Paint the Town…🍀: 2018 St. Pat’s Day Ride 411

Inspiration: A good mix of terrain and tunes for your Saint Paddy’s Day Theme Ride! Current and classic tracks from these pop artists with Irish roots: U2, Snow Patrol, Ed Sheeran and The Script. To satisfy your craving for classic Irish drinking tunes (or the sound of bag pipes), there are a bunch more from The Proclaimers, The Tossers, The Mahones, Flatfoot 56, Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly (a newer release!).
Many quick tracks with a few hills and jumps in between.

For this post, I also included links to YouTube videos for each of the tracks…along with the standard Spotify playlist link. BTW, if you aren’t following me on Spotify yet…please consider it and share my account with others who might be interested!

Check out the SPin the News feature at the end of this post…it’s some local west Michigan news about an indoor cycling event at a local mall, all for raising awareness of cardiovascular health. Sounds like a worthy cause!

Enjoy your St. Pat’s Day weekend…are you schedule for a class, or do you avoid “holiday” classes?

Genre: Celtic, Pop, Rock, Alternative
Approximate time: 61 minutes
SPINlist and Summary Profile:
Warm up – Arms Open / The Script

Seated / Standing Flat – Get Out Of Your Own Way (Afrojack Remix) / U2, Afrojack

Tabata Sprints – Whiskey Makes Me Crazy (2X) / The Tossers

Seated / Standing Climb – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) / The Proclaimers

Rolling Hills – Castle on the Hill / Ed Sheeran

Quick Seated Flat – Chip / The Real McKenzies

The Saints Are Coming / U2, Green Day

Seated / Standing Hill – Deliverance / The Script

Quick Seated Flat – Paint the Town Red / The Mahones

Jumps with Double Time Jump Intervals – Nancy Mulligan / Ed Sheeran

Seated Climb – The Blackout / U2

Sprints – I’ll Fly Away / Flatfoot 56

Seated Flat and alternating increases in RPM and Gear – Open Your Eyes / Snow Patrol

Standing Climb – I Will Follow / U2

Seated Flat with increasing resistance (wind) – The Warrior’s Code / Dropkick Murphys

Sprints – No Man is an Island / The Script

Cool down & Stretch – Going Home / Flogging Molly

On Spotify:

SPin the LOCAL News:
http://www.mlive.com/expo/erry-2018/03/e79ee44f43/bicyclists_race_inside_shoppin.html