On the C25K forum, there are many, many people I am happy to call friends and family. We’ve never met and probably never will, but we share a bond. We all have either kicked the couch and are runners, or we are starting our running lives.
Some names are already known, like Razouski who has been immortalised with the retro runners inaugural playlist on Spotify. Every playlist name has a relevance to me and the forum. There’s one special lady who has had a hell of a running life and she always manages to come out at the end, if not smiling, then determined to keep on. That lady is MummyCav, a fellow smoothie, and so my new retro runners playlist is chockful of ladies names and a few lady power anthems, in honour of MummyCav…
Here we go:-
Alison – Elvis Costello
Barbara Ann – Beach Boys
Caroline – Status Quo
Dirty Diana – Michael Jackson
Eloise – The Damned
Francine – ZZ Top
Gloria – Laura Branigan
Helena – My Chemical Romance
Poison Ivy – The Lambrettas
The Jean Genie – David Bowie
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
Girls Just Want To Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
Kayleigh – Marillion
Layla – Derek and the Dominoes
Maggie May – Rod Stewart
Darling Nikki – Prince
Ophelia – The Band
Dear Prudence – Siouxsie and The Banshees
Queen of Clubs – KC And The Sunshine Band
Roxanne – The Police
Sherry – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Teresa – Eddie Cochran
Single Ladies – Beyoncé
Uma Thurman – Fall Out Boy
Valerie – Amy Winehouse
Wendy – The Beach Boys
St Xenia – Katina
Oh Yoko!- John Lennon
Zoe Jane – Staind
