# Ep 104: The Taper Cave - Losing Your Mind Before a Race

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-good-running-7184840/ep-104-the-taper-cave-losing-your-mind-before-a-race
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-good-running-7184840/ep-104-the-taper-cave-losing-your-mind-before-a-race.md
Podcast: [Good Good Running](https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-good-running-7184840)
Published: 2026-04-07T20:08:26+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/matt-mckenzie0/episodes/Ep-104-The-Taper-Cave---Losing-Your-Mind-Before-a-Race-e3hi9eq
Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/eba7ee00/podcast/play/118088602/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-7%2F421609065-44100-2-396d2463ccd4a.m4a
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/good-good-running-7184840/episodes/ep-104-the-taper-cave-losing-your-mind-before-a-race
Duration seconds: 6127

## Resource

Three weeks out from Ballarat and we are deep in the taper cave and honestly, it's cooked us. This week we're breaking down everything you need to know about the taper: why your legs feel like lead, why phantom injuries appear out of nowhere, and why your brain convinces you that you've somehow lost all your fitness overnight. Aus Nationals on this weekend, with the best of the best competing in Sydney Thanks for tuning in!

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/good-good-running-7184840/episodes/ep-104-the-taper-cave-losing-your-mind-before-a-race/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-good-running-7184840/ep-104-the-taper-cave-losing-your-mind-before-a-race.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.