We have a very exciting podcast today where we chat about all things running and pregnancy! We are joined today by three Hong Kong based running ladies, first up for the introduction is Katy, a British physio therapist who specialises in pre and postnatal care and specifically the pelvic floor, she shares some valuable tips and advice for those new or mums to be. We then have two new trail running mums Sayaka and Elsa who have had babies in the last two years and they run with UGlow a Hong...

This is a story of 3 friends who bonded over their love of ultramarathons, who after too many drinks decided to place a bet.. the bet being that they would spin a globe and wherever it would land, they would run. They span it and it landed on Tajikistan, so it was set they would run across this small desolate little country in central Asia, and they did!  They ran from the border of Afghanistan to China across Tajikistan, it was 400km and they did it in 7 days. It had never been run before...

Welcome back to the Asia Trail Girls podcast, a platform where we talk about all things runnings in and around Asia! We are back after a well needed break, due to life things getting in the way, plus this very turbulent unprecedented time we have all been trying to navigate through.  Our host Henny Gorton and Veronika discuss this difficult time due to COVID, how it has affected their running and motivation to run. We know you all have felt it, how to keep running and stay positive with no...

We caught up with Eszter Csillag after her 4th place victory at CCC recently.  We were really eager to delve into her training, preparation and to see if she had done anything special or different in the build up, and she certainly had…. One, having a baby in April was a big factor but also she teamed up with her new ultra coach Ida Nilsson, the Swedish long-distance runner, and ski mountaineer. So we decided to catch up with them both to focus on tips and advice for races like CCC from a...

For those of you who are not familiar with UTMB, it is the pinnacle of trail running and what many trail runners aspire to do! It is Kona for triathletes, New York marathon for road runners and the Olympics for athletes. This race series consists of 9 different races across the French, Italian and Swiss Alps in the summer with the mother being UTMB which goes across all those Alps, it is 100 miles and has 10,000m of elevation. After the excitement recently of watching this race, what better...

After our very exciting ATG virtual Everesting challenge last month we caught up with the top 3 soloist winners and even better they were all female and our beloved trail girls. We have Candice, Charlotte and Stephanie all based in Hong Kong. We chatted all about their experiences, how it went, the logistics, their training and what got them through those dark hours.  If you aren't familiar with Everesting, Everesting is a concept that requires you to climb a hill as many times in one...

In today's episode we chat to the ever so beautiful and endearing Mira Rai and multi talented Keilem Ning about their non profit organization: Exchange and Empower. You all know Mira Rai and her famous transformational story from living in a remote village in Nepal and having to runaway to be a child soldier to support her family to now being a professional Salomon trail athlete. Mira got spotted in a 50k trail race and since then has been supported and helped throughout her running career,...

Chatting about all things living, training and running in Asia with professional runner Ruth Croft

We are opening up the dialogue about the very important topic of training and periods, where we try and unpack the taboos, misconceptions and shame around this topic.

In today's 11th episode we chat to Syazana Alia a Malaysian trail runner, crossfit athlete and all round very active person. Syazana was unfortunately diagnosed with adrenal cancer last year and she is currently in recovery and rehabilitation mode...

Chatting to Nikki Han about being the first and only ever woman to complete the HK4TUC 298km trail race in under 60 hours... and she has successfully done it TWICE!

A podcast where we talk about all things trail running around Asia

Talking all this trail running in Asia

A platform where we talk all things endurance sports in Asia

Today's guest is Hong Kong's French trail runner, Charlotte Taquet. Charlotte only started trail running 5 years ago after she moved to Asia and after her first run up Hong Kong's finest peak she was hooked. She is an inspiration in the trail running...

Chatting to Lucy Bartholomew about all things real and ultra

Chatting to Amy Sproston after her FKT across Jordan

Chatting to the last female standing, Jasmine Goh at the Backyard Ultra Singapore

A podcast where we talk about all things trail running around Asia

A podcast where we talk about all things trail running around Asia