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.

Blackberry Ridge Farm (The event venue and beneficiary of Psychoactive Last Runner Standing Event) recently dedicated their newly established Native Pollinator Habitat to HPM and we couldn't be more proud! It's no surprise that HPM is fully committed to supporting human activity and environmental advocacy and this beautiful habitat dedicated to our planet first approach is another perfect example of exactly that. This space will provide our natural ecosystem an opportunity to thrive 365 days a year and since we will pass the habitat on the Psychoactive course ... over and over and over ... it will be a reminder of our environmental support on each and every lap!

Learn more about the benefits of native pollinator habitats from Blackberry Ridge Farm Co-Owner Julia Rogers and see how you can start your habitat in your own neck of the woods!

I’m Lisa Roberts, 46 year old, a retired pro triathlete and avid endurance junkie. I’m also a landscape architect and a cat lover. I recently participated in the Kathmandu Coast to Coast Multisport World Championship, located on the South Island of New Zealand. The race offers two day solo options, relay options, and run section only option. I opted for appropriately named “The Longest Day” version which includes 243 kilometers of technical mountain running, cycling and kayaking down class 2 rapids through canyons that you must complete in, you guessed it, a single day! Here's how it went ... 

Let me be clear that I am not a scientist and that the Human Powered Movement platform swings significantly further to the artistic side of the art/science pendulum. We exist to inspire more activity in people’s lives and use our platform for good. We essentially, and proudly, follow the Public Benefit Corporation model. We regularly put people and planet over profits and routinely go with our gut feeling when determining “the right thing to do”. It takes a lot of balls and an incredible level of passion to continue this “benefit” work every day, but the impact is meaningful in OUR community and critical for OUR environment.

Launching 2 brand new Carbon Negative endurance events is a match made in HPM Heaven. Here’s what you need to know about how we approached and created two new Carbon Negative Events

• “MOVE” A Carbon Negative & Fat Ass Style Trail Run
• “MOVE” A Carbon Negative & Bare Bones Mtn Bike Ride