After the summer break, Steve, Elliot and Ryan chat about their summer races, Ryan chats about his win at North Downs 100 and we also discuss upcoming future races in the now busy Hong Kong trail race calendar.

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https://www.centurionrunning.com/races/north-downs-way-100-2024

Co Hosts Steve Pheby & Elliot Froidevaux are joined by John Ellis. He talks about his recent 100 mile challenge of running Key Largo to Key West in Florida, USA, and talks about Zwift and low impact training.

Elliot then talks about the upcoming Trail Running awards and the nominees. Get your vote in by July 10th.

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Thinking of potential overseas races? Fear not, we have you covered! This episode starts with a couple of short interviews, Joshua Davies tells us about Action Asia's stage race in Mongolia, and Dina Bagale then shares his experience running Ultra Trail Australia. We then have a full interview with Steve Brammer and Carol Au-Yeung who ran the Ultra Trail Monte Rosa stage race in Switzerland and Italy. We hope you enjoy their journeys!

We hope you enjoy this lively chat with Samantha Chan as much as we did! Her impressive achievements include an FKT on the Maclehose, and a little jog across the Gobi. Now working as a specialist running trainer, Samantha gave some great tips about motivation, how to approach training, nutrition, and..umm...running.

Our next episode is full of giants. We hear from Ryan 'the hunter' Whelan, Eszter 'the legend' Csillag, Elliot 'Swiss time please' Froidevaux and co-hosted by John Ellis & Steve Pheby.

We talk Western States, North Downs Way 100, Coast to Coast Sweden, UTMB but importantly the race and kayak in Repulse bay. Gripping stuff.

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We catch up with Nikki Han as she talks about coming first female in the ultimate race across Scotland ultra. 356km non stop across Scotland and Nikki recalls waking up a hotel full of guests, minging feet (nothing new) and the joyous weather of a Scottish summer.

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Steve Pheby is joined by Elliot Froidevaux as we chat about what we been doing over the summer whilst races in Hong Kong are in recess.

This is a 2 parter as first we hear from Elliot and Steve about some smaller and large races in Europe before we chat about Ezster and Ryan and a possible conspiracy?

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We meet up and coming Hong Kong runner Jeremy Yeung, the top local finisher at the 2023 Hong Kong 100. Jeremy tells us about his career to date and talks us through his HK100 performance, sharing tips along the way.

This episode we interview the interviewer from Endurance Asia podcast, Scott Pugh where we talk running Singapore, Hardcore 100 and popping blisters for Nikki Hann. Also we have RD for Moontrekker and Lantau snake catcher, William Sargent and yes, Moontrekker is back and in full force!

Link for Moontrekker https://www.barclaysmoontrekker.com/

Link for Endurance Asia https://www.enduranceasia.com/podcast

Dont forget to sign up to Trail Runners Association of Hong Kong at https://www.trahk.org/

This week we speak to Big Boars Backyard last person standing, Chamelia Suhra AKA The Chaminator, known for running 9 Buffaloes 3 times in summer, Everesting Mt Parker in one day and her attempt at 4 Trails.

We also have the RD of Big Boars as well as other classic races in Hong Kong, Race Base, Steve Carr.

We learn about the future of Race Base events and the struggles of Covid restrictions.

Please don't forget to sign up to TRAHK at www.trahk.org

Ultra-running phenomenon, Jasmin Paris, talks about Montane Spine Race, Barkley and The Green Runners with fellow Green Runner, Ellie Wardell. Focuses not just on racing, but on how runners can reduce our environmental impact. Includes Jasmin's disapproval of race series which require runners to travel to one race to qualify for another race. And Steve P hard-selling Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge !

An episode not to miss.

You can show supper and make a pledge with one of the Green Runners pillars by signing up at www.thegreenrunners.com

The second instalment of the post 4 trails diaries. This time our co-host Elliot recalls his race right after a second bout of covid and our main interview is with Trevor Meding who travelled all the way from Texas, USA to be a finisher in this years edition.

A fantastic and detailed interview and inspiring considering he has never been to Asia before. 

You can find his race report and blog here and you can follow him on instagram at @trevormeding

Trevor's racing blog link is https://trevormeding.blogspot.com/ 

Dont think you can sign up to TRAHK and become a member at www.trahk.org 

Tim Jowett and Steve Pheby amongst them completed the entire 268 mile long Pennine way in England. Here is a recap of their experience and thoughts about Britiains most brutal race with questions from the director of Hong Kong's most brutal race, HK4TUC

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The post 4 trails episode part 1 where Steve Pheby & John Ellis interview the legendary Tomo who was the fastest finisher of the 2023 edition of the Hong Kong four trails ultra challenge along with 3rd place finisher, Ryan Whelan. They reveal the highs and lows of the event and how they suffered from sleep deprivation.

We spoke to Jo Lodder, who is running five trails in five days for two very worthwhile charity causes. Jo tells us about his background as a runner, running for a cause (or two), plans for the challenge and how people can get involved.  

