The Endurance Asia Podcast

How to Master a Marathon

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A special Endurance Asia Podcast collab with Singapore Falcons RC on how to PB a marathon—from building a club-wide marathon block to nailing the ta...

Dening Lo - Singapore Top Ultra Runner

08 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dening Lo is the best Singaporean ultra runner. She has won 8 out of the past 10 races she has competed in. She has just finished 3 at the Asia Trail ...

HK4TUC with finisher Scott Pugh

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Following a 7.5 year journey of failures, injuries and upsets, podcast host Scott Pugh goes from interviewer to interviewee to share his story in fini...

Tommy Lewis - "Run the Runnable"

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by the amazing Tommy Lewis @tommyrunpt off the back of running the @vietnamtrailmarathon in Moc Chau. Tommy is a personal trainer and co...

Endurance Asia Awards 2025

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It’s that time of year ago before the adventure season kicks off where we are joined by Chris Timms to recap the highlights of 2025. In this special...

TransLantau by UTMB With Salomon Wettstein

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We joined the 2025 edition of TransLantau by UTMB, a stalwart race in the Hong Kong trail running calendar that was included in the UTMB series from 2...

TMBT 2025 With Hisashi kitamura

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we cover one of the longest standing races in Asia, TMBT and interview the eventual winner Hisashi Kitamura prior to the race as well as Rac...

South East Asia Trail Season Update

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Timms and Scott Pugh catch up to discuss what’s been happening in the South East Asia Trail Season and some of the races they’ve been runnin...

How to PB a marathon with Chris Timms

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Chris Timms joins off the back of Seoul marathon to discuss how to set a personal best in a road marathon.We discuss:Marathon block and tra...

Jeff Campbell - Endurance Asia Male Athlete of the Year

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Endurance Asia Awards Male athlete of the year for 2024, Jeff Campbell joins the latest episode.Jeff talks about:His background and how he managed to ...

HK4TUC 2025 with Wen Fei Xie, Jo Lodder and Andre Blumberg

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by Wen Fei Xie and her support crew Jo Lodder to discuss Wen Fei becoming the first women to survive the 2025 edition of Four Trails in ...

Endurance Asia awards 2024

18 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Goal Setting with Tomokazu Ihara

14 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We catch up with Tomo for the first time since his US Grandslam effort in 2023. He’s been busy, knocking off another 6 milers.We discussWhat he’s ...

Aurore Dacier de Biasis

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Aurore Dacier is a native of France and has been based out of Singapore for the past 2 years and has fast become one of the best ultra runners in the ...

Backyard Ultra 2024 with Ned Phillips

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we catch up with Ned Phillips to discuss the Singapore edition of the Backyard Ultra Team World Championships. Thiis event saw another world...

Asia Trail Masters Final Recap with Champion Jeff Campbell

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Following an epic Asia Trail Master Finals at TMB in Borneo, we recap the event and catch up with male champion Jeff Campbell.Check out all the footag...

Asia Trail Master Final 2024 Preview with Kris Van Da Velde and Chris Timms

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are back with an exciting weekend of ultra trail racing with the ATM Championship at the classic TMBT race in Sabah, Borneo. Endurance Asia will be...

Natalie Dau Project1000

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we were joined by Natalia Dau, Rockstar Arms, to discuss what she has been up to for the past couple of years and more importantly, what’s...

HK4TUC 2024 Recap with Alice Mcleod and Mayank Vaid

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After another year of this awe inspiring event, we are joined by a survivor and finisher, Alice Mcleod and Mayank Vaid.We first chat with Alice to dis...

Endurance Asia Awards 2023

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Doi Inthanon by UTMB Recap with Valentin Orange

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joined by Valentin Orange, we recap last weekends Doi Inthanon by UTMB in Chiang Mai Thailand, the major UTMB race of Asia.We cover:Race organisationL...

Phil Snowden - PT, HYROX and Extreme Endurance Challenges

24 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Phil Snowden, a. military veteran, Personal Trainer and all round machine, joins us to talk about his crazy endurance exploits and the importance of s...

Mark Agnew - World First North West Passage Expedition

03 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ama...

VMM 2023 Series - Pre Race Interviews

22 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined on stage at VMM by some of the elites preparing to run. We get to speak toHa HauSange SherpaJeff CampbellTrùn NguyễnDavid LloydFollow...

