The Human Potential Running Series 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.
- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 81 minutes
- Episodes
- 62
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Episode 50: What Prize Money Gets Us
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 50 HPRS Race Director John Lacroix talks about recent ultrarunning press releases; most notably the news of Camile Herron’s inv…
HPRS Podcast – Episode 48: Masculinity in Ultrarunning
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 48 HPRS Race Director John Lacroix and Co-Host Cade Hanson discuss the topic of masculinity in ultrarunning. Masculinity explor…
HPRS Podcast – Episode 45: The Nuances Between Road/Tri and Trail/Ultra. For Beginners
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 45 HPRS Race Director John Lacroix discuss the many nuances between road/tri and trail/ultra and highlights the biggest ones so…
HPRS Podcast – Episode 44: Understanding the Importance of LUNA and Supporting the Rarámuri
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 44 HPRS Race Director John Lacroix welcomes Emily Royal to the set as we talk about our journey in supporting the Latino Ultra …
HPRS Podcast – Episode 42: The Maverick Story
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 42 HPRS Race Director John Lacroix tells the infamous Maverick Story. This is the story about a Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim …
HPRS Podcast – Episode 41: Niwot's Challenge Lore - The Day I Almost Died
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 41 HPRS Race Director John Lacroix talks about Niwot's Challenge; what it is, how and why it was created, and some of its inner…
HPRS Podcast – Episode 40: Getting Into Trail and Ultrarunning
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 40 HPRS Race Director John Lacroix begins our new series, designed to help folks navigate the ins and outs of trail and ultraru…
HPRS Podcast Episode 38: Ultra's Turning Point. Where We Go From Here
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 38 HPRS Race Director John Lacroix talks about where we go from here on the heels of the UTMB-IM issue in Whistler. Many have c…
HPRS Podcast - Episode 37: Understanding the UTMB-IM Fiasco And Why Everyone’s Up In Arms
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 37 HPRS Race Director John Lacroix dives in to what transpired in Whistler between Gary Robbin’s Whistler Alpine Meadows (WAM) …
HPRS Podcast – Episode 36: The Water Cooler, September 2023
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 36 we share the audio from the September 2023 Water Cooler LIVE, hosted on the HPRS Facebook Page. Join HPRS Race Director John…
HPRS Podcast - Episode 35: The Future of HPRS Part 3 - The Plan
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 35 we share the audio from a HPRS Town Hall held last week, where we reveal the final activated recommendations of the HPRS Foc…
HPRS Podcast - Episode 34: A USFS Shakeup for Trail and Ultra
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 34 HPRS owner and race director John Lacroix welcomes Jason Keith to the program. Jason is a trail and ultramarathon runner who…
HPRS Podcast - Episode 33: The Future of HPRS Part 2 with Cade Hanson
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 33 HPRS owner and race director John Lacroix welcomes HPRS runners and volunteer Cade Hanson to the program. We get to know Cad…
HPRS Podcast - Episode 32: The Future of HPRS Part 1
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 32 HPRS owner and race director John Lacroix discusses the level of "burn out" he experienced in Late 2022/Early 2023 that almo…
HPRS Podcast - Episode 31: Running From The Violence
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 31 we welcome Kevin, a runner who took on the Stories Ultra 15-Hour this February to discuss the answer to the question on the …
HPRS Podcast - Episode 30: Tim Leach, 2022 HPRS Rookie of the Year
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 30 we welcome HPRS community member Tim Leach to talk about their experiences in running. In this episode we talk about Tim's j…
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 e…
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 particula…
HPRS Podcast – Episode 25: Thru-Hiking and Fast Packing
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 25 we welcome HPRS runner Stefan Schuster to discuss his journey into thru hiking. We also talk about fast packing and how back…
HPRS Podcast – Episode 24: The Life Cycle of an Ultra
Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 24 we welcome HPRS Assistant Race Director Emily Royal as our special guest host to discuss the life cycle of an ultra, more sp…