LNL Midnight Mixtape: Running

Midnight Mixtape: Running

On the midnight mixtape, Steffan Powell covering for Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (24/04/2025) with Songs that reference Running! This is moving on from last week's walking theme with the London Marathon happening on Sunday. There has been a "running" double album. So this is volume 3!

Songs in contention

• Arcade Fire - Keep the car running
• Lindisfarne - Run for home*
• Bruce Springsteen - Born to run*
• Kate Bush - Running up that hill*
• Woodkid - Run boy run*
• Surfan Stevens - Running start
• Queen - Stone cold crazy
• One Direction - Ready to run
• (Wings - band on the run)
• Level 42 - Running in the family
• Leona Lewis - Run
• Lionel Richie - Running with the night
• Killers - Runaways
• Cake - The distance
• Rush - Marathon
• Stephen Fretwell - Run
• Gil Scott Heron/Jamie XXX - Running
• Sam Fender - People watching
• Moby - Run on
• Corrs - Runaway
• Shawn Mendes - Stitches
• REO Speedwagon - Take it on the run
• Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
• Santana - Marathon
• Bee Gees - Run to me
• Tom Petty - Running down the dream
• Spencer Group - Keep on running
• (Del Shannon - Runaway)
• Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

  Texted in Long list

  • Leona Lewis - Run
  • Iron Maiden - Run to the hills
  • Black Eyed Peas - Let's get this party started
  • Bryan Adams - Run to you
  • Spencer Davis Group - Keep on runnin'
  • Johnny Cash - God's going to cut you down
  • Guided by voices - Run wild
  • Wings - Band on the run
  • Bucks Fizz - Run for you life
  • Eagles - Long run
  • Tammy Lynn - I'm gonna run away from you
  • Muse - Time is running out of time
  • Vangelis - Chariots of Fire
  • Steve Winwood - Time is running out/Keep on running
  • Lisa Lougheed - Run with us
  • Jo jo Gunne - Run Run
  • Doobie Bros - Long train running
  • Naughty Boy - Runnin'
  • Spiritualised - Run
  • Run DMC vs Aerosmith - Walk this way
  • Beatles - Run for your life
  • Bruce Springsteen - Born to run
  • Velvet Underground - Run Run Run
  • Manic Street Preachers - Autumn Song
  • Rush - Marathon
  • Delroy Wilson - Run run
  • CMAT - Running/Planning
  • Flanagan & Allen - Run rabbit run
  • Tom Petty - Running man's bible
  • Flock of Seagulls - I ran
  • Slade - Run runaways
  • Mike & Mechanics - Slient Running
  • Soul Asylum - Runaway train
  • Pink Floyd - Run like hell
  • Lionel Richie - Running with the night
  • Gun - Race with the devil
  • Sheryl Crow - Run baby run
  • Nick Foles - The runner
  • Tears for Fears - Everybody wants to run the world
  • Pink! - Just a pill
  • Jimi Jamison - I'm always here (Baywatch Theme)
  • Eric Clapton - Running on faith
  • Del Shannon - Runaway
  • Pharrell Williams - Runnin'
  • Kenny Rogers - Gambler

  Final Mixtape

  Here's the final mixtape!

  Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

  [Side 1]
  1. Wings - Band on the run
  2. Moby - Run on
  3. One direction - Ready to run
  4. Tom Petty - Runnin' down the dream
  5. Killers - Runaways
  6. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX - Running
  [Side 2]
  7. Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
  8. Lindisfarne - Run for home
  9. Stephen Fretwell - Run
  10. Del Shannon - Runaway
  11. Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
  12. Kate Bush - Running up that hill
  Hidden: Cake - The Distance
  

  Previous Appearances

  From the original midnight mixtapes, 5 acts had never been on before, 1D, Del Shannon, Moby, Stephen Fretwell, Wings Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 12: Kate Bush
  • 4: Kenny Rogers, Killers
  • 2: Beastie Boys, Tom Petty
  • 1: Gil Scott-Heron, Cake, Lindisfarne

RM #1: Food and Sports Shopping

Happy new year! No resolutions made but hopefully to feel "complete" by the end of the year.

Down to the Greenwich Peninsula with workmates to eat dim sum at the Peninsula Chinese Restaurant. Then on to Canada Water/Surrey Quays but found out that was closed except for Tescos.

