Middle of the Pack

For anyone who has spent even a little bit of time following Megan Beck, Derek Rozanski or Charles MacDonald on social media, you'll know that they are people who provide engaging content and have true love of the sport. The first two episodes are things that are very relevant within OCR and are topics that are pretty debated within Facebook groups and other social media platforms. I generally listen to podcasts that are true crime related, that have a specific story they plan to tell over a certain number of episodes so there has to be a road map. And I think that with podcasts that deal more in a human interest where there is no endpoint the podcast is a conversation that evolves over time. While the hosts are getting their feet wet and discovering how they want to present things, I think it's fun to see that journey. I think it's rare when you listen to the first episode of a podcast and the 50th episode of a podcast and it's seamless without growth. I'm going to disagree with the last review that made fun of someone's disability. Sure if you want to disagree on content, go for it. The podcast wasn't for you. But pointing out that someone has a lisp just makes you a bully and smacks in the face of what this podcast, and community, is about. It's bad enough that most people see promotional ads for OCR with people in incredible shape and it scares them out of even trying it because they don't look like those people. Now you want to go tell others that if you are different based on a disability and the way you say something you have no business speaking on the topic. Way to be inclusive. Overall the podcast is entertaining and I look forward to hearing it evolve.

I made it exactly 12 minutes and 25 seconds into this podcast. Given the title it sounded interesting, after listening for less than 15 minutes, the constant negativity was just too much to take. It seems like the hosts of this show want to vent all their grievances rather provide meaningful content.

Pretty sure all these folks do is whine, and complain about all things OCR. There’s a clear favoritism towards one brand. They aren’t legitimate athletes so take what they say with a grain of salt. They’re social media influencers that think because the same 45 people share, like and hype their posts; they’re important. Just taking a look at any of their Athlinks of Stravas, you can head over to Running Public for a better listen from more qualified people.

I’ve tried to give this podcast the benefit of the doubt. I love OCR and I love seeing more OCR related content being put out, especially by people really into the community. But so far this podcast is nothing but toxic conversations and negativity framed as 'trying to improve the sport'. Every episode is constant bashing, at a high school level of shade and cattiness. I was hoping this podcast would really try to appeal to the average AG racer or wannabe AG racer, but all it appeals to is those who love high school drama and pettiness. This podcast offers nothing to improve the community. Its actually a very poor representation of the actual supportive community. Its a platform of someone who seemingly hates just about every aspect of racing.