The Castle Run Podcast: The runDisney Companion, One Chapter at a Time
If you’ve been around here for a while, you might remember when my studio was a candle shop. These days it’s where I record The Castle Run Podcast.
The podcast is a limited series built around my book, The runDisney Companion, the runDisney field guide that holds your hand from picking a race on to the finish line and beyond. We’re walking through it together, one chapter at a time: runDisney history, choosing a race, registration, training, planning your trip, race weekend, recovery, and all of the other good stuff that happens along the way. I’ll bring on a guest here and there, but mostly it’ll just be you and me, shooting the pixie dust about runDisney.
New here? Start with the trailer.
Who it’s for
I wrote the book for two kinds of runners, and the podcast is for both too.
If you’re brand new to runDisney, or just runDisney curious, I promise you’ll basically be an expert by the time we finish. Each episode takes one piece of the experience and talks it through the way I would if you were sitting across the table from me at a coffee shop.
And if you’re a runDisney veteran like me and a part of this very wonderful community, just pull up a chair. I’m looking forward to hanging out here together every week.
Where we start
We start at the very beginning, with the first chapter of the book, which tells my own story: how running, Disney, and then ultimately runDisney found me right when I needed them and never let go. From there we get into choosing your race, the history of runDisney, and on through the rest of the book. If we stick with the calendar, we’ll finish just after Marathon Weekend, which should be really lovely timing.
How to listen (or watch)
New episodes come out every Tuesday at around 5 a.m., in case you like a podcast on your morning run. Otherwise it’ll be there waiting for you when you’re ready. You can watch or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Everything lives on the podcast page, too. That’s also where you can sign up for my free printables, including the one-page guides I’m making to go along with some of the episodes.
And if you like the idea of having all of this in a format you can hold in your hands, my book, The runDisney Companion, is available now.
I’m so excited to be spending this part of the season with you. I expect I’ll learn a lot along the way, so if you want more of one thing or less of another, I’m always here and I always want to hear your thoughts.
Thank you for pulling up a chair.
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The Castle Run Podcast is independently produced and is not affiliated with or endorsed by runDisney or The Walt Disney Company.
Looking for more help planning your runDisney race weekend?
My book, The runDisney Companion, brings together everything I’ve learned from more than 100 runDisney races, from registration and training to trip planning, race-morning logistics, pacing, recovery, and everything that happens in between. You can learn more and find the book right here.
And now the book has a voice. The Castle Run Podcast is a limited series that walks through The runDisney Companion one chapter at a time: runDisney history, choosing a race, registration, training, trip planning, race weekend, recovery, and all the good stuff in between. Watch on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts, or listen wherever you get your podcasts. Some episodes come with a free one-page printable, and you can sign up for the whole library on the podcast page.
I’ve also built out the Companion Hub as the growing ecosystem around the book: a collection of people, brands, and companies I already knew, trusted, and often used myself before ever asking them to be part of this project. Together, they help fill in the pieces that no single book can, from gear, recovery, and transportation to dining, childcare, groceries, celebration, and the rest of race weekend. You can explore all of those trusted resources right here.
And a special shout-out to MEI / Mouse Fan Travel, my exclusive travel partner for The runDisney Companion. If you’d rather have someone else handle the Disney trip-planning side of race weekend, their team can help with the resort, tickets, dining, logistics, and the million little details that come with putting a runDisney trip together—and it’s all at no added cost to you. We’ve used them ourselves for years and I couldn’t be more confident in sharing them with you.
Please join me on Instagram at @thecastlerunner for my day-to-day adventures living a mile from the magic, along with race-weekend updates, course coverage, and plenty of running and Disney in between.
Planning a run while you’re here? You can find my complete collection of guides to running trails on Walt Disney World property RIGHT HERE.
And if you’re missing home—or love someone who is—I’d love for you to visit Thousand Circles Images, where you’ll find my Walt Disney World photography prints, books, and calendars. I’m also available for portrait sessions for families, couples, and individuals, and I especially love post-race celebration sessions with runners, which bring together two of my favorite things.
