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Today was the day I broke 30 minutes in my 5k training. I hit 5,000 meters with 5 seconds left in my workout program. That felt REALLY good -- I feel confident now that I can finish the race in a couple of weeks without leaving the staff sitting at the table waiting on me!

(Not that that would've happened anyway -- there will be people running 10k at the same time, and I'm pretty sure I can finish my 5k before they do their 10. But you get the idea. I wanted to feel like I would finish in some reasonable amount of time.)

Anyway, it was a good feeling, enhanced by the merciful weather (cloud cover and 22 degrees at 11 a.m.). But I gave myself a little problem -- my 5k playlist, currently on "shuffle" mode, just about did me in. It started me off with an old Petra song, "All Fired Up," followed by Big Bang's "승리의 함성 (The Shouts of Reds Pt. 2)," a rocking anthem for Korea's World Cup team. You try listening to those two songs back-to-back and not jumping up and down and singing along. I got through those first six minutes with plenty of adrenalin but not nearly enough oxygen -- that is no way to start out a 5k pace if you're still a running newbie like me. I gotta move those songs to the end of my playlist!

Which raises the question: What songs should I be listening to as I train and when I run this thing? I am terrible at finding good music. Katie, you are responsible for just about all of my musical horizon expansion in my adult life. Help me out here! Everybody else -- give me some ideas!

Here's what's on the list so far:

Definitely IN:

1. Big Bang - "승리의 함성" (but only at the END!)

2. Steven Curtis Chapman - "When Love Takes You In" (to remind me of why I'm doing this)

3. Something from FLOKS -- Yannis' Greek Christian rock band. But I haven't decided which song yet. Who else can say they listen to English, Greek and Korean when they run? ;)

Probably IN:

1. Loveholics - "Butterfly" (국가대표 OST)

2. Petra - "All Fired Up"

3. PFR - "Home Again"

4. "Your Grace Is Enough"

5. Geoff Moore & The Distance - "More Than Gold"

Other possibilities:

Survivor "Burning Heart"

David Bowie "Heroes"

Jonathan Coulton "I Feel Fantastic"

Yoko Kanno "Sure Promise" (Big-O OST)

Gackt "To Feel the Fire"

Petra "All Fired Up" or "Powerhouse"

Flatfoot 56 "Loaded Gun"

The Decemberists "Summersong"

Blur "Song 2"

Cherry Filter "낭만고양이"

거북이 "싱랄라"

Pipettes "Pull Shapes"

Hold Steady "Slapped Actress"

Yellowcard "Believe"

Wayne Watson "A Place For You"

Newsboys "Something Beautiful" or "I Am Free"

Ray Boltz - "I Will Tell the World"

Shinkichi Mitsumune - "Runners High"

Shaun Groves' cover of Michael W. Smith's "Rocketown"

The Pillows - "Hybrid Rainbow" or "Little Busters"

I need something new, exciting, uplifting, fun and engaging. Suggestions, people!