The Endurance Asia Podcast

Mark Agnew World First North West Passage Endurance Asia We are joined again by the Asia Adventure Journalist turned explorer, Mark Agnew. Having had Mark on the podcast 3 years ago discussing all of the amazing endurance feats he has covered for SCMP, he has become the story! He shared on that podcast (you can listen here ) his passion for arctic exploration and his only plans to tackle the north...

VMM 2023 - Pre Race Interviews Endurance Asia We are joined on stage at VMM by some of the elites preparing to run. We get to speak to Ha Hau Sange Sherpa Jeff Campbell Trùn Nguyễn David Lloyd Follow them live for this weekend at https://live.dottrack.asia/mountainmarathon2 3 /

T8 Crew at Vietnam Mountain Marathon Endurance Asia We are joined for a live on stage interview at the Vietnam Mountain Marathon by T8 Athletes  Jeff Campbell Vanja Cnops Kristian Joergensen Stingray, John Ray Onifa Follow them live for this weekend at https://live.dottrack.asia/mountainmarathon23/

Tomokazu Ihara - Grand Slam of Ultra Running Endurance Asia Repeat guest Tomokazu Ihara comes back to talk about his epic performance in the Grand Slam of Ultra Running in the United States, completing 5 of the oldest 100 mile runs in the same season and doing so in the fastest time of any athlete from Asia Pacific and top 20 in history. His results included: Old Dominion: 18:52:27 2nd overall Wes...

Vincere Zeng - Scaling Mountains, Breaking Records Endurance Asia Vincere Zeng at 31 years old is a record holder in the high altitude mountains, becoming the first Singaporean female to summit Everest and K2 back to back and also the first Singaporean female to summit K2 and to do this all in one year. We catch up with Vincere to discuss: How it came to be. Where her passion for adventure and exp...

Return of Ben Pulham and Jim Webster of Coached Endurance Asia We reconnect with Ben Pulham the founder of Coached, a Singapore-based testing lab and - surprise - coaching service for athletes of all stripes. A former pro triathlete himself, Ben - together with in-house sports scientist James (Jim) Webster - is an expert in helping people perform better.  Listen to our first podcast with the...

Chris Timms - Competitive Spirit, Community Heart Endurance Asia We welcome Christ Timms to the podcast this week to discuss the trail running community in Singapore. Chris has been on the podium at a lot of races around South East Asia the past couple of years and was in the top 10 of last years ATM Finals in Mt Apo Philippines. We catch up in Red Dot Running Company store where he is an elite am...

H1 Hardcore100 Recap with Jonel Mendoza, Nikki Han, Will Hayward & Virginie Goethals Endurance Asia Off the back of the 2023 edition of Hardcore100 H1 Ultra in Philippines, we catch up with race director Jonel Mendoza as well as competitors Nikki Han, Will Hayward and Viirginie Goethals to discuss one of the first and one of the toughest hundred mile races in Asia. First up we speak with Jonel to...

Janet Ng & Steve Brammar HK100 Endurance Asia We talk with Janet and Steve about the 2023 edition of HK100, the first in person since 2020. How the race went and what they thought about the performances. We also cover: how they both first get into trail running  What made them decide to start HK100 How the race has evolved over the years Discuss some of the returnees every year inc John Ellis...

Barkley Marathons 2023 with Tomokazu Ihara Endurance Asia We welcome back Tomokazu Ihara from his 4th attempt of the Barkley Marathons and his best effort yet, achieving a fun run in 35:55 and getting out on the fourth loop with 27 seconds to spare! A momentous year that saw 3 finishers for only the second time ever and the first finish since John Kelly’s last finish in 2017. Tomo has been dedicat...

GODZone Chapter 11 Recap - With Warren Bates Endurance Asia GODZone Chapter 11 , Fiordland is in the books and what a historic week it was. We saw the very last expedition adventure race of Nathan Fa’avae’s career and one last win to cap of a tremendous career with Team Avaya. We catch up with race director Warren Bates to recap the race and pay homeage to the leader of the greatest ever adventure...

Chris Forne - The World's Best Navigator Endurance Asia We are delighted to welcome Chris Forne, lead navigator for Team Avaya and winner of the Endurance Asia Male Athlete of the Year in 2022. He and Team Avaya have just kicked off the GodZone Chapter 11 and you can dot watch here.. We cover: His back ground, how he first got into orienteering How he first got into expedition adventure racing and...

