The Endurance Asia Podcast

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 Race Director Claus Pedersen at the 50k finish line. Chris Timms and Scott Pugh catch up to discuss the results of the race and Scott’s experience as well as what Happened at UTMB:Hisashi Kitamura - 01:55Where Hisashi is from and lack of athletics...

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 running around the regionRaces we cover:Silabur cave trailPenang 50k ATM and 30k Skyrace Bali Trail running UltraRinjani Checkout https://www.asiatrailmaster.com/ for upcoming races in SEA..Other discussionsDavid Roche 140g per houQuicksilver Endurance...

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 training fundamentalsHow to get the most out of a taperWhat to do the week and night before a raceHow to get ready in the morningPacing strategyShoes choicesFor training plans and to join track sessions with Singapore Falcons, check out...

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 fall in to ultra running in Asia after a chance dinner with John Ellis.How he came to realise his talent? Being part of the Join Dynamics team and realising he had a V02 max of high 70s.The impact of being part of the Gone Running, Joint Dynamics...

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 65 hours 20mins. You can rerun the live tracker of the event here..We cover:Wen Fei’s ultra running back ground.. Just check out her amazing Itra profileHow long she planned forHer warm doing the Grand Sam at HroupK100 3 weeks beforeHow Wen Fei and...

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 YearJohn Stingray Onifa, with a win at the Asia Pacific Trail Running ChampionshipTomokazu Ihara with his Barkey Marathons Fun...

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 been up to since Grand Slam inc taking on the Revenant Ultra Adventure Run in New Zealand, another fun run at Barclays and 6 milers on top of that!Backyard ultra World Championships and his role as Race Director Goal setting for endurance athletes. How...

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 region.We catch up with her following her emphatic win at TransLantau and 4th position overall.We cover:Her background and journey into trail running, how she grew up in the outdoors but with no specific sport.Her day job as a lawyer and how do you...

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 record go down with the Belgium team putting in 110 yards, over 730km of running and the top 3 of Geerts, Steyaert and Gielen finishing together with none of them DNFing. An endurance feet of the ages!Whilsts Ned’s effort was not at the same scale,...

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 footage from ATM Finals:ATM Facebook Male final Podium winners videoMale Podium:Jeff Campbell - 09:49Hisashi Kitamura - 09:51Arnie Macarenes - 09:56Female Podium:Priya Rai - 11:00Vanja Cnops - 12:36Rashila Tamang - 13:13