{"podcast":{"title":"Back of the Pack Podcast","slug":"back-of-the-pack-podcast-5326207","podcast_index_feed_id":5326207,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5474889/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.botppod.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f9d8e4cc10cc014653b3595336db5c08.jpg","author":"The Back of the Pack Podcast LLC.","episode_count":273,"summary":"Lace up your sneakers, grab your favorite headband, and toe the starting line! The signal has fired and the “Back of the Pack Podcast” is up and running! Are you a fan of running 5k’s just because the finisher medal looks cool? You are not alone there! Join the show that is all about the race swag and running on a Saturday morning to get the most out of your race registration. We will talk about local races in the Kansas City area. We will give you a heads up if you’re wanting to go farther outside the area to run the big races. Host Kyle Walker has fourteen full marathons, over eighty half marathons, and hundreds of 5k’s and 10k's. Take it from us, you are among friends here if you’ve gotten to the finish line to find all the bananas gone!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/back-of-the-pack-podcast-5326207"},"episode":{"title":"The Long Run: When the Clock Stops Mattering","slug":"the-long-run-when-the-clock-stops-mattering","published_at":"2026-02-20T14:27:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/back-of-the-pack-podcast-5326207/the-long-run-when-the-clock-stops-mattering","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/back-of-the-pack-podcast-5326207","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-long-run-when-the-clock-stops-mattering--70177734","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70177734/02_20_2026_clock_audio.mp3","summary":"As runners, we spend so much of our early years chasing the clock, measuring progress in minutes and seconds, always believing the next personal best is right around the corner. But eventually, something changes. In this episode, we explore what happens when success is no longer defined by speed, and how our relationship with running evolves as we grow older. We talk about the emotional shift that comes when personal records become less frequent, and how we begin to discover new meaning in consistency, resilience, and simply showing up. Running becomes less about proving something and more about preserving something. We reflect on how experience reshapes our goals, how gratitude replaces pressure, and how the miles begin to represent something deeper than performance. Because at some point, the finish line stops being about how fast we arrive, and starts being about the fact that we’re still running toward it at all.","meta_description":"As runners, we spend so much of our early years chasing the clock, measuring progress in minutes and seconds, always believing the next personal best is r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2030,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/back-of-the-pack-podcast-5326207/episodes/the-long-run-when-the-clock-stops-mattering/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/back-of-the-pack-podcast-5326207/the-long-run-when-the-clock-stops-mattering.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}