{"id":4267,"date":"2011-03-07T17:37:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T17:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=4267"},"modified":"2011-03-08T17:37:22","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T17:37:22","slug":"track-and-field-mixtape-song-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2011-03\/track-and-field-mixtape-song-no-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Track AND Field Mixtape&#8211;Song No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4271\" title=\"track-and-field-12th-iaaf-world-championships-athletics\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/track-and-field-12th-iaaf-world-championships-athletics.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/track-and-field-12th-iaaf-world-championships-athletics.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/track-and-field-12th-iaaf-world-championships-athletics-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/track-and-field-12th-iaaf-world-championships-athletics-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s that time in Cali and around the globe.\u00a0 Track and field season is now full-on.<\/p>\n<p>We are hopeless fans of this sport.\u00a0 The track-monkey first clambered onto our backs in the mid-60s when we sat in a Kansas stadium and watched Jim Ryun run astounding mile races that broke world records in the process.\u00a0 He was the King of Kick.\u00a0 Ever since then, when Spring comes around it&#8217;s track time for us.<\/p>\n<p>The actual participants in the sport these days are undoubtedly tilting to rap, punk, techno or reggae while training, but we occasionally stumble upon songs that remind us of this sport and move us in more subtle ways.<\/p>\n<p>Such is the case with Gemma Hayes&#8217; great, languorous song, <em>Ran For Miles, <\/em>which you can listen to below and view a video of after.\u00a0 Hayes is a talented Irish singer\/songwriter who has released three stellar records over the last decade.\u00a0 Though not a driving, upbeat song you might immediately associate with the sport, the message of perseverance and self-realization in <em>Ran For Miles <\/em>is nonetheless appropriate and inspirational.<\/p>\n<p>Listen in and let us know if you have more songs you would recommend for a Track AND Field\u00a0 Mixtape.\u00a0 And though Belle &amp; Sebastian&#8217;s song, <em>The Stars of Track and Field, <\/em>contains some nice couplets (&#8220;You liberated, a boy I never rated, and now he&#8217;s throwing discus, for Liverpool and Widnes,&#8221; and &#8220;You only did it so that you could wear, your terry underwear, and feel the city air, run past your body&#8221;), it&#8217;s not exactly the best representation of the sport, so we&#8217;ll pass on it for the Mixtape.\u00a0 But please pass along any others you might suggest.<\/p>\n<p>We love the sensibilities in the following stanzas of <em>Ran For Miles<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well I got myself a new day<br \/>\nAnd I got myself a second chance<br \/>\nSo I headed to the bus stop<br \/>\nAnd the sun, the sun was warm on my back<\/p>\n<p>Today I ran for miles<br \/>\nJust to see what I was made of<\/p>\n<p>Today I ran for all that was mine<\/p>\n<p>Well I got myself a song inside<br \/>\nAnd I got myself some full blown daylight<br \/>\nWanna tell you just how hard it&#8217;s been<br \/>\nTrying to talk myself out of jumping<\/p>\n<p>Today I ran for miles<br \/>\nJust to see what I was made of<\/p>\n<p>Today I ran for all that was mine, yeah&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gemma Hayes&#8211;<em>Ran For Miles<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/08-Ran-For-Miles.mp3|titles=08 Ran For Miles]\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gemma Hayes - Ran For Miles live at The Spirit Store, Dundalk\" width=\"635\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rZVpeUzorio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time in Cali and around the globe.\u00a0 Track and field season is now full-on. 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