Endurance Asia Podcast

05/04/2024

The awesome Will Hayward representing!! Some great tips here..

22/03/2024

In time for your Saturday morning run, tune in to listen to Natalie Dau RockStarArms for some inspiration to churn out the K’s.. Natalie is preparing to take on her toughest challenge yet to run 1000km from Thailand to Singapore to raise money for

We also chat about her latest book and all her racing over the past year. Listen at www.enduranceasia.com/podcasts/nataliedauproject1000 and on all podcast channels..

16/02/2024

Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge continues to show why it is the most epic ultra running challenge in the Asia region. The community, the difficulty, the drama. It always an epic dotwatching and social media follow.

We are joined by a survivor and finisher, Alice Mcleod and Mayank Vaid to share their story of the challenge. Available www.enduranceasia.com/podcasts/hk4tuc2024recap and on all podcast channels.

Congrats to Andre, Paper, all the athletes and crew, photographers and everyone involved with this outstanding event.

Cred: ViolanAlan.photos

01/02/2024

Really interesting take from Ryan Blair of Asia Pacific Adventure Athletes on his take on how UTMB World Series has treated Asia athletes.. We’ll be discussing on this weeks Endurance Asia Podcast

31/01/2024

Caught up with the godfather of HK ultra running Andre Blumberg in SG. Exciting week coming up next week with Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge Who’s going to be dotwatching?? 🙋‍♂️

23/01/2024

Had so much fun in the studio with the crew covering Hong Kong 100 Ultra Marathon. You can watch back the footage on the YouTube stream. Great rewatching the action at the pointy end of the race in the final 15k as Meng Gaungfu overtook record holder You Peiquan to take the win.. Showed exactly why HK100 is worthy winner of Endurance Asia Race of the Year.. https://www.youtube.com/live/EVKf8Z1IYeE?si=2rJKVgpiTYNYmHd3

22/01/2024

Extraordinary feat of the year goes to a stalwart of the Asia outdoor adventure community. Even though he has moved back to Scotland, Mark Agnew’s world first traverse of the northwest passage with the amazing Arctic Cowboys team is the worthy winner of this years award. Congrats Mark and the Arictic Cowboys! Check out the chat with Mark here www.enduranceasia.com/podcasts/mark-agnew-northwestpassage

20/01/2024

Winner of Race of the year was a very hotly contested award and has gone to Hong Kong 100 Ultra Marathon. The very first solo 100k race in Asia and came back last year as a physical event with almost flawless event with a competitive field and extremely well run event for the 2500 runners over the course of the 3 distances.. We are covering the event live today. Tune in to HK100 YouTube channel to follow live.. https://www.youtube.com//streams

19/01/2024

Our female athlete of the year is Ha Hau Runner. After bursting on to the ultra running scene in 2022 and winning Asia Trail Master, Ha Hau broke on to the world scene with an incredible 4th spot at CCC and went from our runner up in the EA Awards last year to winner this year. Wins to kick off the season at Ultra-Trail Australia By UTMB and close the season at Doi Inthanon Thailand by UTMB cemented her position. For a runner that 3 years ago had never laced up a pair of trail shoes, she has taken the scene by storm. Congrats!!

19/01/2024

Our male athlete of the year for 2023 is John Ray Onifa of T8. Such an amazing year for this impressive runner just entering into his prime. After a nomination in our 2022 awards and a slow start to 2023, Stingray had an amazing 6 months of racing with back to back to back wins across the Asia Trail Master races, culminating in a win at the ATM finals at the Lawu Ultra. Congrats Stingray on a phenomenal year!!

