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  • Playlist Mondays: runDisney Marathon Weekend – 90s Edition
    Disney | runDisney | Running Playlists

    Playlist Mondays: runDisney Marathon Weekend – 90s Edition

    ByLisa January 2, 2023January 2, 2023

    It’s runDisney’s Marathon Weekend and this year we’re celebrating 30 years with a major 90s throwback theme. Needless to say, this called for a playlist. So here it is – 4 hours of upbeat 90s music to keep you moving all weekend!! Will I see you there??  * * * * * * * *…

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  • Playlist Mondays: Disney Parks Edition
    runDisney | Running | Running Playlists

    Playlist Mondays: Disney Parks Edition

    ByLisa September 5, 2022September 5, 2022

    Here’s something a little special as we kick off D23 Expo week – an all Disney Parks running playlist!! (I hear it’s fun to listen to around the house, too. 😉  We’ll stop into each of the four Walt Disney World Parks for a bit during this one – first Magic Kingdom, then EPCOT, then…

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  • Playlist Mondays: Fed Up Edition
    Running | Running Playlists

    Playlist Mondays: Fed Up Edition

    ByLisa August 15, 2022August 15, 2022

    I love this playlist. It’s full of really powerful songs that just happen to be by really cool women. Had a few less polite working names for it, but here’s where we landed. Hope you love it as much as I do. * * * * * * * * * * AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY HERE:…

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  • The Complete Running Playlist Guide: More than 20 Running Playlists Organized by Moods, Genres, and Running Goals
    runDisney | Running | Running Playlists

    The Complete Running Playlist Guide: More than 20 Running Playlists Organized by Moods, Genres, and Running Goals

    ByLisa July 25, 2022July 25, 2022

    Music can be a big part of all of our runs – it can set a mood, help us process our thoughts, and turn our pace up or down. It can be the reason you come home with a clearer head or a new PR.  Over the years I’ve put together countless playlists for countless…

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  • runDisney Picture with Three Caballeros
    Running | Running Playlists

    Playlist Mondays: Latin Energy Edition

    ByLisa July 25, 2022July 25, 2022

    It’s 120 degrees in the shade and real feel somewhere north of the surface of the sun and this is the music that I’m cherry picking out of my other playlists on EVERY run because nothing else is high enough energy. Figured I probably wasn’t the only one — so here’s what’s getting me through…

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  • Playlist Mondays: Confidence Edition
    Running | Running Playlists

    Playlist Mondays: Confidence Edition

    ByLisa July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

    Thought some good old fashioned girl power would be nice for this early in the running season. It’s hard not to give it your all while P!nk and Sia are singing. * * * * * * * * * * AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY HERE: Try Everything, Shakira The Edge Of Glory, Lady Gaga Fight Song,…

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  • Playlist Mondays: Feel Good 4th of July Edition
    runDisney | Running | Running Playlists

    Playlist Mondays: Feel Good 4th of July Edition

    ByLisa July 4, 2022July 4, 2022

    On this 4th of July, I give you a playlist that has no particular theme except that it makes me feel like an American Girl (to quote Tom Petty…who’s featured pretty heavily here) and transitions seamlessly from the track to your backyard barbecue. Not too over the top “holiday”-ish so it’s a good one to…

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  • runDisney Wanda Leap - Cover
    Disney | runDisney | Running | Running Playlists

    Playlist Mondays: Cosmic Rewind Edition

    ByLisa June 27, 2022June 27, 2022

    I was riding Cosmic Rewind the other day and it dawned on me that the soundtrack would make a fine running playlist. So here it is!! Souped up with a ton of stuff from Awesome Mix Volumes 1&2. Word on the street is it’s not a bad listen off the course, either…   Now go save…

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  • Playlist (Tuesdays): Classical Edition – Part 1
    Running | Running Playlists

    Playlist (Tuesdays): Classical Edition – Part 1

    ByLisa June 14, 2022June 14, 2022

    I’ve been meaning to put a classical running playlist together for you for so, so long but was so overwhelmed by even beginning to choose – so I went ahead and called this Part 1. If you’ve never run a step in your life, these familiar songs are your toe in the door. If you’re…

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  • Playlist (Wednesdays): Break the Sound Barrier Edition – The Ultimate No-Genres-Barred PR Playlist
    Running | Running Playlists

    Playlist (Wednesdays): Break the Sound Barrier Edition – The Ultimate No-Genres-Barred PR Playlist

    ByLisa May 5, 2022May 6, 2022

    I put this playlist together before my recent PR at the Lake Minneola Half Marathon. The aim was to include only those songs that make me pick up my pace for some reason or another – so there’s everything from heavy metal to showtunes to hair band ballads for their own reasons. The first song…

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In honor of today’s costumes & gear episode, I thi In honor of today’s costumes & gear episode, I think it’s time I came clean and told you I’ve worn the same dress in like 8 different colors to a LOT of races. 

It comes with shorts that have pockets and built in support. And when they don’t have the color I need I buy the white one and dye it with @ritdye. 🌈 👗 

If ever an affiliate link was earned. 😂 thecastlerun.com/dress and my whole Amazon gear list is at thecastlerun.com/gear

Full episode is at thecastlerun.com/costumesandgear and I’ll share it in stories and bio to make life easier.
The first mile of runDisney’s Wine & Dine half got The first mile of runDisney’s Wine & Dine half got me so excited about the rest of the season. 🏃🏻‍♀️ I recapped the whole weekend (including 5k thoughts) on last week’s The Castle Run Podcast.
Did you run the W&D 5K? How did it go? Brief paus Did you run the W&D 5K? How did it go?

Brief pause in our trek through The runDisney Companion this week to spend a little time recapping Wine & Dine. I talk through the 10K and half and then spend a little time with my thoughts on the new 5k format and the changes that came with it. Would love to hear your thoughts too. 

But spoiler alert going in: not one person was swept at the 5K and not one course was cut short. You are all amazing. 🩵

How were your races? 

thecastlerun.com/WD26 #rundisney
A lot of you told me this was super helpful for Wi A lot of you told me this was super helpful for Wine & Dine, so I thought I’d share it out again as we round the bend toward marathon. A tool to help you see how your moving pace and your start time (as compared to the last wave’s) can interact on race day to determine how much time you have for characters and other stops along the way. 

All the common sense qualifiers apply: this doesn’t guarantee anything, Disney requires that everyone keep the 16 min/mile pace, and keeping moving makes for a better experience for everyone. And always listen to CMs and volunteers on and off the course. 

How this applies to the 5Ks will likely continue to develop, but for now I would use the last wave of your corral group rather than the last wave of the very last corral.

Don’t know what times to use? You can play with the same times from Marathon Weekend 2026 on my site. The calculator is at thecastlerun.com/cushion.
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