The Hong Kong Trail Rockers Podcast!

Look up on the trails! It’s a bird.. it’s a plane.. no it’s Super Chang!! Background Mental toughness Physical toughness Family Connection between running and work Random questions The Sri Lankan trail Camino De Santiago trail To finish: What are some of the top tips for being able to successfully run such distances? What lessons […] The post Talking Running with Chang (Camino De Santiago/Pekoe Trail) first appeared on Hike in Hong Kong!.

Show Notes: Who is Chang in his own words? Where is he from? Is there anything in his past that lead him to running / trail running? Humble beginnings: when did he start hiking/running? (what year) Humble beginnings: where it all started Did he start off as a road runner? Does he enjoy both road […] The post #HKTRP #77 – Talking to the legendary #HK4TUC Chang after 2021 Four Trails! first appeared on Hike in Hong Kong!.

My guest today needs to introduction. The COVID situation hasn’t deterred him from running self-created “races” which are even more insane compared to the original races. For example, running Lantau 70 and Translantau for fun. He also completed the 4 trails this year while running at 4 minutes Ks in the final stretch. He does […] The post #HKTRP #76 – Talking to the legendary #HK4TUC Chang about trail running! first appeared on Hike in Hong Kong!.

After a very long hiatus, we are back with a very different kind of episode. This episode will focus on a runner’s journey which took her from the corporate office into the world of trail running, volunteering and charity. To find out, let me welcome a well known figure in the Hong Kong trail running […] The post #HKTRP #75 – Talking to Agnes Cheng about trail running, charity, and more! first appeared on Hike in Hong Kong!.

We have the honor of talking to the winning team of the Oxfam Trailwalker 2018. 11 hrs 53 minutes is what it took the winning team and the team members are (a) The famous John Ellis (b) Michael Scoobydoo (c) Brain McFlynn (d) Jeff Campbell. The aim of this podcast is to understand a bit […]

For Milos Questions: why did you want to sponsor this team? Talk about the logistics of sponsoring them, how hard were the visas to enter Hong Kong, etc For the team: Preparation: What was the desired outcome for you in this Trailwalker ? Did you already have teams in mind that you saw as competition? […]

As we are trying our best to accomplish various things in life like climbing up the career ladder or trying to run the next ultra marathon or planning the next awesome vacation, we sometimes tend to take life for granted. We assume we will continue to be hale and healthy, we assume that nothing will […]

Show Notes: Who is Jeff? Where in France is he from? Is there anything in his past that lead him to running / trail running? What is his day job? The ten rapid fire icebreaker questions to delve into the way you think: What is your favorite trail in Hong Kong and why? What is […]

Summary: Today on the podcast, I have quite a distinguished person. Dave Bedford is an ex 10km world record holder. On 13th of July 1973 he broke the world record for 10,000m at Crystal Palace by running it in 27 minutes and 30 seconds. His PB for 5km is 13.17 and for 10km it is […]

My guest today is a handsome looking French trail runner who makes long distance running look so easy. I saw him during the Lantau 70 race in October 2016 when he was lying down on a bench during the 30th kilometer mark. He told me he was tired and was going to quit. I passed […]

Happy New Year to all the listeners! Hope 2017 turns out to be fantastic for you. Just to remind ourselves how important our health and exercise is in our lives, I have a quote from Jim Rohn and here’s what he says: “Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live” […]

My guest on the podcast today is Janine Canham. Janine is half English, half Lebanese, her family (including her) fled Beirut during the troubles and settled as refugees in England.  Since then she has worked for several top law firms in London and is now the COO of a major financial institution. She is settled in […]

Today, on the podcast I’ve got an inspirational person with an inspirational story. Running accomplishments aside (that list runs long too), he was diagnosed with prostrate cancer. That would slow most people down but Mo got faster and he is on his way to beating the cancer in true running fashion – 10 great podium […]

Welcome to a brand new season of The Hong Kong Trail Rockers Podcast! First of all, a big “thank you” to our listeners for the great feedback and suggestions! Going forward, we are going to have a couple of changes to the format of the show: We will publish full interviews in the same week […]

Here’s Part 3/3 of my interview with Rory Mitchell. This also marks the end of this season of The Hong Kong Trail Rockers Podcast. A big ‘thank you’ to all the guests for sharing their wisdom with our listeners. Also, a big ‘thank you’ to all the listeners of this podcast! And, for all the comments […]

In the previous part of the podcast, we spoke to Rory about his humble beginnings. This week we’ll focus on his training routine and some of the races he has done that have left a strong impression on him. In Part 1 of the podcast, we spoke to Rory about his humble beginnings and how […]

To introduce our guest today, I am going to read an email I got from a listener.   “Hi Vince, not sure if you know Rory Mitchell but I saw him at the Stairmaster Lantau when he passed me going up Lantau Peak and I was thinking, “yeah right big guy, I am gonna see […]

Part 2/2 of the podcast with Richard Scotford, founder of The Hong Kong Trail Racing League. In the previous part, we spoke to Richard about the initial days of the HKTRL. This week, we will talk about the format and how it has evolved. The Hong Kong Trail Racing League: (The 2014 format) What was the […]

Today, I have with me on the podcast the founder of The Hong Kong Trail Racing League, Richard Scotford. If you don’t know what the HKTRL is, then don’t worry – we are going to cover what that is and how it has evolved. Richard Scotford is quite a runner himself and we’ll touch upon […]

Today on the podcast, I have with me one of the most famous photographers of Hong Kong. You may find one of his carefully crafted photos on several publications like Asia Trail Magazine, Summit and Facebook. It has the watermark “Lloyd Belcher Visuals”. Lloyd has traveled the world, covered trail running races in Taiwan, New […]