Back of the Pack Podcast

Nobody Tells You This: There Is No Finish Line

We close out our October Nobody Tells You This series with one of the strangest lessons runners eventually discover: we spend months chasing finish lines only to cross th

Buckle Up: Our First 50K.

This week on The Back of the Pack Podcast, we officially step into the ultramarathon world with our first traditional 50K at the Kansas Rails-to-Trails Ultramarathon in O

Nobody Tells You This: Your Brain Will Lie to You

This week on The Back of the Pack Podcast: Second Wind, our Nobody Tells You This series heads into the place where some of the hardest miles happen: right between our ea

The Last Blue Bib

This week on The Back of the Pack Podcast, we open Season 5 with the full story of Garmin Kansas City Marathon weekend and a race experience unlike any Kyle has had befor

Nobody Tells You This: Your Best Race Might Not Be Your Fastest

This week on The Back of the Pack Podcast: Second Wind, we continue our Nobody Tells You This series with a lesson runners usually discover only after enough finish lines

The Miles That Didn’t Matter

This week on The Back of the Pack Podcast, we are catching up on a busy couple of weeks with the Oktoberfest 10K, the Run for Paws 5K, and a very different kind of endura

Nobody Tells You This: Race Day Starts Days Before

In this week’s Second Wind, we continue our Nobody Tells You This series with a lesson every runner eventually learns: the race may officially begin at the starting line,

Rocket City: Ready for Launch!

This week on The Back of the Pack Podcast, Eric Fritz and Rhonda Hayden return to the show as we officially begin the countdown to December’s Rocket City Marathon in Hunt

Nobody Tells You This: Fitness Isn’t Linear

We’re kicking off our October Second Wind series, Nobody Tells You This, with one of the most frustrating truths in running: fitness does not improve in a perfectly strai

The Runner’s Sick-Day Decision

This week on The Back of the Pack Podcast, we start with a few updates from around the World Marathon Majors before getting to the race that was supposed to happen but ne

Ultra Curious: Pick Your Poison

In this week’s Second Wind, we wrap up The Ultra Curious by finally asking the question all this September learning has been building toward: if we’re actually going to t

The Curious Case of a Bad Race Weekend

This week on The Back of the Pack Podcast, we are recapping a two-race weekend with the Kansas City Zoo Run 4 Miler and the Woodstock 10K. The Zoo Run brought nearly 90-d

Ultra Curious: Slow Down Go Farther

In this week’s Second Wind, we continue The Ultra Curious by tackling one of the biggest mindset shifts road runners face when stepping into the ultramarathon world: some

Old Pali Panic and Plaza Tradition

This week on The Back of the Pack Podcast, we are back to a more normal race-review rhythm after Sydney, with one race from Hawaii, one race from Kansas City, and one ver

Ultra Curious: Same Runner, Different Game

In this week’s Second Wind, we continue The Ultra Curious by asking what really changes when everyday road runners start looking beyond 26.2 miles and toward the ultramar

2026 TCS Sydney Marathon Review

This week on The Back of the Pack Podcast, we are back from Australia and finally diving into the big review of the 2026 TCS Sydney Marathon. Kyle opens the episode runni

The Ultra Curious: Buckle Up!

We’re kicking off a brand-new Second Wind series called The Ultra Curious, where we start exploring what happens when everyday road runners begin looking beyond 26.2 mile

Guest Host Sierra Morris - The Run, Shattered Podcast!

This week on The Back of the Pack Podcast, Kyle is off in Sydney, Australia chasing another World Marathon Major, so we are turning the microphone over to guest host Sier

The Final Stretch: Ready or Not. Sydney

With race weekend finally here, The Final Stretch comes to a close from Sydney, Australia, just two days before the TCS Sydney Marathon. At this point, there is no more f

The Sydney Marathon Preview!

This week on The Back of the Pack Podcast, we are recording the final episode from the United States before the podcast heads across the world for Sydney Marathon Week. B