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.