Music to win

When I started running, I always wear headset as part of my running gear.
I use it to listen to the Nike+ running voice message about my running status during my workout. It tells the training duration, distance, pace, time left for the set training, congratulation message and new record after completing the training.
Aside from those work out messages, I consider also music as a great part of my training as a beginner runner.
My mood is set by music actually, it is not boring when I'm running while listening to music.
I have different set's of playlist and I use them randomly, depending on my thoughts, feeling or season maybe. Here are those sets.

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The alternatives:
My playlists includes foreign alternative old and not so new music:

• Use somebody by King of Leons
• Without you by David Gueta
• Hall of fame by The Script
• In the end by Linkin Park
• Secrets by One Republic
• Semi-charmed life by Third eye blind

I have a hundreds in my list but above are my most played music, the music that  sing with during easy pace.

Tunog Kalye:

I started having interest in music during the 80's and bought a guitar in 1993.

I'm not a good guitarist but I like Pinoy music specially alternative pop rock, the music of my age. When I bring it to running, I have this feeling of being time warp somewhere in my past. Every song reminds me of something, an event, a person, a place and a moment.. yeah. 

I have too many songs in this list, hundreds, so I just list them by band name.

• E-heads
• River maya
• Bamboo
• After Image
• Yano
• Callalily
• Silent Sanctuary
• Orange and lemons
• Hale

Listen to motivate:

Powersong is my playlist name for this, actually this are not songs. This are collections of MP3's made of popular motivational quotes from great athletes, great persons and movies.

Some cuts are these:

“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”― Martin Luther King Jr. 

“If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.” ― Muhammad Ali

"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place, and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that!" -Rocky Balboa

"You got a dream... You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period." - Will Smith

Music to win
There are times, weeks after starting a running work out and training, I search for something that I need to listen to, something that are more motivating and something more worthy than my other playlist.
Ever since, I am always amazed by sports people and athlete who always give thanks to the Lord after every game they play, win or loose. There are these, boxers, football players, basketball players and a lot of athletes, who prays before and after the game win or lose, who kneels at the game and doesn't care what the rest are doing, repeatedly mentioned after a game interview how he/she is very much thankful to the Lord. 
I put worship songs in my playlist and they are great. I have songs from Don Moen, Casting Crowns, Himig Heswita and more Christian songs.
I listen to them most of the time, in training and in races and they are very inspiring. One amazing experience about this was during my second marathon, at 33km mark, when I feel weak and helpless, one worship song plays "Huwag kang mangamba". 

" Huwag kang mangamba, di ka nag-iisa, 

Sasamahan kita, saan man magpunta.

Ika'y mahalaga, sa 'king mga mata,

Minamahal kita, minamahal kita...

Tinatawag kita sa 'yong pangalan,

Ikaw ay akin magpakailanman.

Ako ang Panginoon mo at Diyos,

Tagapagligtas mo at tagatubos.

Sa tubig kita'y sasagipin,

Sa apoy ililigtas man din.

Ako ang Panginoon mo at Diyos,

Tagapagligtas mo at tagatubos. 

Listening and running to this in that situation gives me a teary eye :'(. I know that I am not alone, I know that I will be guided safe into the finish line. I will be told when to run and walk. I will not be harm. At that time, I also realize that I have joined many races but lacks training and I was able to safely finish the race because of faith.

After a year of running, I no longer bring with me my head set to listen to music.

I have the best music to listen to, the best song that motivates, loaded with lyrics saying that we are blessed.

Faith bridges my foot from starting line to finish line. Faith is the best music of our life's Playlist. Now I listen and sing to music of faith and win.