The Human Potential Running Series, Colorado’s largest series of ultra marathons, introduces its namesake podcast. The Human Potential Running Series (HPRS) Podcast is a show dedicated to the many unique individuals who make up the HPRS Trail and Ultrarunning Community. Hosted by HPRS Owner and Race Director John Lacroix, this show explores the passions and thoughts of the individuals who run with, and volunteer at, HPRS.
The HPRS Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music/Audible, Audacy and through the archive listed below.
HPRS RD John Lacroix Takes The Reigns of World Championship Burro Race
FAIRPLAY, CO The Human Potential Running Series is proud to announce that our founder and Race Director John Lacroix has been hired as the new race director of The World Championship Pack Burro Race in Fairplay Colorado. John takes the...
HPRS To No Longer Host UTMB Qualifiers Citing Ironman Deal
By HPRS Race Director John Lacroix Last week it was announced that The UTMB Series of races has partnered with Ironman. From what is understood of the deal, UTMB is still the majority stakeholder of their series, with Ironman now...
Becoming Who You Are Meant To Be
By HPRS Staff Columnist Jacob Stevens “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross After more than 72...
Our Demographics And The Rise Of The HPRS Women
By HPRS RD John Lacroix As an ultramarathon runner, I tend to be a data driven individual. I know that many of you reading this, have a host of spreadsheets surrounding the many facets of your life. I also have...
ENDURE 12 & 24-Hour CH-CH-CHANGES
From HPRS RD John Lacroix The next event on our schedule is the Endure 12 and 24-Hour Endurance Runs set for May 15th in Divide, CO, where we’ll be at Mueller State Park for the newest edition of letting little...
The Footprints We Leave Behind
By Georgia Ultrarunner Trena Chellino It seems like I hear a lot of talk about our carbon footprint. I’m not a political activist and don’t really have a “cause” that I have a connection to. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve...
Timed vs Distance Events: A Beginner’s Guide
As we begin to think about making the leap from standard distance running to ultra-distance running most people follow a pretty standard progression which always begins with a single question: “What’s 5 more miles?”. Thus, the journey from 50k to...
Make sure to leave enough rope for me…
By HPRS Staff Columnist Jacob Stevens “We emerge into the light not by denying our pain, but by walking out through it.” ~ Joan Borysenko Running is a fickle mistress…she makes seemingly simple and obvious choices appear to be more...