Further information can be found at https://www.jolodder.com/runforfreedom, and people can follow the challenge on March 1-5 2023 at https://www.facebook.com/runforfreedomhk

We talk with Four Trails and Breaking 60 film makers Ben and Robin Lee and discuss the making and challenges of making the new Four trails movie.

World premier is on January 12th and tickets can be purchased at the below link

www.fourtrails.hk

In this well stocked episode we hear from Will Hayward and John Ellis about the Tinworth Trail, Ivy Leung shares her Thailand by UTMB runcation, and Agnes Cheung talks about her new documentary The Grey Scar.

Steve Pheby chats with John Ellis & David Longo, catch up on recent events and what to look forward to in the upcoming year as more and more trail races appear on the Hong Kong calendar. We talk ITRA world championships and ATM final at Mt Apo.

Main interview is with Michael Gay and his attempt at the 200 Mile Triple Crown in the US which includes MOAB 200, Bigfoot 200 and Lake Tahoe.

Please dont forget to sign up to TRAHK and have your voice heard about trail running issues.

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We meet up and coming Nepali runner Rashila Tamang, and discuss her career to date and the effect that trail running success can have on Nepali society. John Ellis and Vlad Ixel then preview their participation in the upcoming World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, and reminisce about the golden period of Hong Kong trail running.

Episode 19 we talk to Hyun Chang Chung and his epic achievements where we talk briefly about HK 4 trails, 9 Buffaloes challenge in the summer heat and his recent finish in the Hardrock 100 with some questions being fielded by Andre Blumberg.

Please also find below the link to the True Hardrocker documentary below.

https://youtu.be/1MVA8OwtDes

Please also feel free to contact us with any ideas or suggestions at trahkpodcast@gmail.com and please dont forget to sign up to Trail running Association of Hong Kong at www.trahk.org

We catch up with Elliot Froidevaux who just completed a 100 mile race in Sweden and then immediately caught covid and we find out how he recovered and how it effected his running.Al mentioned briefly in following interview regarding Hardrock 100 and documentary regarding this years event.

https://youtu.be/1MVA8OwtDes

We speak to health coach Vicky Sham about wellness and nutrition, and Kash Lam shares his journey from unfit to mile challenges. Featuring guest co-host Angie 'the loud one' Fung.

This week we talk about upcoming races held by XTE, some other developments before our main interview where John Ellis and I chat with Dennis Theodosis who just completed the western states 100 mile endurance race in the USA.

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This week, Steve and Elliot chat with Angie Yan and Man Yee .

Angie Yan describes her recent success at Mt Fuji 100 and sharing a podium with Courtney Dewaulter.

Man Yee describes her diving holiday with a race in between dives where she won the Betong 140 in Thailand (4th overall).

We also discuss women in trail running and how to get more participation in our beloved sport.

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After her amazing adventures in the UK, Steve Pheby talks with Sarah Pemberton about her recent podium finishes in 2 of the UK's classic races, South Downs Way and the technical challenging UTS (Ultra Trail Snowdonia) where Sarah recalls thigh deep bogs and glow in the darl sheep.

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After a short break the 2 Steves get together and talk about recent goings on with running in Hong Kong and then we have a lengthy in depth interview with Gone Runnings Peter Hopper as we break down shoes and its components and get technical.

Peter Hopper can be emails at peter@gone.run

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We speak to Ryan Whelan and his recent exploits whilst visiting family in the UK and winning 2 out of 3 races he in promptly signed up for and some of his training and nutrition habits. Interviewed by Steve Pheby and John Ellis.

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羅楚健20年越野跑心得、隊友譚少勤 Mango 參與提問,兩位好拍擋以前、現在和未來的越野跑動向

We speak to trail running coach Casey Morgan who shares his wisdom on all things training and trail race preparation, and from from social media sensation Betty Grisoni, on her inspiring transformation into a trail runner! If you thought trail running wasn't for you, think again!

這一集是與Jacky Leung 梁俊強做的訪問。Jacky 是 Salomon 香港的運動員，2021年2月在HK4TUC(香港四徑)創造歷史，成為第一位能夠在50小時內完成挑戰的運動員。之後他移居蘇格蘭，今次同Jacky暢談他在蘇格蘭的越野跑經驗和心得。

In this ultra length edition we talk to Steve Brammar and Janet Ng about HK100 Flex and TRAHK's effort to lobby the government to provide relief to trail race organisers. We also discuss the 2022 Asia Trail Master season, and interview Hong Kong based Eszter Csillag about her career to date, her excellent results at CCC and Transgrancanaria, and volunteer work on the Hungary - Ukraine border.

2022年香港4徑挑戰,張敏怡以57小時53分43秒完成,成為史上最快女參加者,鄭慧儀（Angie）亦以 65小時23分5秒完成，兩位是今年惟一完成的女子。兩位分享她們的經驗。

Following the Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge, we catch up with finisher Richard Kimber and survivor Elliot Froidevaux to hear all about their fantastic achievements!

