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....
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...
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....
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.
The Cost Of Ultra 2022
By HPRS RD John Lacroix One of the biggest personal challenges that I faced when I first started The Human Potential Running Series, was setting entry fees. In the many years leading up to my owning a race management business,...
The State of Our Sport: January 2022
By HPRS RD John Lacroix 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 trail and ultramarathon running...
High Praise From Our Community
Over the last few months, the amount of correspondence HPRS receives has increased above the norm. We’ve shared some of the correspondence we’ve shared as of late as pertains to our policy update on Gender Identity; and the one’s we’ve...
A Note On Running Safety
By HPRS Community Member D.M. Hess In light of the ultrarunning tragedy in China and frequent conversations around personal and race director accountability, I have been thinking a lot about how I and others work to mitigate risk related to...