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.
Feeling Good When There Isn’t A Lot to Feel Good About
By HPRS Staff Columnist Jacob Stevens “Happiness is more than doing fun things. Happiness is doing meaningful things.” – Maxime Lagacé As I sit down to take the collection of thoughts that are swirling around in my mind and put...
Creating Opportunity, Pursuing Greatness, & Supporting Our Tribe
By HPRS Staff Columnist Jacob Stevens “There’s no such thing as problems, only situations…and out of situations arise opportunity.” – PJ Fleck We have all read the articles and seen the news, we all know, for the most part what...
Tommyknocker 12-Hour & Mine Shaft Half UPDATE
I hope that this finds you and yours in good health and positive spirits during this unprecedented time. I’m thinking about all of you, wishing for the best, and can’t wait for us all to return to some sense of...
What Now?
By HPRS Race Director John Lacroix What’s really happening behind the scenes in ultra running, as a result of COVID-19? Race directors across the country are scrambling. Most road events are cancelled, as they should be considering they tend to...
Pandemics, Mass Gatherings, and The Challenges of RDs
By HPRS RD John Lacroix I want to once again ask you to imagine the following scenario: Your employer asks you to organize a major event for the company with a due date of about a year out. For the...
Coronavirus and HPRS
By HPRS Race Director John Lacroix The spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has grasped the world’s attention unlike few viruses ever have. With the worldwide alarm, comes a whole host of questions related to travel and mass assemblies of people. The...
Good Enough IS NOT Good Enough: Moving Forward & Making a Difference
By HPRS Staff Columnist Jacob Stevens “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” ~ Henry David Thoreau For a lot of people feelings of depression, anxiety, unworthiness, or just “going through the motions” has become routine and nothing...
On Bodies…or, The Stories We’re Afraid to Share
By HPRS Staff Columnist Holly Rapp Professional runner Mary Cain’s recent devastating story of abuse at the Nike Oregon Project brought one of the most intimate issues facing runners today into a national spotlight: that of bodies. While there is...