T8 Crew at Vietnam Mountain Marathon

22 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined for a live on stage interview at the Vietnam Mountain Marathon by T8 Athletes Jeff CampbellVanja CnopsKristian JoergensenStingray, ...

Tomokazu IIhara - Grand Slam of Ultra Running

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Vincere Zeng - Scaling Mountains, Breaking Records

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Return of Ben Pulham and Jim Webster of Coached

28 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We reconnect with Ben Pulham the founder of Coached, a Singapore-based testing lab and - surprise - coaching service for athletes of all stripes. A fo...

Chris Timms - Competitive Spirit, Community Heart

10 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 a...

H1 Hardcore100 Recap with Jonel Mendoza, Nikki Han, Will Hayward & Virginie Goethals

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Janet Ng & Steve Brammar HK100

31 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 perfor...

Barkley Marathons 2023 with Tomokazu Ihara

24 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

GODZone Chapter 11 Recap - With Warren Bates

03 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Chris Forne - The World’s Best Navigator

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 A...

Jack Thompson - Climbing a Million Vertical Metres

17 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we talk to the inspiring Jack Thompson, aka Jack UltraCyclist.In 2022, Jack climbed an astonishing million vertical metres on his bik...

HK4TUC Recap with Tomokazu Ihara

10 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

HK4TUC 2023 Preview

20 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 a...

Four Trails Documentary - With Robin and Ben Lee and Andre Blumberg

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 s...

Endurance Asia Awards 2022

08 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Eszter Csillag - Accidental Ultra Elite

03 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 co...

Super Jay Jantaraboon - Thailand's greatest mountain athlete

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Singapore Backyard Ultra 2022

29 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 B...

Asia Trail Master 2022 Update - Kris Van De Velde

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ot...

VMM 2022 Recap with David Lloyd

17 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 discus...

UTMB 2022 Recap with Ryan Blair - North Face Adventure Team

02 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 Ch...

Andy Dubois - Training for UTMB in Asia

26 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 trainin...

Romain Groleau - Adieu to one of Singapore's top ultra runners

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Tomokazu Ihara - Barkley adventures

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Natalie Dau - Rock Star Ultra Runner

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 incredibl...

HK4TUC 11th Edition Preview Show - With Andre Blumberg

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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Vir...

200km Singapore RTI with Phil Daniel and Jean-Henri Haniquaut

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode we catch up with Philippe Daniel and Jean-Henri Haniquaut following their 200km RTI Round The Island in Singapore.The challenge went vira...

HK4TUC 10th Edition Recap Show Part 2 - With Jacky Leung and Andre Blumberg

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 an...

HK4TUC 10th Edition Recap Show Part 1 - With Salomon Wettstein and Virginie Goethals

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 a...

HK4TUC 10th Edition Preview Show - With Andre, Stone, Sarah and Salomon

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Previewing the 10th Edition of Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge with the race Director and 3 competitors:Andre Blumberg, Godfather of Hong Kong U...

Andy Van Bergen - Everesting the World

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 - Developing the Asian Trail Running scene

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 competi...

The Endurance Asia Awards 2020 - Part II

09 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

The Endurance Asia Awards 2020 - Part I

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights from a crazy, unprecedented year which saw athletes getting creative, setting (and crushing) new personal challenges and raising lots of mo...

Veronika Vadovicova - Creating a community for Asia Trail Girls

18 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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

Ash Dykes - Walking the Yangtze from Source to Sea

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 wa...

Backyard Ultra World Champs - What Went Down In Singapore

23 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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

Backyard Ultra World Champs - Asia Editions

15 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 o...

Lynn "Red" Paterson - Paddling around New Zealand

09 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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

The Physio Episode with Máire Nic Amhlaoibh

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nathan Fa'avae - Leading the World’s Greatest Adventure Racing Team

25 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Mark Agnew - Asia's Adventure Journalist

15 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 o...

Hoong Wei Wong - Singapore's 24 hour distance record holder

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

David Lloyd - Building a Trail Running Scene in Vietnam

02 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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.

Veronique Bourbeau - Preparing to Run the African Continent

05 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Mayank Vaid - Everestman

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 7m...

Will Hayward - Accidental Backyard Ultra Hero

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A Quarantine Catch-Up and an interview with Noor Ashikin Aziz, founder of Purpose performance wear

17 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With the world in lockdown, Scott and Ric chat about what this means for training and racing, including the recent Quarantine Backyard Ultra. Then we ...

