For those of you who run to music...

Have you guys found this site yet?  Rock My Run is a website offering premixed workout playlists. Each playlist page shows the songs included in the particular playlist, but it's all downloaded as a single file, just one big mp3 containing the mix of songs.  The songs are all about 2 minutes in length within the playlist - long enough to get a good chunk of a song you like, songs you don't like pass relatively quickly, and the frequent changing of songs keeps you moving.  The playlist lengths are nice and standard workout lengths - 30, 45, 50, 90 minute playlists, and so on.  You can sort them by genre, length, DJ, etc.  And they have New Music Mondays, where they post a new running mix each week.  The music is heavily on the pop/hip-hop/dance side of things, but that does make good running music.  They are expanding the genre selection though - there's a country playlist or two, and last week's New Music Monday was "Flannel Power," lots of 90s rock.  And the icing on the cake?  It's in Beta, so it's still free!  Lots of good workout music, all for free!  Nice!

It looks like a good website, and they definitely have plans to grow.  According to the FAQs, they are planning to offer links to purchasing songs in a playlist, have iPhone and Android apps, and eventually offer video as well. Big plans, and it'd be great to see them happen!

I'm hit-or-miss when it comes to running with music.  Kinda an as-the-mood-strikes sort of thing.  Sometimes I like the quiet to be alone with my thoughts, and sometimes it's my thoughts I'm trying to outrun.  I have tried several of the playlists off Rock My Run, though, and am enjoying them.  There's a lot of newer music, with some older stuff thrown in too, but the newer stuff includes a lot of songs I don't have on my computer yet but are playing on the radio now.  Good change of pace from my personal workout and running playlists.

So, thought I'd pass it along, to any other runners out there looking for a new, free source of good running mixes. Rock My Run - go check it out!