Welcome to Podrunner's 10th anniversary mix, an hour at 170 beats per minute called 10 years running. I'm Steve Boyette and I'm a little freaked out right about now. A decade of podrunner? No way!

So because of the occasion I wanted a mix that covered a lot of ground.

Ten years running is a bit unusual for a podrunner mix because it's divided into thirds.

The first 20 minutes is an easygoing section that starts off with strings and piano and

gradually builds to a comfortable and familiar groove. The central third kicks up

the energy with Saigoa and intensifies to a breakbeat peak.

The ending sequence is also longer than usual, and it's a lush and melodic stretch of liquid drum

and bass that I hope will feel like a massage after a lot of hard work.

Eight of the 12 tracks here are available as free downloads.

So take a look at the playlist on podrunner.com or sign up for the newsletter and have the

playlists and links emailed directly to you.

Ten years ago podrunner was just some mixes that I'd done for the fun of it, and that I made available on a whim.

It caught on right away, and all of a sudden I had a new career on top of being a fiction writer,

along with a huge learning curve.

After trying advertisers and sponsors, I realized that I didn't want anything between the music and you.

I wanted Podrunner to stay available as long as listeners wanted

it around. You determine its worth. Podrunner is you and me and the music. uninterrupted, uninfluenced and free.

So we've learned a little bit about each other over the last 10 years.

I still suck in front of the microphone for one thing. You tell me the

surprising number of ways that you use these mixes. We've gotten each other through

everything from workouts to chemotherapy to grief. We're connected. We strive, we achieve, we fall,

we get back up again, we triumph, and we help each other through it all.

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