UPDATE: How BBC's 6 Music Running Challenge can make you run faster this summer

 This summer, the world's fastest athletes are taking to the stage in Rio for the Olympics.To mark this great sporting occasion, BBC 6 Music is celebrating the motivational power of music.From 5-19 August, BBC 6 Music will be playing tunes that help propel members of the Great Britain squad to victory; from young athletes like Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Adam Gemili to the double Olympic rowing champion James Cracknell.There will be additional contributions from sporty stars of the BBC, including 6 Music's own dance beat devotee Nemone, who used to run the 400m competitively.And 6 Music is putting together a playlist of tunes to help listeners get out there and run - from seasoned sprinters seeking personal bests to armchair athletes who've not run in a while.They've got the tunes, if you're willing to clock up the kilometres in a collective running challenge.The first 16 tracks on the playlist are the motivational and running favourites of Dr Costas Karageorghis, a sports psychologist at Brunel University and the author of Applying Music in Exercise and Sport. 

SOURCE: http://www.bbc.com/sport/bodypositive/36967819