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.
Beebe Farm 48: My First Hundred
By HPRS Staff Columnist Christopher Mellott Race reports, blogs, advice articles still couldn’t have prepared me adequately for what a hundred miles would feel like or the range of emotions I would go through getting to that point. Even after...
And Miles To Go Before I Sleep…
By HPRS Guest Columnist Kimberly Robertson I have been to a dozen races, but none compared to Sawmill. I should have known this race would be different when I was immediately greeted off the plane to the dead cold of...
The State of Ultra: 2020 Edition
By HPRS RD John Lacroix This is the time of year, traditionally, when we look back and look ahead. Even the sport of ultra running takes the time to look back and celebrate our runners, and performances, of the year;...
The Truth about Success and Why Most People’s Idea of it is Bullsh*t
By HPRS Staff Columnist Jacob Stevens “Success and failure are 100% mental. One person’s idea of success might seem like a complete failure to someone else. You must establish your own vision of what it means to be unstoppable, you...
Volunteering With Intention at Silverheels & Last Call
By HPRS Staff Columnist: Christopher Mellott In February, I had my first experience with the Human Potential Running Series at the Stories Ultra 30 hour race in Colorado Springs. At Stories, I started the race early in the morning. That...
Adversity, Consistency, & Connection: The Keys to Running and the Keys to Life
By HPRS Staff Columnist Jacob Stevens As I sit in silent contemplation and reflect on the situation, I am upset. I am disappointed, I am angry, and I am hurt. What’s done is done and the options in front of...
On The Small Things
By HPRS Staff Columnist Holly Rapp This is the road outside my front door. If you go to the end, turn around, and go back to my house, you will cover half of a mile. Half a mile. A distance...
Being a “Real Runner”
By HPRS Staff Columnist Jacob Stevens What the F@#$ is a Real Runner Anyways? As I eagerly anticipated the start of the 32nd edition of The Vermont Endurance 100 Mile Run this past July, my gaze fell upon my fellow...