Spent a lot of time looking at sports direct after being told by my dad that they were selling rucksacks for two pounds. That's pretty good incentive, especially with the free delivery of over 50 pounds. Just enough to make you spend over 50 quid in types of sports paraphernalia.

Resumed training for the London marathon with a 35 minute run before losing my action a little bit. I need to get a new pair of trainers.

Random Musings - Day #42

Nappy Factor
The stats look good for Tiger Woods winning the US Open due to the Nappy Factor. Previous winners, Phil Mickelson (2002), Zach Johnson (2007) and Trevor Immelman (2008) won just after having a baby boy.

Eggs
I just had an omelette. Curiously I didn't make it in the style of Delia Smith. There was a time when health experts said eggs were good for you. A good source of protein. However for many years since then, eggs have been considered to be bad in that they are high in cholesterol, particular the yolk. But now it looks like it is good for you after all as it does not raise cholesterol.
Here's more nutrition details.

Running/Shoes
Here's the UK Running Directory of all the outdoor tracks in the UK. Talking of running. I recently bought two pairs of shoes from a local stores and I've broke BOTH of them in less than a month. Shows you, you can't beat a certain of degree of quality and that I've not learned from hostel mistake in Dublin, last December, where I booked the hostel from hell.

Films
Well I was overhearing someone watching Mary Poppins and there's one scene that reminds me of the credit crunch. That's when the boy goes to the bank with his banker dad. When the boy doesn't want to give his tupence to the bank, the manager snatches the tupence from him and welcomes him to the bank. The boy screams "Give me back my money" and then everyone else in the bank demanded their money back. Sounds like our banks today. Heh.
In Shaun of the dead, there's one scene with John, the owner of the Winchester becomes a zombie and attacks Shaun and co. He looks suspiciously like John McCririck.

Random Musings - Day #19

Martial arts is not solely from Asia. Pankration is a Greek martial arts that originates from ancient Olympics. It is argued that Asia and their martial arts are based on Pankration. Either way, it's a good way to keep fit.
Talking of fitness, pilates is a Greek-named but actually German physical fitness system, which maybe good for creation abs. Here's a video example. Here's another way to get a six pack allegedly. Plus there's a video for crunches as well.

Running. There's a few good guides to running. The main one is probably Runners World. That's an international site but if you like me want a more localised site, i.e. you are looking for local races to run, visit the UK version of Runners World. There's also a good site for race events and results in Canada.

Been having a quick look at a game that a friend suggested, Quick-fire pool.

Random Musings - Day #7

The DLR have kept the opening of Woolwich Arsenal DLR station underwraps. But I've been reliably informed by a friend and this transport blog that it will commence running on January 10th with the official opening a couple days later. This section should be another way getting about from the southeast into London and presumably is in place as an alternative means to the area where most of London 2012 Olympics will be held.

Now I am totally down with the flu but I am fighting it with Vicks, my special ginger drink, multivitamins, fisherman's friend and lots of water. Keeping hydrated is probably the key to it all. Anyways spotted this nice little recipe, which actually sounds tasty.

Moonwalking. There's some good tutorials on how to do it properly. One from videojug is here. Another good video tutorial is from
glowsticking.com. There's even one from Borat... well not quite but I LIKE!

Another friend says he is going to do some running in the not to distant future and asked what do I recommend. Decathlon and Sweatshop are probably your best bets. (Have a look at my running blog for more details...

I hate Manchester United. On paper, it wasn't humanly possible to lose to a team, that's only won 3 times in 11 with a couple of those against crap teams in cup competitions. But somehow they pulled off a 1-0 defeat to Derby in the Carling Cup. Not pleased at all. That's Man U, off my list of potential Premiership teams (as a second club) to support... It was too good to be true. I should have realised that Nigel Clough, Derby's new boss was around and they would be up for the game, whereas Fergie, the master tactician that he is realise, it's a game of two halves (there is a second leg to come at Old Trafford) and 8-1 on Derby winning. Yeah let them win. It's a fix. I swear the game was a fix! I hate Manchester United!!

Monkeh (a.k.a. the Digital/PG Tips Monkey). A little flashback to those adverts from the ill-fated itv digital. Have a look at Ryan Giggs in a pinny.