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Race Day — No Shuffle · 13 tracks · 40:58

A no-shuffle, 41 minutes that runs the arc your legs already know, with songs you've never trained to.

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Randy Kane · Open Tabs
Jul 31, 2026
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You don’t wear new shoes on race day, and I don’t waste my best music on a Tuesday. This is the one I never train to. It’s the same curve as the free Go Run — the arc your legs already know — but every song is one you haven’t run into the ground, so the surprise itself is fuel.

Sometimes you need to find fuel in the thin air!

Run it in order, no shuffle. When the dip lands around the 20-minute mark, ease up — that’s the plan, not a stumble. Then ride the climb out: the back third stacks tempo until the finish hands you something you’ll actually feel.


Here’s the arc I built into Race Day — No Shuffle, 40:58 from first stride to cooldown:

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