The Endurance Asia Podcast

Tomokazu Ihara - Barkley Adventures Endurance Asia For the 50th episode of Endurance Asia Podcast we are joined again by the legend and our first ever guest Tomkazu Ihara. Tomo shares everything he’s been up to over the past couple of years including: Race Directing The Last Samurai Standing back yard ultras in Japan Attempting the Tokai Trail FKT from Tokyo to Osaka Progress on his 100miles100tim...

Natalie Dau in a fitness and wellness influencer turned ultra runner. She shares her journey and advice on transitioning to ultra.

HK4TUC 11th Edition Recap with Richard Kimber Endurance Asia We catch up with Richard Kimber AKA The Drone Runner to discuss his recovery from the 11th edition of Hong Kong 4 Trails Ultra challenge. An incredible story of finishing the HK4TUC inspite of bade knee pain and keeping a smile on his face and positive attitude the whole way. There is a lot to be learned from how this ultra long distance...

HK4TUC 11th Edition Preview Show - With Andre Blumberg Endurance Asia Previewing the 11th edition of the Hong Kong 4 Trails Ultra Challenge with Andre Blumberg. Here’s the class of 2022: Kimmy Leung Hong Kiu 梁康翹 Virginie Goethals Tanya Bennett Joannie Ho Chung Yee ("Jcy") 何頌沂 Angie Cheng Wai Yee 鄭慧儀 Chamelia Suhra Cheung Man Yee 張敏怡 Samantha Chan Man Ha 陳文霞 Tony Tong Hei Chun 唐煕晉...

200km Singapore RTI with Phil Daniel and Jean-Henri Haniquaut Endurance Asia This episode we catch up with Philippe Daniel and Jean-Henri Haniquaut following their 200km RTI Round The Island in Singapore. The challenge went viral in Singapore, getting over 340k views on this Facebook Post . We catch up with Phil And Jean to discuss: Their background in ultra running, All the crazy challenges they...

HK4TUC 10th Edition Recap Show Part 2 - With Jacky Leung and Andre Blumberg Endurance Asia The second part of the recap of the 10th Edition Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge. 298km, 14,500M elevation and cut offs of 60 hours to finish and 72 hours to ‘Survive’. We are joined in Part 2 by Jacky Leung, a finisher from 2020 who came back for the reunion year and shocked the world with a feat of h...

HK4TUC 10th Edition Recap Part 1 - With Salomon and Virginie Endurance Asia The first of a two part recap of the 10th Edition Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge. 298km, 14,500M elevation and cut offs of 60 hours to finish and 72 hours to ‘Survive’. Previous runners were invited back to take on this mammoth challenge, some with the audacious goal to Break 50. We are joined in Part 1 by Salomon W...

HK4TUC 10th Edition Preview Show - With Andre, Stone, Sarah and Salomon Endurance Asia Previewing the 10th Edition of Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge with the race Director and 3 competitors: Andre Blumberg, Godfather of Hong Kong Ultra Running. We had him on the podcast 2 years ago to talk about his personal story as an endurance athlete and again now to talk about the 10th edition of an ev...

Founder of Hells 500 and the ever-more popular Everesting challenge, Andy Van Bergen talks us through the evolution of his brilliant idea.

Kris Van de Velde is the brains behind the Asia Trail Master series of races, which has exploded in popularity in the last few years. A former competitive cyclist, Kris also organises mass participation cycling and skiing events in China.

The Endurance Asia Awards 2020 - Part II Endurance Asia In the second instalment of our 2020 awards, we discuss, debate and decide who should be crowned Athlete of the Year (both Female and Male) as well as Fundraiser of the Year. Female Athlete of the Year So many people excelled themselves in 2020, and our final three came down to: Nikki Han - in 2019 Nikki became the first female finisher of th...

Highlights from a crazy, unprecedented year which saw athletes getting creative, setting (and crushing) new personal challenges and raising lots of money in the process

Veronika Vadovicova is one of Asia's top trail runners and founder of the inspiring Asia Trail Girls platform

Ash Dykes is a true modern day adventurer, and holder of 3 x World Records: the first person to walk across Mongolia solo and unsupported, first to walk the length of Madagascar and - most recently - the first to walk the full 4000 mile length of the Yangtze, now the subject of a Nat Geo documentary

Catching up with the last three standing at the Dead ***ing Last Backyard Ultra, as well as RDs Meagan and Jeri

We are joined by the Queen of Asia ultra running Jeri Chua who is race director the “Dead F**king Last” Backyard Ultra in Singapore as well as 5 of the 15 competitors: Alex Ang Ned Philips Winnie KK Lim Natalie Dou We are also joined by the Japanese Ultra Running legend Tomokazu Ihara-San who will be running the Tokyo edition of the World Champs to discuss what he’s been up to lately and give his...

Lynn Paterson, aka Red, is the first person to kayak the around the circumference of New Zealand in a single expedition.

Nathan has a 25 year track record of being at the very top of the Adventure Endurance world from olympic level mountain biking to competing around the world in Adventure Racing as the leader of Team Seagate / Avaya, dominating the sport for the past 20 years.

Mark Agnew is the Outdoor and Extreme Sports Editor at the South China Morning Post (SCMP) in Hong Kong. Mark has attempted to row the Atlantic on two occasions and is incredibly frank and honest about how those experiences impacted him. Not to be dissuaded, he’ll be part of the 2021 crew attempting to become the first in history to row the Northwest Passage, the 2000 mile route between the Atlant...

David Lloyd is Director of Sport for Topas Travel, Race Director for the Vietnam Trail Series and co-founder of cycle tour company Velo Vietnam.

At a time when everyone could do with some positivity in their life, we are delighted to share the story of Veronique Bourbeau. Vero is a true shining light of positivity in what is a tough time for many. She is in the middle of planning a Guinness World Record to become the first women to run the entire continent of Africa to raise money for YUNUS, a social businesses that provide employment, edu...

Mayank Vaid has been on an incredible journey over the past 2 years. From being inspired by a story of David Gething setting a world record running 7marathons in 7 continents in 7 days, meeting him at his kids school drop off, to running the Pyongyang marathon with David, before racing the Enduroman Arch to Arc with him in tandem. What happens next is beyond belief. Hear Mayank’s story as he sets...