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 ultrarunning. He is the founder of the Hong Kong 4 Trails Ultra Challenge. He’s on Twitter and Instagram @aublumberg.
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)
Charlie Engle (35:20)
Races in the Philippines: Taklung Damulag 100 Philippines; Bataan Death March (41:00)
HURT 100 race in Hawaii (45:30)
Montane Spine Race and Moab 240 (01:04:00)
Lloyd Belcher Visuals (01:12:00)
Finding Ultra with Rich Roll (01:20:00)
Podcasts: Joe Rogan, Science of Ultra (01:22:00)
Kit: Gurney Goo; Drymax and Injinji socks; Stryd foot pod (01:24:30)
Coast to Kosci race in Australia (01:35:00)
Post-interview chat:
MesaStila race in Indonesia (01:41:00)
Tom Evans (01:44:00)
JP Alipio, the Cordillera Ultra and his work with the Cordillera Conservation Trust (01:47:00)
Ryan Blair and the North Face Adventure Team (01:48:10)
Podcast hosted by Ultra Endurance enthusiasts Scott Pugh and Ric Stockfis.