The Endurance Asia Podcast
Celebrating everything about endurance sports, from Ultra Marathons to Mountaineering, from Adventure Races to Ironman. We hear from athletes, explorers and race directors from or based in the Asia Pacific region. Hosted by endurance enthusiasts based in Singapore, we celebrate ordinary people achieving extraordinary things, going beyond the limit of what they once thought possible.
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 77 minutes
- Episodes
- 91
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Ryan Blair - Building an Asian Adventure Team
Show Notes
Based in Hong Kong, Ryan Blair is the Founder and Director of the North Face Adventure Team (www.facebook.com/TheNorthFaceAdventureTeam/) and APA Group (www.asiapacificadventure.com/athlete…
RaceBase - Endurance events with meaning
“If the race isn’t run well, you don’t want to go back”
Show Notes
Nic Tinworth, Steve Carr and Michael Ormiston are the team behind RaceBase (https://www.racebase.asia/), the Hong…
Thaddeus Lawrence - Lessons Learned from the 4 Deserts
“Our life is one long ultra-endurance race”
Show Notes
Thaddeus Lawrence is a speaker, trainer and the author of Runaway Success: Life Lessons from Ultra Endurance Racing. He has c…
Andre Blumberg - The Godfather of Hong Kong Ultrarunning
“I’m not really attracted to events where I know I will finish”
Show Notes
Andre Blumberg is an accomplished ultra runner, who has completed both the US and German Grand Slams of u…
Maggie Cvetcovic - A Spartan Journey
“The only reason I was good at it was because I spent years accumulating a set of useless skills”
Show Notes
Maggie Cvetcovic is a pro Spartan racer based in Hong Kong. She’s on I…
Abimanyu Shunmugam - Slaying the Dragon
“After my first DNF, I didn’t want to see anyone for a month!”
Show Notes
Abimanyu Shunmugam is a Singaporean ultrarunner, currently sponsored by North Face. He’s a two-time Surviv…
Sébastien Bertrand - Connecting the trails between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai
“The most important thing is to make your own adventure”
Show Notes
Sébastien Bertrand is the owner of Thailand Mountain Trail, which runs trail running (and hiking) trips from Chi…
Jeri Chua - The First Lady of Singapore Ultrarunning
Show Notes
Jeri Chua owns and manages Red Dot Running Company in Singapore. Her website is www.jerichua.com and she’s on Instagram here. In our interview with Jeri, we discuss:
Grant "Axe" Rawlinson - The Human Powered Explorer
“There is much more opportunity in the world to be the first to do something than there is to be the best. That’s what drives me. That’s the explorer’s mindset.”
Show Notes
In our …
Tomokazu Ihara - 100 Miles 100 Times
“The only guy who knows the truth is you. You can’t hide something from yourself.”
Show Notes
Tomokazu Ihara is on a mission to complete 100 Miles 100 Times. You can find out more …
