What BPM is best for general running?

THE LOCAL features an average 140 BPM, ideal for general running workouts.

THE LOCAL - Running Music

The bar's not getting any closer while you're standing here.\n\nThis is running music for the friendly wager, the spontaneous challenge, the "loser buys the first round" kind of run that starts conversational and ends competitive. DISPATCH eases you in with "Letter to Lady J"—that jammy, groove-first warmup that makes the first quarter-mile feel like you're just out for a walk. Bronze Radio Return and Swingin' Utters pick up the thread, building momentum without pushing too hard. You're warming into it, loose and ready.\n\nThen King Tuff's "Headbanger" kicks the door open and suddenly you're racing. Made Violent, Iron Horse's bluegrass-punk cover of Modest Mouse, and then WATERS with "Molly Is A Babe"—that's your mid-run surge, the part where somebody picks up the pace and everyone else has to match or get dropped. The jam band ease is gone. This is skate punk urgency now, all forward motion and no second-guessing. The Marked Men and Greg Puciato keep you locked in that redline zone, breathing hard but refusing to back off.\n\nDeer Tick's "Let's All Go To The Bar" closes it out like the finish line joke you've been running toward the whole time. This playlist is 32 minutes of escalating competition disguised as a casual jog—perfect for a 5K where the stakes are low but the pride is real. You'll start easy, turn mean somewhere around mile two, and finish sprinting. Someone's buying.

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