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A podcast for slow, back-of-the-pack, or injury-prone runDisney runners on a journey to running magical miles. Join me, Dr. Ali, as I share the secrets I've gathered as a runner, Doctor of Physical Therapy and coach. You'll learn the exact ways I get my clients to the castle strong without feeling broken or held together with KT tape as they cross the finish line. Dr. Ali and this podcast are lovers of runDisney and are not affiliated with runDisney.
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- 4 days ago19 min
RTTC #253 Do You Need to Run More Than 3 Days to Train for a Marathon?
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Running to the Castle, Dr. Ali tackles a debate that keeps resurfacing on social media... whether 3 days of running a week is actually enough to train for a marathon. She breaks down why she builds her training plans from research and science rather than chasing every other coach's opinion, and why time on your feet matters more than mileage for runners at 13 to 16+ minute paces. Dr. Ali makes the case for consistency and injury prevention over ...
- 6 days ago21 min
RTTC #252 Proof of Time Half Marathon Training Week 19
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Running to the Castle, Dr. Ali walks through hitting peak week of her Proof of Time 10K training... and what happened when her body had other plans. She breaks down the 5 phases of a successful running journey (build, train, taper, race, and recovery) and explains why "the hay is in the barn" once peak week is done. She also talks about how she handled an unexpected setback in the final days before taper, and why she made the call to adjust rath...
- 1 weeks ago39 min
RTTC #251 Proof of Time Half Marathon Training Weeks 17 and 18
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Running to the Castle, Dr. Ali combines two weeks of Proof of Time Half Marathon training into one honest, "it just didn't happen" kind of episode. Week 17 got wiped out by travel... a trip to Massachusetts to visit family and meet her new niece, a flight delay, a Wi-Fi outage, and a pile of laundry that pushed her only workout, a long run, two days late. Week 18 started rocky too, but the week turned around fast: a speed workout testing new run...
- 2 weeks ago25 min
RTTC #250 Why Am I Still Not Getting Faster?
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Running to the Castle, Dr. Ali breaks down the five warning signs that tell her a runDisney runner's speed workouts simply aren't built for them...even after months or years of consistent training. This episode is specifically for the 13-16+ minute per mile, run/walk crowd who keep hitting a wall: speed workouts written in distance instead of time, workouts that call for race paces you haven't actually established yet, strides tacked onto the end of a...
- 2 weeks ago28 min
RTTC #E249 Proof of Time Half Marathon Training Weeks 14 15 16
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Running to the Castle, Dr. Ali catches up on three weeks of Proof of Time half marathon training that didn't go according to plan: a low blood pressure week that forced a full stop, a "just get movement in" recovery week complete with Garmin mishaps and a very unimpressed Levi, and a comeback week featuring a whimsical treadmill run and a tempo run along Boston's Charles River. She talks through how she made real-time decisions about safety, rest, and...
- 3 weeks ago18 min
RTTC #250 Overcome the Dragon The runDisney Ramps
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Running to the Castle, Dr. Ali digs into why hill training is one of the most underrated ways to get faster for runDisney races...and how to actually "overcome the dragon," the nickname one of her Stronger Faster Finisher runners gave to the toughest incline on course. She breaks down the exact 45-minute hill workout she prescribes, including incline targets, sprint pacing, and why two minutes of recovery matters more than runners think. Dr. Ali...
- Aug 18, 202621 min
RTC #248 How to Master the Progression Run to Build Your runDisney Pacing Buffer
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Running to the Castle, Dr. Ali breaks down the progression run... one of her four go-to speed workouts for runDisney runners using run/walk intervals. She explains why this pyramid-style workout (starting steady, building to a peak pace, then coming back down) trains your body to hold faster paces for longer, no track distances required. Dr. Ali also shows how the same pacing pattern maps onto race day itself... starting easy, building speed, an...
- Aug 13, 202632 min
RTTC #246 Stop Guessing Your Paces How to Find Your Real Training Limits
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Running to the Castle, Dr. Ali breaks down why so many back-of-the-pack runners get stuck in what she calls the "gray zone"... running just hard enough to feel exhausted but never fast enough to actually get faster. She walks through her full pace testing protocol for finding your true easy, moderate, and hard paces, plus the conditions that make your results repeatable from test to test. You'll learn why average pace is misleading, how often to...
About Running to the Castle
A podcast for slow, back-of-the-pack, or injury-prone runDisney runners on a journey to running magical miles. Join me, Dr. Ali, as I share the secrets I've gathered as a runner, Doctor of Physical Therapy and coach. You'll learn the exact ways I get my clients to the castle strong without feeling broken or held together with KT tape as they cross the finish line. Dr. Ali and this podcast are lovers of runDisney and are not affiliated with runDisney.
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