Anyone who has participated in an Adventure Race knows that adjusting on the fly throughout the event is common practice. Same thing for anyone who has been an RD (Race Director) for that matter. As fate would have it, adjusting on the fly is exactly what everyone had to do at Human Powered Movement’s South Fork Sampler Adventure Race this past weekend, and it was amazing!

Human Powered Movement didn’t even have a website when I wrote the original “What is Human Powered Movement?” journal exactly two years ago. The platform was a covid-born concept to bring encouragement, inspiration, and positivity to our pandemic-rattled lives. The universal appeal of being active and our mission of “inspiring more activity in people's lives" hasn’t changed since those early days, but the evolution of HPM certainly has.

Human Powered Movement’s mission is to facilitate greater human powered experiences in all of us. This mission is accomplished in many ways. Our upcoming running event is a perfect example of how we are actively carrying out our mission. Psychoactive: A Last Runner Standing Event is far from your standard neighborhood 5K. We’re a few weeks away from something dynamic, unique, and pretty bad ass for the running community. Another way we facilitate greater human powered experiences is by introducing, educating, and informing people about new ways to get active. Let’s break down what a Last Runner Standing Event is in the first place, and how you can best prepare yourself for a whole new style of running event!

We just wrapped the 2nd year of the Rocky River Shiver: A Hellacious Mtn Bike Event and I couldn’t be more stoked for where this event is heading! The hills, heat, and hecklers were out in full force, yet again, making for a day of exhaustion and carnage! Here is a little inside scoop on how the battle played out from the RD's (Race Director) perspective.