LA DJ Steve Boyett, aka DJ Steveboy, sends word that his Podrunner workout-music podcast has crossed the five-million mark, less than 15 months after its debut. Podrunner is a free weekly music mix for runners, power walkers, spinners, or anyone who needs a tempo-based workout.

Boyett originally made the running mixes for his wife, a former aerobics instructor and marathon trainer, and created Podrunner almost on a whim, little expecting the global response the podcast would receive.

According to Boyett, exercisers around the world have burned off pounds to Podrunner’s beats, and the rock-solid pace has let competitors shave valuable time from their runs and achieve personal-best times.

Podrunner has become the world’s most popular workout music, consistently ranked in iTunes’ Top 3 Music podcasts, and in the Top 50 overall. Each Podrunner mix is an hour of nonstop, high-energy, fixed-BPM dance music mixed by Los Angeles DJ Steve Boyett.

Voted an iTunes People’s Choice for Best Podcast of 2006, Podrunner surpassed one million downloads within its first six months, then tripled that in the next six.

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