Getting up in the morning is normally hard enough but knowing you have to get up and do a training run means you may need a little more motivation than most. Starting your day with a wake up song for the morning will always helps sweep away those early morning cobwebs and gets the mind psyched up and ready to train the body. We really love our wake up songs so check out our top ten here

Music is very personal so choosing our top 10 wake up songs for the morning was not easy. Some of you may love our top 10 and others may cringe but hopefully this will encourage you to wake up to a couple of your favourite songs and get you motivated to run.

In no particular order here is the Runforcharity.com top 10 best wake up songs for the morning:

• Ian Van Dahl - Castles on the Sky from the album Ace (2002)

• Underworld - Born Slippy from the album Second Toughest (1998)

• Dario G - Sunchyme from the album Sunmachine (1998)

• Venga Boys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! From the Party Album (1998)

• 4 Strings - Take Me Away from the album Believe (2003)

• Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now from the album You've come a Long Way, Baby (1998)

• Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure from the album Destroy Rock & Roll (2004)

• Chicane - Saltwater from the album Behind the Sun (2000)

• Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone from the Album Who Needs Guitars Anyway? (2000)

• Eric Prydz -Call On Me from Ministry of Sound (2004)