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 Podcast – Episode 29: KP Hartman, The Ballad of a Non-Binary Runner
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 29 we welcome HPRS runner and volunteer KP Hartman to talk about their experiences in running as a non-binary person. In this episode we tackle the Western States...
HPRS Podcast – Episode 28: Realized Trends in Colorado Trail & Ultra; Stories From The Franklins
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 28 HPRS owner and race director John Lacroix brings validity to his State of Our Sport Address from a month ago by discussing the current realized trends in...
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...
Behind the Scenes at The Franklin Mountains Trail Runs
By HPRS RD John Lacroix There is a lot of push and pull working as a full-time race director. There are tremendous victories, and gut punching failures. There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes that few runners...
HPRS Podcast – Episode 27: The State of Our Sport 2023
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 27 HPRS owner and race director John Lacroix narrates his 2023 State of Our Sport Address, as well as his Review of the 2022 Colorado Ultra Scene. In...
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...
A Review of the 2022 Colorado Ultra Scene
By HPRS Race Director John Lacroix PREFACE When I started HPRS in 2014, I created a spreadsheet (like ultrarunners do) of every trail race in Colorado of a half-marathon in distance or longer. I then recorded how many finishers each...
HPRS Podcast – Episode 26: Ultras Cults
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 26 we welcome HPRS runner Stefan Schuster to discuss Ultra Cults. A cult is a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing. While ultra running...