Point me to a great "workout" station on Pandora?

That's a fantastic question, Chris. I keep meaning to write a Pandora blog post on this subject...

Here's my advice.

If you're trying for a fairly upbeat station, with high beats per minute, try making stations based on a number of individual songs that exemplify the tempo you want.
[See here (http://blog.pandora.com/faq/index.htm...) for more info on creating and tuning Pandora stations.]

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Here's my exercise station, in case you might like it:
http://is.gd/38pe

I also asked my co-workers their advice:

Here's a station suggestion, from a co-worker who's a musician and a DJ:
http://pandora.com/stations/c11720ff2...

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Another co-worker, also a musician and a professional DJ, adds these 2 stations to the mix. He makes amazing stations *and* he's a marathon runner, so I'd try his out:

He says, "this is good running station, seeded with jungle & drum & bass.
160-170 bpm, pretty much."

http://www.pandora.com/stations/4bf2e...

"this is good too. it's house though, 120-130 bpm"

http://www.pandora.com/stations/4a855...

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And one last co-worker, an electronica musician, has this to say:
"160-170 - that'd be breakbeat or drum & bass in the electronica world. Maybe try these artists:
deekline & wizard
DJ Icey
Crystal Method
Chemical Brothers"

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Here's a few stations I see our listeners use for exercising:

http://pandora.com/stations/29057c5b6...

http://pandora.com/stations/212699457...

http://pandora.com/stations/6e91cbc38...

http://pandora.com/stations/8a90fb45d...

http://pandora.com/stations/39cafe9ca...

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Also, here's a few stations Nike has set up on Pandora, in case you might like them:

Power Run:
http://is.gd/38qe

Inspirational Tracks:
http://is.gd/38qb

Work Out Jams:
http://is.gd/38q8

The Long Haul:
http://is.gd/38pY

The Stairs:
http://is.gd/38pL

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One last thing: here's a search for "Exercise" stations in Pandora's Backstage:
http://pandora.com/backstage?type=sta...

And a "Workout" search:
http://pandora.com/backstage?type=sta...

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I hope all that helps, and that I didn't overwhelm you!

Happy exercising!

Cheerio,
Lucia

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