PS Sim - Path to become a Singaporean Seven Summiteer

21 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

PS Sim is one of the most accomplished Singaporean mountaineers having completed 6 of the 7 highest Summits across the worlds 7 continents. She shares...

Jessie Montague - The Smiley Spartan

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jessie Montague is a Pro Spartan Athlete based out of Singapore. We discuss her rapid transformation from zero to pro in a short 2 year period.

Andy Dubois - The coach to Asia's ultra elites

16 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Dubois is the founder of Mile 27 a coaching company that advises a lot of the very top ultra runners in Asia Pacific inc Jeri Chua, Alessandro Sh...

HK4TUC 2020 Finishers

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Hong Kong 4 Trails Ultra Challenge is a 298km ultra across Hong Kong’s 4 long trails with an accumulative elevation of 14,500m. Taking place ove...

William Cheang - Shooting the Trails

19 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

William Cheang (or Adventure III) is an ultrarunner and accomplished photographer, who regularly shoots for the Asia Trail Master series.

Everesting for Free to Run

25 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week Scott and Ric catch up to discuss the Everesting Bukit Timah challenge for the charity Free to Run. Scott is then joined by the Executive D...

JP Alipio - Champion of the Cordillera

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Alessandro Sherpa - Asia Trail Master

29 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In our interview with Alessandro, we talk about:Alessandro’s background in mountain biking in Italy and how he grew up racing competitively bef...

Unofficial Trailwalker with Gone Running Joint Dynamics Team

17 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the Endurance Asia Podcast we’re joined by the winners of the Unofficial Oxfam Trailwalker, Gone Running Joint Dynamics:Veronika Vadovi...

The Nutrition episode with Arseny Chernov

01 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Arseny Chernov is the founder of Food Buddy an endurance nutrition coaching company and has a diploma of nutrition science as well as being an ironman...

Alan Grant - Conquering a different kind of Everest

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Alan Grant is founder of Specialized Mavericks Cycling team in Singapore. Having being on the podium of 100's of races across Asia. Grant shares the s...

The Return of Tomokazu Ihara

04 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Japanese ultrarunner Tomo-San is on a mission to complete 100 Miles, 100 Times

Ben Pulham and Jim Webster of Coached - Improving Performance Day by Day

20 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Coached is a Singapore lab specialising in sports performance, testing and coaching

Bern Dornom - Adventure Racing around the world

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bern Dornom is an Aussie adventure racer and all round bad-ass endurance athlete.

Ryan Blair - Building an Asian Adventure Team

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Founder and Director of the North Face Adventure Team, HK-based Ryan Blair has some crazy adventures to share.

RaceBase - Endurance events with meaning

02 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nic Tinworth, Michael Ormiston and Steven Carr are the race directors and keen runners behind Hong Kong's RaceBase, a team of passionate and experien...

Thaddeus Lawrence - Lessons Learned from the 4 Deserts

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Thaddeus Lawrence is a Singaporean endurance athlete and performance coach.

Andre Blumberg - The Godfather of Hong Kong Ultrarunning

04 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andre Blumberg is an accomplished ultra runner, who has completed both the US and German Grand Slams of ultrarunning. He is the founder of the Hong Ko...

Maggie Cvetcovic - A Spartan Journey

20 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Maggie Cvetcovic is a pro Spartan racer based in Hong Kong.

Abimanyu Shunmugam - Slaying the Dragon

06 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Abi Shunmugam is an ultrarunner who recently became the first Singaporean to complete the Dragon's Back Race.

Sébastien Bertrand - Connecting the trails between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai

23 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Séb Bertrand is a Chiang-Mai based trail runner and guide. He spent a year connecting more than 350km of forgotten trails between the northern Thai ...

Jeri Chua - The First Lady of Singapore Ultrarunning

09 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jeri Chua is synonymous with ultrarunning in Asia. In this interview we go back to her triathlon roots, find out how she went from fashion photography...

Grant "Axe" Rawlinson - The Human Powered Explorer

26 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this interview with the Singapore-based Kiwi explorer, we find out all about the Home to Home challenge, as Grant endeavours to become the first pe...

Tomokazu Ihara - 100 Miles 100 Times

16 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Charming, humble and yet somehow also the man behind the 100 Miles 100 Times project, Tomo-san sat down with us to talk about his finish at the 2019 H...

Welcome

08 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A short welcome from our Founder and Co-Host