The Human Potential Running Series Podcast · John Lacroix

Episode 65: Strategies For Race Prep

·1 hr 23 min·5 clips

John says a runner is not Jim Walmsley and cannot copy Jim Walmsley's training load.

John opens the episode by welcoming listeners back to the Human Potential Running Series podcast. He points people toward the summer events calendar right away. The Granby Ranch Summit Trail Races come up early. He lays out the June 14th date, the elevation challenge, the hill-repeat setup, and the summit course options in straightforward detail. The single summit is a six-mile run on the west peak. The double summit is 21 miles and covers both summits at the resort. That practical opening sets the tone for the rest of the conversation. The show stays grounded in the actual work of getting ready. John and his co-host move into a broader talk about coaching and helping people make shifts in their athletic lives. He brings up the way some people start running later and still commit fully. He also talks about reconnecting with people he has known through the gym and through teaching. The coaching thread stays close to movement, injuries, biomechanics, and working with different populations, including kids and older adults. It is the kind of talk that comes from working with bodies instead of only reading about them. John keeps returning to the value of long-term thinking. He wants people to see running as something bigger than a temporary project. Ego comes up as something to drop, not protect. He frames progress as a patient thing that happens over years, not weeks. The conversation has room for side trails and jokes. That looseness gives it a lived-in feel. Toward the end, the episode settles into a warm closing rhythm with banter, sound effects, and a familiar trail-community signoff. It feels like a roomful of people who know the sport from the inside and are still trying to do it well.

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Episode 65 pairs Granby Ranch race details with a steady case for patience, ego-checking, and the long haul.

Episode 65 of the Human Potential Running Series podcast folds race housekeeping into a broader conversation about preparation and the long view.

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Race prep at Granby Ranch, with hill repeats and the long game in view.

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