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Start of the Year Trends In Trail and Ultra

By HPRS RD John Lacroix This article is a follow up to the two articles I recently wrote for the HPRS blog. Those articles include my “State of Our Sport Address: January 2023” and “A Review of the 2022 Colorado...

January 29, 2023

<strong>Behind the Scenes at The Franklin Mountains Trail Runs</strong>

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Behind the Scenes at The Franklin Mountains Trail Runs

By HPRS RD John Lacroix There is a lot of push and pull working as a full-time race director. There are tremendous victories, and gut punching failures. There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes that few runners...

January 25, 2023

From the RD Interest

The State of Our Sport: January 2023

By HPRS Owner and Race Director John Lacroix PREFACE Around this time every year I present our community with my “State of Our Sport” address. The address is a conversation that focuses on the realized history and predicted evolution of...

January 2, 2023

A Review of the 2022 Colorado Ultra Scene

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A Review of the 2022 Colorado Ultra Scene

By HPRS Race Director John Lacroix PREFACE When I started HPRS in 2014, I created a spreadsheet (like ultrarunners do) of every trail race in Colorado of a half-marathon in distance or longer. I then recorded how many finishers each...

December 15, 2022

Our Commitment To Accessibility: Podiums, Age Groups, and Awards.

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Our Commitment To Accessibility: Podiums, Age Groups, and Awards.

By HPRS RD John Lacroix This article is part 2 in a multi-part series that discusses our commitment to accessibility at HPRS. You can read part 1 by Clicking Here, an article that focuses on entry fees and discounts. In...

October 27, 2022

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Our Commitment To Accessibility

By HPRS RD John Lacroix Since its inception in 2014, The Human Potential Running Series has been committed to accessibility of trail and ultrarunning events by way of ensuring our events are affordable regardless of one’s socio-economic status. We have...

October 7, 2022

From the RD Interest

Why Dogs Aren’t Allowed

By HPRS Owner and RD John Lacroix Some of the more divisive policies of any race or race series, are policies focusing on dogs. In this article, I’m going to tell you the story that explains why dogs are not...

September 15, 2022

From the RD Interest

Rise of the 200-Miler

By HPRS Race Director John Lacroix It was November 2008 when I directed the first 200-Mile trail ultramarathon in the world. Five runner’s showed up to the starting line of the 200 mile run that had a 72 hour cutoff....

September 2, 2022

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