but the podcasts are free so they shouldn’t complain too much.
So, here are the latest ones I’ve recorded (for a full list of podcasts or to subscribe, you can get them all over at iTunes):
C25K – Week 1 (right click, save as)
Music From:
Thao & Mirah – “Eleven”
MNDR – “Cut Me Out”
Maximum Balloon ft. Theophilus London – “Groove Me”
MEN – “Off Our Backs”
Making Friendz – “Situation”
Aranda – “It Ain’t Easy”
Sick of Sarah – “Bittersweet”
C25K – Week 2 (right click, save as)
Music From:
Great Northern – Houses
Givers – Up Up Up
Kid Sister – Get Fresh
Ursula1000 ft. Isabelle Antena – Repetez Le Repetoire
Le Butcheretees – Henry Don’t Got Love
The 2 Bears – Bear Hug
Uffie – Wordy Rappinghood (Tom Tom Cover)
C25K - Week 3 (right click, save as)
Music From:
Noah and the Whale – Life Is Life (Yuksek Remix)
Magic_Fountain-TOA_New_Wave_Acid_Remix
Kerli – Army of Love (Wawa Remix Radio Edit)
No Surrender – Young World
Boots Electric — Boots Electric Theme
Santogold – L.E.S. Artistes
C25K – Week 4 (New Podcast as of 11/21/2011, download below)
Music From:
No Surrender – “Young World”
Grace Jones – “Painted Eyes”
Grace Jones – “William’s Blood” (Aeroplane Remix)
Destructo – “Technology”
Boy – “To The Sea”
TOA – “Magic Fountain” (New Wave Acid Remix)
Katy B – “Lights On” (Gigamesh Remix)
C25K – Week 5 Day 1 (right click, save as)
Music From:
Jacques Renault – Buddy Holly – Slippin’ and Slidin’ (Jacques Renault Remix)
The Hood Internet – Some Creeps (TLC x Holy Ghost x Michael McDonald)
Die Antwoord – I Fink U Freeky
Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans (Penguin Prison Remix)
Laura Gibson – La Grande
Santigold – Big Mouth
Scissor Sisters vs Krystal Pepsy – Shady Love (Silkie Remix)
Jonquil-TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaursRemix-Impteed
C25K – Week 5 Interval 2 (right click, save as)
Music From:
We’re doing a 5 minute walking warm-up followed by 8 minutes of jogging, 5 minutes of walking, 8 minutes of jogging and then you can slow it down or keep it going with this extended mix.
Gotye – Eyes Wide Open (Alien Delon Remix – William Bowden Master)
Friends – Friend Crush (Jake Bullit Remix)
Work It Out (Disclosure Booty Call Edit) – Q-Tip
We Found House (3LAU Progressive Bootleg)
3 LAU – All Night Long
Jessie J – Domino (Jyvhouse Extended Bass Remix)
Take Me High – (Bart B More Remix Edit)
Matthew Dear – Little People (Black City)
C25K – Week 5 Interval 3 (right click, save as)
Music From:
The Heavy – How You Like Me Now
Hot Chip – Take It In
Dance Yourself to Death – Midnight Affair (Y&R Remix)
Steve Aoki – Green Velvet – Shake and Pop featuring Kid Sister
Groove Armada – I Won’t Kneel (Treasure Fingers Epicwave Radio Edit)
Hexes & Ohs – Whadaya Know
C25K – Week 6 Interval 1 (right click, save as)
Music From:
Ted Leo – Me and Mia
Sia – You’ve Changed
New Young Pony Club – Chaos
The Faint – The Geeks were Right
Passion Pit – Sleepyhead
Steve Aokie – Goose
Arcade Fire – Neighborhood
Bloc Party – Banquet
Death from Above 1979 – Sexuality
C25K – Week 6 Interval 2 (right click, save as)
Same music as interval 1 for all three intervals
C25K – Week 6 Interval 3 (right click, save as)
C25K – Week 7 (right click, save as)
Music From:
Raphael Saadiq – Staying In Love
Peaches – Talk to Me
Ladyhawk – My Delirium
Justice – D.A.N.C.E.
Kid Cudi – Day ‘n Nite
Imperial Teen – Ivanka
!!! – Hello is This Thing On
Editors – Papillon
Lawrence Arabia – Apple Pie Bed
C25K – Week 8 (right click, save as)
Music From:
Belle and Sebastian – Another Sunny Day
Radiohead – Bodysnatchers
Groove Armada – Paper Romance
Van She – Strangers
The Presets – Are You The One
Soulwax – NY Lipps
of Montreal – Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse
New Young Pony Club – The Bomb
Afrika Bambaataa – Metal
FM Belfast – Par Avion
C25K – Week 9 (right click, save as)
I’ll have to go back and check out what music I used because I certainly didn’t write it down before! This is the last week and if you’ve made it this far, you should be incredibly proud of yourself. Go ahead and give yourself a virtual slap on the ass for me, please.
Related articles
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Hi Mia,
I wanted to say thanks for the great podcasts. I used to say I would never run unless I was being chased and the c25k plan has helped me change my mind. So as not to be too hypocritical my first 5k will be the Run For Your Lives obstacle course next August which involves Zombies trying to snag your flags. But back to my main point, thanks for the great podcasts your encouragement helps me get through the runs and isn’t schmaltzy and the music motivates me rather than causing me to want to shove a knitting needle in my ear.
-Shelly
Mia!
I was so thrilled to see that you are posting new podcasts again! I know you are thinking about not having them on itunes, but please keep them there! I LOVE LOVE LOVE running to your podcasts and to be honest I don’t think I would’ve done as well without them. I am just getting back into longer distances and I can’t wait until I’m running outside listening to your podcasts, working toward the 10K (hopefully!). Thank you!
Hi!! Sorry it took so long for me to respond! Don’t worry, I’ll always get them up to iTunes – I was just looking for a way to do it through Soundcloud : ) So happy you’re enjoying the podcasts! xo