黃浩聰與曾小強一起談香港四徑、世界越野錦標賽及他們的越野跑歷程

另有Youtube視頻連結: https://youtu.be/EF9b0gDwS1A

We are back after a long hiatus. After following several HK runners in Rinjani 100, we talk with runner up, Dina Bagale and his amazing experience.

Janet與陳國強的訪問 - 了解這位山界前輩的越野跑故事，萬勿錯過！

John Ellis interviews Steve Pheby about his winter UK adventure, and preview the Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge!

In this episode we speak with from Sabrina Dumont of TransLantau and UTMB Asia, and hear about Jill & Flox's Nine Buffaloes adventure.

In this Episode John Ellis and Jeff Campbell from the Gone Running - Joint Dynamics team take over the show! Listen in as they chat about their running careers, Oxfam Trailwalker, and John's affinity for track speed work!

The first Trail Runners Association of Hong Kong (TRAHK) podcast. In this English edition we interview Will Hayward, Janet Ng and Elliot Froidevaux, as well as discuss recent and upcoming races as well as the disappointment of Oxfam Trailwalker not going ahead as a normal race.

This Episode Steve & Elliot are joined with Hong Kong 4 trails survivor, Alice McLeod and go in depth on her 4 trails journey.

This episode is of 2 extremes, the hottest HK 100 & the coldest Spine Race.

Steve Pheby recalls his exploits on the Spine Challenger North and Elliot chats with a Grand Sam inductee, Ying Ying (Chung kit Tsang) and also HK100 US participants power couple Rachel Drake & Tyler Green.

Sit back as this is a long one.

Episode 38, we talk HK100 and also World Trail Majors. Steve Brammer joins hosts Steve Pheby & Elliot Froidevaux in wearing silly hats and discuss the iconic race and also the low down on the new, World Trail Majors.

Steve Pheby & Elliot Froidevaux catch up for the first time after a few weeks and chat about the latest news in the HK trail circuit, what they are currently drinking and the all new announcement by the World Trail Majors

Main interview is from Stephen Anderson, leader of Hong Kong Hikers

Please feel free to contact us via trahkpodcast@gmail.com

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Hong Kong runners Cheung Man Yee and Flora Ching share their journeys to becoming elite, including lessons learned along the way and tips on how to mentally approach an ultra. Man Yee also tells us what it means to represent Hong Kong, and for Flora what it means to help others through coaching.

In this Lantau 70 wrap-up episode, Jenny Buck and Michael Gay discuss their experiences with the event, then introduce two guests who had outstanding performances in the race.

00:00 - Jenny & Michael general chat

11:22 - Introducing Katrina Hamlin

13:31 - Katrina interview

36:21 - Post-interview chat

44:30 - Introducing KC Chan

47:15 - KC interview

1:18:38 - Post-interview chat

1:31:06 - Jenny & Michael general chat

In this bumper episode, Jenny Buck and Michael Gay chat about how the season has been going, introduce each runner Jenny has been interviewing in the past few months, then comment on topics that came up during those interviews.

14:51 - Introduction of Meg Sterling

18:07 - Meg interview

35:19 - Introduction of Veronika Leng

38:04 - Veronika interview

1:00:41 - Introduction of Glen Yick

1:01:54 - Glen interview

1:26:04 - Introduction of Alex Neyrinck

1:28:47 - Alex interview

(Here's the previous TRAHK post that I mentioned about the relative competitiveness of races: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=598785709023860&id=100066773077096&rdid=GFCOhgx5XVKY5wsr#)

Steve Pheby talks with Steve Brammar about Hong Kong 100 and World Trail Majors.

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Chang tells Jenny Buck about his experience at the Western States Endurance run in the US, where he finished 32nd male and 2nd in his age category. Jenny then chats to Michael Gay about how awesome Chang is, among other things.

In this special episode of TRAHK, we sit down with Hong Kong-based ultrarunner Nikki Han fresh off her epic finish at the 2024 Summer Spine Race—a 268-mile monster across England’s legendary Pennine Way. From heatwaves to hallucinations, Nikki breaks down her experience on one of the world’s toughest ultras.

Then, we’re joined by her coach Ryan Whelan, who shares his insights on her training, race strategy, and what it takes—mentally and physically—to conquer a course designed to break you.

🎧 Whether you’re a Spine-curious runner, a training geek, or just here for the stories that make our sport so powerful, this episode is a must-listen.

In this episode:

• What it’s like to race the Summer Spine as a Hong Kong-based athlete

• Nutrition, pacing, sleep deprivation, and mental toughness

• How Nikki prepared, and what surprised her most

• Ryan Whelan’s coaching perspective: planning for a race that doesn’t forgive

• Teaser: another Hong Kong runner, Tim Jowett, is coming soon in our Spine mini-series!

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