What a soundtracked route looks like

Five real-world examples of how runners, cyclists, and hikers pin songs to coordinates along a route. Each example shows what the moment looks like on the map and which song fires at which point.

Build your own in under 60 seconds

Open the app, name your route, drop a moment on the map, pick a song from your Apple Music library, and you're done. Free tier gives you 1 Workout Route with 5 Music Moments — enough to feel the difference on your favorite loop.

Coastal Loop

Cycling · 18 mi

A familiar weekend ride that hugs the coast. The kind of route you've done a hundred times — On Cue Music Player keeps it from feeling like the hundred-and-first.

  • Climb out of town → power track
  • Top of the headland → drum-heavy anthem
  • Coastline descent → something atmospheric and wide
  • Final straight back home → finish-line song

Urban Commute

Cycling · Walking · 4 mi

Bike or walk to work the same way every day. Pin a song to each turn, intersection, and coffee shop you pass.

  • Front door → wake-up song
  • Bridge crossing → uplifting build
  • Coffee shop on the corner → favorite track
  • Final block to the office → walk-in anthem

Hill Repeats

Cycling · Running · 6 mi (3 × loop)

Training day. The route loops back over the same climb. On Cue Music Player fires the same power track every time you hit the base of the hill — your cue to dig in.

  • Base of the climb → power track (auto-cooldown handles the repeat)
  • Crest of the hill → recovery track
  • Halfway-down on the descent → focus song
  • Back to the start → reset song

10K Park Run

Running · 10 km

Local 10K. The route is set; the soundtrack now matches it. Drop a moment at every kilometer marker, every water station, every steep section.

  • 1 km in → groove
  • Middle of the long flat → tempo lift
  • Final hill before the park entrance → power song
  • Last 200 m → finish-line track

Coffee Shop Walk

Walking · 1.5 mi

Saturday morning walk to the coffee shop and back. Slow pace. Different soundtrack on the way there and on the way back.

  • Front porch → easy opener
  • Park you cut through → ambient track
  • Coffee shop arrival → favorite morning song
  • Walk home → something to wind down with

Build your first route

These examples are illustrative — On Cue Music Player works with your routes and your Apple Music library. Pick a route you already train on, drop your first 5 moments, and run it once. You'll know within one workout whether this changes anything for you.

Try it on your own route

Free to start. 1 Workout Route, 5 Music Moments. No account needed.

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