18/01/2024

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. Here are the categories and nominees:

Male Athlete of the Year

- John Stingray Onifa with his clean sweep of wins at Asia Trail Master races including the win in the final
- Tomokazu Ihara with his Four Trails win, Barkey Marathons Fun Run and Grand Slam

Female Athlete of the Year

- Eszter Csillag who placed 3rd at Western States and a win at Oxfam Trailwalker Hong Kong and Izu
- Sunmaya Budha, who won multiple races across Asia
- Ha Hau Runner who put in a heroic 4th place at CCC plus wins at Doi Ithanon and Ultra Trail Australia
- Rahsila Tamang overall winner of the Asia Trail Master final 2023

Race / Challenge of the Year

- Doi Inthanon Thailand by UTMB
- Hong Kong 100 Ultra Marathon
- Vietnam Mountain Marathon
- MOUNT RINJANI ULTRA
- Malaysia Mountain Trail Festival
- IZU Trail Journey

Fundraising of the Year

- Jo Lodder Run for Freedom, running HK 5in5 Trails inc Tinworth Trail, raising HK$880K

Endurance Feat of the Year

- Vincere Zeng Everest Lhotse and K2. Listen to the episode here
- Le Thi Hang of Vietnam who ran a marathon every day in 2023 inc a 2nd place finish in VMM
- Mark Agnew kayaking north west passage.

Listen to the episode www.enduranceasia.com/podcasts/awards2023 and on all podcast channels to find out who the winners are..

We loved watching these people reset the limits of what’s possible in 2023 and would love to hear from you about who we missed. Here’s to even more amazing achievements in 2024!

15/12/2023

This weeks’ episode we recap Doi Inthanon Thailand by UTMB with Valentin Orange We discuss the overall race, organisation, location, course as well as some of the top performances including Valentin running alongside his idol Ludovic Pommeret and another winning performance from his team mate www.enduranceasia.com/podcasts/doiutmb and on all podcast channels..

25/11/2023

Phil Snowden a military veteran, Personal Trainer and all round machine, joins us to talk about his crazy endurance exploits and the importance of strength and conditioning for endurance athletes. We also talk about his recent transition into and 3rd place finish at www.enduranceasia.com/philsnowden

13/11/2023

Big news on the Ultra running scene..

03/11/2023

We are joined again by the Asia Adventure Journalist turned explorer, Having had Mark on the podcast 3 years ago discussing all of the amazing endurance feats he has covered for , he has become the story!

He shared on that podcast his passion for arctic exploration and his only plans to tackle the north west passage and be the first human as part of the team to cross it!

Well he’s only gone and done just that. Along with a team of expedition kayakers from Texas, , he has become the first person to cross the North West Passage by human power.

Check out www.enduranceasia.com/mark-Agnew-northwestpassage and on all podcast channels..

25/10/2023

25/10/2023

This past week saw legendary performances from 2 previous podcast guests. Joshua Toh completed 72 yards, 300 miles in the Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra Run Group with a Singaporean record. Congrats on an impressive run Sir!! Check out the podcast https://www.enduranceasia.com/podcasts/backyardultra2022

And Jay Jantaraboon of The North Face Adventure Team competing with team came 4th in the ARWS - Adventure Racing World Series World Champs in South Africa. Arguably the toughest race in the world with 5 days of racing across 800km of African bush and coming 4th!! Check out the podcast https://www.enduranceasia.com/podcasts/jayjantaraboon

Massive congrats gents, you’re an inspiration to the Asian Endurance Community!!

22/09/2023

We are joined for a live on stage interview at the Vietnam Trail Series: VTM | VJM | VMM Vietnam Mountain Marathon by T8 Athletes:

⁃ Jeff Campbell
⁃ .cnops Vanja Cnops
⁃ Kristian Joergensen
⁃ John Ray Onifa

Follow them live for this weekend at https://live.dottrack.asia/mountainmarathon23/

Live ast www.enduranceasia.com/podcasts/vmm2023t8 and all podcast channels..

16/09/2023

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. Check out www.enduranceasia.com/podcasts/Tomograndslam and on all podcast channels..

13/09/2023

Sad day for expedition adventure racing. We’ve covered Godzone a lot since starting the podcast as the pinnacle of the sport and it’s a shame that the 11th Edition will have been the last..

Getting approvals to host any outdoor endurance event is increasingly becoming the bane of any race directors life. Limiting the opportunity for people to truly experience the outdoors.

