Marathon preparation involves a few non-negotiable things for me: selecting my outfit, rolling my quads, packing gels, filling my water bottles, and cleaning my sunglasses. But perhaps the most important step to my pre-marathon ritual is organizing my playlist. And who makes a regular appearance in that Spotify playlist?
None other than the one, the only—Taylor Swift.
If there’s ever a perfect occasion for Swift’s golden vocal cords and crooning, it’s during a quad-burning, gut-wrenching, sweat-inducing marathon. I have a specific song set up for five stages of every marathon: the starting five miles, the runner’s high midway, the wall somewhere between miles 16 and 20, the home stretch, and the finish line.
And while the 5’11,” long-legged millionaire superstar Swift and I have almost nothing in common, we both have things to train for. Me, whatever race I signed up for that month, Swift, her worldwide tour. With 44 hit songs to belt and dance to onstage during her Era Tour, Swift’s training is essential for a high-energy show.
Just as Swift needs to train, so do concert-goers. Fans flock to Read more…
