The “It’ll Be Alright, Don’t Give Up on Running For Yourself” Runcast Runtacular

The Runcast with John Richards

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This banger filled episode is here to remind you that it is normal to stop running and stop caring about yourself, but don’t give up, and don’t give in, running, music and your mental health are all worth fighting for.” - John Richards

Get motivated for your run with this week’s Runcast, featuring songs from Suzzallo, Wet Leg, The Hives and more.

Suzzallo - “River”
Rocket - “Take Your Aim”
The Hives - “Enough is Enough”
Wet Leg - “Catch These Fists”
Postcards - “Dust Bunnies”
Deep Sea Diver - “Emergency”
Chimers - “3am”
Fat Dog - “Peace Song”
Virgin Orchestra - “Banger”
Grandmas House - “Slaughterhouse”
Wolfgang Valbrun - “Almighty $”
Yawners - “1 de enero”
Sunsick Daisy - “It’ll Be Alright”
Waves Crashing - “Comatose”
Moreish Idols - “Slouch”
Adwaith - “Sain”
Tunde Adebimpe - “God Knows”

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0:00.0	Slap into a slim gym.
0:01.5	Slap.
0:02.0	Slap.
0:03.0	Welcome to episode three of the K-E-X-P Runcast.
0:08.0	I'm John Richards.
0:09.0	I'm so happy to be with you here today, and I'm very proud of you for running.
0:13.0	I want to throw this out really quick, too.
0:15.0	You obviously are running right now or beginning to run.
0:18.0	If you've had those feelings of what's the point, why should I run? Why am I doing this? That's okay. You're not alone. There are so many people who feel that way. Just remember, the run is yours. You own this. This is something you control. You can now run for five minutes. You can run for an hour, but this is your your time so let's get to it let's start
0:37.5	strong this is one of my songs of the year it's suzalo with river here on the pieces cracked and broken.
1:07.2	Everyone is crushed and shattered.
1:10.2	Now there's nothing left but a river
1:15.6	Rising
1:18.6	I don't know how we lived
1:28.3	Through the hell it happened
1:34.3	We're going to Yeah Yeah ECHOS OF ACHOS OF A LIFE that once was cracked and broken
2:15.6	All the perfect imperfection
2:18.3	Now we're drowning in a river
2:25.3	Of gold rising
2:32.3	I don't know how we live
2:38.0	through the hell that happened
2:43.0	We're colding Yeah Yeah Yeah
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