Happy trails to Warren and the team. Thanks for show casing this amazing sport on its home turf of spectacular New Zealand.

https://sportzhub.com/article/godzone--disappointment-as-premier-adventure-race-cancelled.html?fbclid=IwAR3IT71ezzXtUMqNuQLKPLI8YXueDkq_djmJ5_poftJcGVqvZsaYFMMJe1Y_aem_AUOIr3uDKu3kqYuBnbT4fx6aWp765dbbwbApK-qs9cB5yMOgqwjvOq2l35T9HTM_ORw

In a disheartening turn of events for adventure racing enthusiasts around the world, the highly anticipated Godzone Adventure Race is cancelled,

08/09/2023

Excited to join Vietnam Mountain Marathon and interview some of the athletes!

𝗤 & 𝗔: 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 𝗣𝘂𝗴𝗵
VMM Hỏi – Đáp với Scott Pugh của Endurance Asia Podcast

(English below)

Scott Pugh là người đồng sáng lập và dẫn chương trình của Endurance Asia, kênh podcast mang đến những buổi trò chuyện cùng các VĐV sức bền xuất sắc nhất trong khu vực châu Á Thái Bình Dương. Bản thân anh cũng là một VĐV sức bền sở hữu bảng thành tích đáng nể, trong đó có việc hoàn thành VMM 100 miles. VMM năm nay sẽ bắt tay cùng Scott và Endurance Asia, nhờ vậy các bạn sẽ được thấy anh xuất hiện trên sân khấu trong dịp cuối tuần sự kiện. Đọc tiếp chia sẻ của Scott về một số bài học quý giá anh đã góp nhặt được từ các khách mời của chương trình, và từ kinh nghiệm của chính bản thân anh…

👉 Đọc thêm: https://vietnamtrailseries.com/vi/vmm-q-and-a-endurance-asias-scott-pugh/

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Scott Pugh is co-founder and host of Endurance Asia podcast which features some of the very best endurance athletes in the Asia Pacific. He is also an endurance athlete himself with plenty of big accomplishments, including the VMM 100 miles. This year VMM partners with Scott and Endurance Asia, so you will see him on stage at the race. Read on to find out some of the lessons Scott has learned from his guests, from his own experience and more…

👉 Learn more: https://vietnamtrailseries.com/vmm-q-and-a-endurance-asias-scott-pugh/

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𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗧𝗡𝗔𝗠 𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗡
𝟭𝟬𝗸 | 𝟮𝟭𝗸 | 𝟱𝟬𝗸 | 𝟳𝟬𝗸 | 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗸
𝟮𝟮 - 𝟮𝟰 / 𝟬𝟵 / 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯

www.vietnammountainmarathon.com

01/09/2023

We are joined by Vincere Zeng to discuss her record breaking climbs of back to back and all in 2023, becoming the first SEA and Singaporean female to achieve both. Amazing story from humble trail runner to taking on the Savage mountain and conquering it. www.enduranceasia.com/podcasts/vincerezeng and on all podcast channels.

29/08/2023

Excited to be joining Vietnam Mountain Marathon and the team at Topas for the 10th edition of this iconic Asian Ultra Marathon. They have a fantastic line up of Vietnamese and International Runners we will be interviewing over the weekend. The 100k distance has sold out but still spots in the 70k/50k/21k/10k.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

𝗘𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝘁 𝗩𝗠𝗠 || Endurance Asia Podcast tại VMM

(English below)

Chúng tôi rất tự hào được chia sẻ tới các bạn tin vui về việc VMM 2023 sẽ hợp tác cùng những người bạn đến từ Endurance Asia Podcast.

Cả hai người dẫn chương trình Scott và Ric đều đã tham gia giải chạy của Vietnam Trail Series, Scott đã đạt thành tích đáng ngưỡng mộ ở cự ly 100 dặm đầu tiên của chúng tôi vào năm ngoái.

Cùng theo dõi bản tin VMM để lắng nghe podcast trước và sau sự kiện, cũng như các bài phỏng vấn của Scott với những vận động viên tiêu biểu có mặt tại Hội trợ ngày thứ Sáu cuối tuần đua.

