<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lym0hWbDKeY/Uga_wdROo8I/AAAAAAAABJY/XrddHCjnomM/s1600/IMG_20130810_123839_406.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lym0hWbDKeY/Uga_wdROo8I/AAAAAAAABJY/XrddHCjnomM/s320/IMG_20130810_123839_406.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />So here we are. Tomorrow is the big day. Race day. I keep hearing that the Falmouth Road Race is the biggest, most popular race in New England second only to the Boston Marathon itself. All things considered, I believe it. I've been preparing for this for months, and I feel like I was preparing for it before I even knew I was doing it. I've logged over 140 miles training for this which, frankly, isn't<br /><a name='more'></a> as much as I would've liked. I suppose it was about the best i could do considering I've been doing a bodybuilding program for the past 8 weeks...cardio and heavy iron aren't usually best friends...<br /><br />Anyway - in preparation for the race I gave special attention to my <a href="http://www.sothisisfitness.com/running-playlist" target="_blank">playlist</a>. Some songs were ditched and some added. This was a painstaking process and believe it or not I did "road test" most of the songs I was considering...kind of the only sure way to know you can run to it.<br /><br />First - additions:<br /><br />A couple of these are actually kind of working as <a href="http://sothisisfitness.com/2013/08/running-on-rocket-fuel-anatomy-of-a-power-song.html" target="_blank">Power Songs</a> for me <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wws7mnMewPw" target="_blank">135 BPM - Slipknot - Psychosocial</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9cM06Ok4TU" target="_blank">140 BPM - La Roux - Bulletproof (Chrispy Dubstep Mix)</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fVE8kSM43I" target="_blank">145 BPM - Slipknot - Duality </a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PvebsWcpto" target="_blank">148 BPM - Florida Georgia Line - Cruise</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-2yuGgp_U8" target="_blank">150 BPM - Five Finger Death Punch - Lift Me Up</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLk75fFXqH4" target="_blank">152 BPM - Five Finger Death Punch - Under And Over It</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RROdymuLnc8" target="_blank">152 BPM - Five Finger Death Punch - Back For More</a><br /><br />Next up - cut from the team:<br />These songs were just really throwing off my rhythm. Overall they were too slow and I was trying to move too fast to them - ended up off-sync and with a weird stride. <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tolm-07if3c" target="_blank">108 BPM - The Ting Tings - Shut Up And Let Me Go</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDUC1LUXSU" target="_blank">120 BPM - Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. and Pharrel)</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXBFun0ijYQ" target="_blank">120 BPM - Cobra Starship - Hot Mess</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlW1VYrETAM" target="_blank">120 BPM - Karmin - Brokenhearted (R3hab Remix)</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlOAMKTj0hU" target="_blank">125 BPM - Rammstein - Du Hast</a><br /><br />Last - tried and failed:<br />I really wanted to be able to run to these songs, but <a href="http://www.sothisisfitness.com/2013/07/the-music-while-running-controversy.html" target="_blank">you just can't force it</a>. Instead of my running playlist I'll have to be satisfied with having these on in the car or something. Maybe when I do a cycling playlist I can revisit these (cadence and pace is different)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDUC1LUXSU" target="_blank">120 BPM - Robin Thicke ft. T.I. - Blurred Lines</a> (too slow of a beat, couldn't match the rhythm to my stride)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asOvnGHwtDU" target="_blank">138 BPM - The Vines - Get Free</a> (beat just wasn't quite right...almost)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvTqknDobU" target="_blank">150 BPM - Imagine Dragons - Radioactive</a> (song is kinda slow and draggy. Beat would be good but its a sluggish kinda song - not energetic enough for running)<br /><br />One thing is for sure - I. Am. Pumped. I feel like I've trained and have gotten myself to a point where I can not only finish, but finish strong with a time I can be proud of. I've run the course once for practice so I know what to expect and I've re-tooled my <a href="http://www.sothisisfitness.com/running-playlist" target="_blank">playlist</a>. Just think - if in one year I can do what I've done...anyone can.<br /><br />At this point, there's nothing to it but to do it. See you at the finish.