10 best running tracks of all time

Lost your running mojo? PB plateaued? Here are the 10 best running tracks of all time, and best of all they’ll enhance your running performance.

According to Sports Psychologist Professor Costas Karageorghis, “When you sync your stride rate to the beat of the music, you can increase the intensity of your run by raising the music tempo by one or two BPMs beyond your ‘comfort zone’.” His study also shows that a well-designed playlist can boost your mood and prepare you for various stages of your workout.

So to help you create the perfect compilation, we’ve compiled the best running tunes for whatever your training schedule calls for.

 

1. Alive, Chase and Status

Best for: a speedy fartlek session

Switch on your fast-twitch muscles with this banging tune from the kings of drum’n’bass.

 

2. Stronger, Britney Spears

Best for: days when you’re not really feeling it

There’s nothing like this Britney hit to help you focus, find your rhythm and show you’re “stronger than yesterday”. We don’t blame you for wanting to sing along.

 

3. Sunshine on a Rainy Day, Zoe

Best for: when it’s raining cats and dogs

Even when running in what feels like a mini monsoon, this 1990s tune will instantly make you smile.

 

4. Gonna Fly Now, Bill Conti

Best for: the start of a big race

Whether it’s a 5K or a marathon, this classic running track will set you up to run like a champion.

 

5. Happy, Pharrell Williams

Best for: preventing energy dips during training

Infectiously uplifting, this global hit is guaranteed to inject positive energy into your workout.

 

6. Keep On Running, The Spencer Davis Group

Best for: long training runs

Liven up those long weekend jogs with a song that inspires you to (you guessed it) keep on running.

 

7. U Can’t Touch this, MC Hammer

Best for: racing the boys

Whizz past the boys while listening to this classic MC Hammer tune – and feel that satisfaction.

 

8. Speed of Sound, Coldplay

Best for: a relaxed trot in the countryside

This stadium-filling anthem provides the perfect backdrop for off-road trails.

 

9. Rolling in the Deep, Adele

Best for: a mid-week pacy run

Live out the passion in this bluesy tune by award-winning songstress Adele while trying to keep pace with the earthy beat.

 

10. You Got the Love, Candi Stanton

Best for: the final mile of an epic race

Flip to this track in the final mile and you may even feel like sprinting across that finishing line.