Ngay bây giờ, bạn có thể nghe tất cả những bài phỏng vấn tuyệt vời của họ trên tất cả các nền tảng podcast, bao gồm cả bài PHỎNG VẤN VỚI Eszter Csillag – VĐV sẽ tham dự VMM 2023. Eszter đã giành hạng 4 tại World Champs, và hạng 3 tại Western States, cô là một trong những vận động viên được theo dõi nhiều nhất tại VMM!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7FN0iDZ9Wp0S3jBEY5EI5M?si=iKTqhdldTXeB4dfQpur-ZQ&nd=1


We are proud to announce we are partnering with our friends at Endurance Asia Podcast at VMM 2023. Both hosts Scott and Ric have run our races, with Scott placing well in our inaugural 100 miler last year.

Watch this space for pre and post event podcasts and Scott’s interviews with some of our key athletes at the race expo on Friday of race weekend.

You can listen to their full pod archive on all good podcast players now, including this interview with VMM 2023 runner, Eszter Csillag. Eszter has placed 3rd at Western States plus 4th at the World Champs, so she is a hot favourite at VMM!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7FN0iDZ9Wp0S3jBEY5EI5M?si=iKTqhdldTXeB4dfQpur-ZQ&nd=1

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𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗧𝗡𝗔𝗠 𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗡
𝟭𝟬𝗸 | 𝟮𝟭𝗸 | 𝟱𝟬𝗸 | 𝟳𝟬𝗸 | 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗸
𝟮𝟮 - 𝟮𝟰 / 𝟬𝟵 / 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯

www.vietnammountainmarathon.com

29/07/2023

We welcome back the gentleman from Coached to the Endurance Asia Podcast for an in-depth chat about the science, nutrition and motivation around training for endurance sports. Another great chat with Ben Pulham and Jim Webster available https://linktr.ee/enduranceasia and on all podcast channels..

28/06/2023

Excited to be joining Vietnam Mountain Marathon special 10th edition. David Lloyd and team have been hard out work plotting the new courses with more trail (and elevation 😬). Endurance Asia Podcast will be hosting interviews at the event. It’s going to be an epic weekend!!

13/06/2023

Looking forward to covering this Salomon Forest Force Run series I’m Singapore!

It Ain''t Over Yet!
EARLY BIRD RATES EXTENDED TILL 18TH JUNE!

Early bird rates for Salomon Forest Force Run Series has been extended till 18th June. If you still haven't signed up for the series yet, then you have till 18th June to do so in order to enjoy the special early bird rates on offer. Once again, we reiterate that our race is the only full fledged physical trail race in Singapore and it's a certified UTMB Index race series on top of that! With 4 tantalising distance categories of 14km/23km/42km/50km, it's the only trail race you will ever need to do in Singapore!

With entirely new race venue and routes, we have designed a unorthodox format of having one category per race and spread it out over a span of 2 months. This radical new format will give you the option of doing as many of the categories as you desire and there are specially priced multi race bundle packages for you to choose from!

So break a egg, break new boundaries and get out of your comfort zone as Salomon Forest Force Run Series will surprise you with it's original and thrilling race routes. When it comes to trail racing in Singapore, no one does it better than us!

For full details of the race and for registration, click on this link:
https://kingtrailevents.com/salomon-forest-force-run/

Feel The Force, Run With It

10/06/2023

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 Asia Trail Master Finals in Mt Apo Philippines. We catch up in Red Dot Running Company store where he is an elite ambassador to discuss his background, training, the Mountain Goat Challenge and plans for the rest of the year. www.enduranceasia.com/podcasts/christimms and on all podcast channels.

01/06/2023

Following King of the Mountain Trail Run H1 Hardcore 100 mile Ultra, we caught up with race director Jonel Mendoza and some HK based Ultrarunning legends Nikki Han, Will Hayward and Virginie Goethals to discuss one of the toughest milers in Asia.. https://www.enduranceasia.com/podcasts/h1recap?mibextid=Zxz2cZ and on all podcasts channels.

27/05/2023

Great to finally have races back in Singapore after such a long hiatus. We look forward to covering this series..