Subject of the Month - Thank You For The Music

I'm becoming a regular little blogmeister these days aren't I?! Positively flooding with posts at the moment.....

Yes, it is unusual to start a subject of the month - and one unrelated to training - a matter of days before the big run, but I promise there is method to my madness (although admittedly; most of the time, it is just madness without the method!). Music truly is my first love (I can't say it is also my last - sorry John Miles - as the only way that can happen is if music is my only love, and I would like to categorically state for the record that I do have other loves.....I think. Over-thinking again.....I know!). Songs that make you smile, make you laugh, make you dance, occasionally make you cry; songs that inspire, songs that touch the soul, and most definitely songs that bring back memories; I've got them all.

Plenty to talk about on this subject, but for now I have a request of all you lovely people; and in particular the lovely people who believe in the power of positive thought. I have a running elite playlist of those songs which reeeeeeally get me going (no, not in that way; honestly, mind in the gutter again....what am I going to do with you). Emotive words, a good beat, or just a blummin' good song are the selection criteria. They really help me on my sweaty way (and if you're all good boys and girls I may share the list with you in its entirety in a subsequent post.....but what are the chances of that - me you being good boys and girls I mean - let's be honest?!!).

For the moment, you have a mission which I very much hope you choose to accept. Within this elite playlist there is a super-elite list of three songs. They are the ones which in the gym I skip to if I am starting to feel weary, and suddenly I am focused so much more on the songs and the feelings they engender that I forget all about the brain-squishing pain emanating from my legs (not nipples any more though!......obsessed much?!). I am a firm believer in the philosophy of there existing something more in the world than just what we can see, feel, hear, smell and taste. I am also a firm believer in the power of positive thought. So I am asking you to join me - as I run the course on Sunday - in playing the following songs........

11:10am BST - 'Shine' - Shannon Noll.......(courage)
This should be just about the time I cross the start line

12:30pm BST - ''Duel of the Fates' - John Williams, The Phantom Menace Soundtrack.......(power)
Roughly 9 miles and will be on the murderous uphill section

1:30pm BST - 'Faith of the Heart' - Russell Watson.......(achievement)
With a bit of luck and a following wind should be about the time I cross the finish line

Play them loud, feel the music, send me those positive vibes; and take comfort in the fact you will be with me, without literally being with me! At worst, you hear some good songs that you haven't heard before; at best the same thing, and I feel that boost of energy that seemingly just comes from nowhere. It's a win-win, so what have you got to lose?!!