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I'm working through Nike's Original Run series in the hope of becoming a runner, although I'd rather be swimming. This time it's Simian Mobile Disco's Run, a continuous electronic soundtrack built around repetition, rhythm and movement.

Rei Harakami’s River takes the Nike+ Original Run concept somewhere quieter, imagining a run towards a river where walking, running and stopping are all part of the experience.

A-Trak approaches Nike’s running experiment like a DJ, mixing hip-hop, electronic production, scratching and samples into a continuous workout soundtrack.

De La Soul bring their personality to Nike+ Original Run with Are You In?, giving the series a soundtrack filled with grooves, samples and vocals.

Aesop Rock is not the first name you’d expect to find on a running soundtrack. All Day brings his abstract hip-hop style into the Nike+ Original Run series for another 45-minute experiment.

After LCD Soundsystem’s 45:33, the Nike+ Original Run series moves into The Crystal Method’s Drive, a 45-minute electronic soundtrack structured around the rhythm of a run.