• HPRS Podcast – Episode 48: Masculinity in Ultrarunning
    Jul 19 2024

    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 explored in the discussion are neo-traditionalist, egalitarian, progressive, and toxic masculinities. A different kind of conversation for sure!

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    1 hr and 39 mins
  • SPECIAL EDITION: Ultrarunning Magazine's Sale - Possible Anti-Trust Violations
    Jul 16 2024

    Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. In this special edition of the show, HPRS Race Director John Lacroix discusses the acquisiton of Ultrarunning Magazine by Jamil Coury of Steep Life Media and Aravaipa Running, what it potentially means for our sport, and potential anti-trust violations as a result of the sale.

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    41 mins
  • Episode 46: What Grinds My Gears, A Show About Nothing
    Jul 8 2024

    Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 46 HPRS Race Director John Lacroix and Co-Host cade Hanson discuss the some of the things that "grinds John's gears," and likely the gears of many a race director. Truly a conversation about nothing and everything all at once.

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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • HPRS Podcast – Episode 45: The Nuances Between Road/Tri and Trail/Ultra. For Beginners
    Jun 13 2024

    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 that the new kids on the block will set better expectations for what they're getting into, and perhaps not insist that trail and ultra do it like road and tri. We are "the dirt bags of the endurance world" after all.

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    1 hr and 55 mins
  • HPRS Podcast – Episode 44: Understanding the Importance of LUNA and Supporting the Rarámuri
    Jun 5 2024

    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 Nature Adventure (LUNA). We discuss the many permitting challenges we've face along the way, as well as how "the entitled" have responded to this event. We explore the success of LUNA in our support of a traditionally underserved and marginalized community. Finally, we discuss the importance of helping our Rarámuri friends in their time of desperate need.

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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • HPRS Podcast – Episode 43: Ethical Fading in Ultra and Revisiting Trends
    May 23 2024

    Take a run with The Human Potential Running Series podcast. For Episode 43 HPRS Race Director John Lacroix dives into the numbers to see if anyone has really boycotted UTMB/Ironman this year. Then he talks about the concept of "Ethical Fading" in Ultra race director, arguing against live drone coverage of events, permitting issues, and more.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • HPRS Podcast – Episode 42: The Maverick Story
    Apr 30 2024

    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 Adventure where someone was abandoned at the Canyon. The true mis-adventure complete with high drama and lessons learned. "Don't be a Maverick."

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • HPRS Podcast – Episode 41: Niwot's Challenge Lore - The Day I Almost Died
    Mar 17 2024

    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 intricacies. Then, the story about how he almost died during a Niwot's Booksetting in April 2015.

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    2 hrs and 20 mins