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Guest Contributor: HPM Adventure Flag (Human Handler - Deanna Springall) Read Time: 5 mins  Hi everyone, I’m the HPM flag and I just returned from an amazing trek through parts of Uganda and Rwanda. In honor of the countries I visited, my temporary name - instead of the boring English word “flag” – is Ebendera (in Luganda, one of the Ugandan languages) or Ibendera (in Kinyarwanda language, one of the Rwandan languages). I’ll answer to either one!
Guest Contributor: Patrick McGrady Read Time: 4 mins  You've probably heard of the UTMB ... The 100+ mile trail race in Europe where people push their limit running a very long distance very fast. Not easy for us ordinary folk. Did you know that UTMB stands for Ultra Tour du Mont Blanc? The namesake, Mont Blanc is a mountain range that lies on the French, Italian and Swiss border. Chamonix, France is the most prominent town and primary start finish of this trail wraps around this range, stretching 103 miles with 30K+ elevation gain.
Guest Q&A: Thomas Lane Read Time: 4 mins  We just hosted/raged at Psychoactive this past weekend and once again, it was one for the absolute ages!! In it's 4th year, this Last Runner Standing Event continues to tip toe the line between a highly competitive running event and a carnival style social event that rivals the best running parties you could dream of. Each year, this community gathering gains more notoriety and draws people from all over the East Coast (2025 saw 10 states represented on the participant list). This year, we introduced a first timer to the Human Powered Movement community and he made quite the impact on me personally, and the rest of the psychotic field.
Author: Adam Bratton Read Time: 3 mins  Old school HPM fans will remember how this feverish community got started during the deep dark depths of Covid-19. If you’re new to us … a crash course. The global pandemic shut everything down on 3/11/20. “Quarantine in place”, “Don’t go anywhere”, “Don’t do anything”, was the messaging we heard over and over. Since there were very few cars on the roads, inspiration from Rickey Gates immediately started creeping into my mind. I followed Rickey as he ran “Every Single Street” (ESS) of San Francisco in 2018, and I loved the straight forward concept, but complex mental and physical dynamic. Naturally I decided to bike every single street of Huntersville … my current basecamp. I posted about the 625+ mile city-sized puzzle on my social (HERE) and when it elicited positive reaction and inspired others to run or bike their own towns, I saw the impact that could and would unfold by inspiring more activity in people’s lives. Riding Every Single Street directly led to the creation of HPM, the launch of our initial Virtual Challenges, and the far reaching impact that HPM has had on our community since 2020. That brings us to another “ESS” project that I just completed this past weekend …
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