Climbing a Million Vertical Metres with Jack Thompson Endurance Asia In this episode, we talk to the inspiring Jack Thompson, aka Jack UltraCyclist. In 2022, Jack climbed an astonishing million vertical metres on his bike, including 52 Everestings, as part of his Million Metres Challenge. That’s a crazy average of over 19,000m of climb each and every week! It was his latest in a series of incredib...

HK4TUC 2023 Recap with Tomokazu Ihara Endurance Asia We catch up with Tomokazu Ihara following his epic performance at HK4TUC. Ric and Scott also catch up to discuss all of the other amazing performances at the 2023 events. Check out www.hk4tuc.live to rerun the dotwatching fun.. Here are the list off Finishers and survivors: Tomokazu Ihara 井原知 - 54:02:36 Nugo Yamanath Limbu - 56:29:23 Ryan Whe...

HK4TUC 2023 Preview Endurance Asia the 12th Edition of HK4TUC is upon us and Ric and Scott connect to discuss the changes to start times and some of the athletes returning and as well as those taking on this epic challenge for the first time. You can follow live at www.hk4tuc.live. 2023 competitor list: Chamelia Suhra Milk Li Lai Ting 李麗婷 Sandy Xiaoqing Sun 孙晓青 Karen Tse Tze Wai 謝芷蕙 Kimmy...

Four Trails Documentary - Robin and Ben Lee and Andre Blumberg Endurance Asia Ahead of the world premiere in Hong Kong, we talk to documentary filmmakers Robin and Ben Lee about their latest project, Four Trails. Following the success of their 2017 project, Breaking 60, the two brothers return to this most iconic of Hong Kong trail running events to tell a more complete story. Four Trails document...

Endurance Asia Awards 2022 Endurance Asia We kick off the New Year with a look back at the most inspiring performances and challenges of the year just gone. In this special awards episode, we discuss the stories that moved us and the people who mattered in the following categories: Male Athlete of the Year Chris Thorne of Team Avaya: winners of both the Adventure Racing World Championships and the...

Eszter Csillag - Accidental Ultra Elite Endurance Asia In reality there’s nothing accidental about Eszter’s rise to the top of the ultra running elites. She is an incredibly disciplined, focused and committed person, but seems to have even surprised herself at the speed at which that rise as happened and the speed she shows on the trails.  A very humble but extremely competitive athlete, the...

Super Jay Jantaraboon - Thailand's greatest mountain athlete Endurance Asia Jay Jantaraboon is the without debt the best outdoor adventure athlete Thailand has ever produced. Part of The North Face Adventure Team, he has twice finished top 50 in UTMB. He also has an incredible record ultra running in Thailand races, coming 1st or 2nd in every race he has competed in on his home turf. A Background...

Singapore Backyard Ultra 2022 Endurance Asia In this episode of the podcast we talk to the winner and the assist - Joshua Toh and Deric Lau respectively - of the recent Singapore edition of the Backyard Ultra Satellite Team World Championships . Joshua set an incredible new national record of 51 Yards (or hours), after. the 14 other competitors had dropped out. We’re also joined by former podcast...

Asia Trail Master 2022 Update - Kris Van De Velde Endurance Asia In our latest episode, we catch up once again with Kris Van de Velde as his Asia Trail Master series finally takes off again after two years. Among other topics, we discuss: Recent races, including TMBT in Borneo The incredible performance of Hau Ha at the Vietnam Mountain Marathon New events on the calendar, including Ulju 9 Peaks a...

VMM 2022 Recap Endurance Asia Following an epic weekend up in the Vietnam hills in Sa Pa for the Vietnam Mountain Marathon. We catch up with David Lloyd the race Director to discuss the race and how it all played out. We cover: Firstly how are you feeling after an intense weekend organising the Vietnam Mountain Marathon Background of VMM and what was prepared for the 2022 edition Planning the rout...

In this episode, we’re back with Ryan Blair of the North Face Adventure Team. We talk all things UTMB after an INCREDIBLE weekend of racing around Chamonix.

Andy Dubois - Training for UTMB in Asia Endurance Asia with UTMB happening this weekend we dug out a never published recording from the archives with Mile 27 leader and coach Andy Dubois to discuss training for 100 mile races in Singapore and Asia. Andy coaches some of the top Ultra Runners in Asia and has coached the North Face Adventure Racing Team in the past who will feature heavily at the 202...

Romain Groleau - Adieu to one of Singapore's top ultra runners Endurance Asia We are joined by by Romain Groleau, one of the top Singaporean based ultra runners prior to his relocation to Singapore. We discuss his recent podium of Rinjani as well as him closing in on 3 years of running consecutively every single day. We cover: Romain’s background for endurance sports, triathlon etc What is it abou...