This edition of Endurance Asia podcast, we have The Godfather of Ultra running in Hong Kong Andre Blumberg. Andre has a mind boggling resume of ultra races under his belt. Some of the worlds truly iconic races from Hurt100 to Badwater to Spartathlon to Grand Slam Of Ultra running and much much more in only the past 10 years. Founder of Hong Kong Four Trails, his story of overweight highflying tech exec to ultra Running race collector is truly impressive.
In our interview with Andre we discuss:
HK 4 Trails Ultra Challenge (03:30)
Hong Kong 100 (14:00)
Scott Jurek, Dean Karnazes and Born to Run (22:30)
Races including Northburn 100; Ultra-Trail Mount Fuji; Western States Endurance Run; and Hardrock 100, as part of the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning (25:00)
More races! including Badwater; Tahoe 200 Endurance Run; Angeles Crest; and the crazy Millennium Quest (30:00)
David Goggins’ book “Can’t Hurt Me”
Charlie Engle
Races in the Philippines: Taklung Damulag 100 Philippines; Bataan Death March
HURT 100
Finding Ultra with Rich Roll
Podcasts: Joe Rogan, Science of Ultra
Kit: Gurney Goo'; Drymax and Injinji socks; Stryd foot pod
