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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

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

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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

LIVE TRACKING – Our Challenges, and A How To For Loved Ones

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LIVE TRACKING – Our Challenges, and A How To For Loved Ones

By HPRS Race Director John Lacroix “My son is running in your event this weekend and I want to know exactly where he is, how can I live track him?” I couldn’t even begin to venture a guess on how...

September 9, 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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The Cuchara Incident

PART 1 OF A MULTI-PART SERIES Note: The following is a retelling of events from the 2022 Cuchara Trail Runs. Information provided has been pulled from Human Potential’s Incident Report; factual info gathered from participants, volunteers, HPRS staff, and race...

July 16, 2022

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You Gotta Slow Down

By HPRS Runner Ben Liddle On my way to Fairplay for Last Call 50 weekend, I picked up a hitchhiking thru-hiker crossing the Colorado Trail at US285 (Kenosha Pass). He needed a ride to town, and I needed the karma....

July 15, 2022

Wildfires: Understanding Our Policies & Action

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Wildfires: Understanding Our Policies & Action

It has the potential to be a long summer in the west with regards to wildfire and smoke. In this post, HPRS RD John Lacroix discusses our plan with regards to where our responsibilities, and yours, land.

May 17, 2022

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