This is the 5.75ish hours* of music on the “This Hill is My Bitch” playlist now housed on my shiny silver Shuffle in preparation for Sunday’s marathon. I took a moment with each and every potential song and did a little visualizing, asking myself whether I could picture it playing in the background of a movie montage of my marathon triumph/I am truly going to be excited and motivated if it comes on while I am in the midst of some torturous incline. These are the songs that passed the test.
*If all goes as planned, way more than an hour buffer allowing for skipping songs that don’t cut it in the Heat of the Moment (song 29).
**Crucial last-minute additions not pictured - Blow, Gypsy