{"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":292,"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":"2026-07-22T02:19:51.022157+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/back-of-the-pack-podcast-5326207"},"episode":{"title":"Why Are We Like This?: That Sounds Awful, I’m In","slug":"why-are-we-like-this-that-sounds-awful-i-m-in","published_at":"2026-07-10T13:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/back-of-the-pack-podcast-5326207/why-are-we-like-this-that-sounds-awful-i-m-in","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/back-of-the-pack-podcast-5326207","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-are-we-like-this-that-sounds-awful-i-m-in--72912685","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72912685/01d5f8e6_37dd_4691_8c87_a6d0e7b14494.mp3","summary":"This week on The Back of the Pack Podcast: Second Wind, our July series Why Are We Like This? continues with a look at the endurance decisions that sound terrible on paper but somehow end up on our calendars anyway. With the Argo Half Marathon and its 2,900 feet of elevation waiting on Saturday, followed by the Lizard Under the Skillet 31-mile bike race and an Evanescence concert on Sunday, this episode asks why runners, cyclists, and endurance people keep signing up for things that sound more like warnings than weekend plans. We talk about why hard courses tempt us, why hills expose our weaknesses, and why a flat course may give us a time, but a brutal course gives us a story. Argo becomes the perfect example of a race where effort matters more than pace, walking hills is smart instead of shameful, and simply finishing can be the real victory. We also dive into the Bad Decision Hall of Fame: signing up before checking elevation, stacking races, chasing medals, falling for peer pressure, and pretending a bike race after a hilly half marathon counts as recovery. This episode also gets into the fine line between brave and dumb, especially when heat, hydration, fatigue, elevation, and recovery are all part of the equation. There is plenty of humor here, but also a real reminder that challenge should stretch us, not wreck us. And as Kyle steps into the biking world as a beginner, we talk about how humbling it can be to start something new again after years of experience in running. Why are we like this? Because sometimes a bad decision with a bib number reminds us exactly what we are made of.","meta_description":"This week on The Back of the Pack Podcast: Second Wind, our July series Why Are We Like This? continues with a look at the endurance decisions that sound…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2369,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/back-of-the-pack-podcast-5326207/episodes/why-are-we-like-this-that-sounds-awful-i-m-in/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/why-are-we-like-this-that-sounds-awful-i-m-in.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}