My older brother spent two weeks with me in June and loved walking the New York City streets. He would walk miles taking in the city, and he began teaching me about matching walking pace with the beats per minute (BPM) of whatever song I was listening to. Basically, we tend to walk or run faster when we're listening to music with more beats per minute. I decided to apply this concept to my running playlists, and I learned that I needed to listen to songs that had about 160 BPM when I was running to make a 9-minute mile. And voila, a new running playlist was made!
So here you are, ten songs that will help you run a 9-minute mile pace. Please appreciate the Vitamin C throwback and the back-to-back setup of Taylor Swift and Outkast.
"I Saw Her Standing There" -The Beatles (160 BPM)
"Suds in the Bucket" -Sara Evans (161 BPM)
"Sugar, We're Goin' Down" -Fall Out Boy (162 BPM)
"The Middle" -Jimmy Eat World (162 BPM)
"American Saturday Night" -Brad Paisley (158 BPM)
"Graduation (Friends Forever)" -Vitamin C (160 BPM) (BLAST FROM THE PAST!)
"Jump Then Fall" -Taylor Swift (160 BPM)
"Hey Ya!" -Outkast (160 BPM)
"Footloose" -Kenny Loggins (160 BPM)
"Gangsta's Paradise"- Coolio featuring L.V. (160 BPM)
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