Rewatch EP4 of the Tale of the Trail
The 4th episode of the Tale of the Trail was released on Friday, 12 June at 7 pm Hong Kong time. Labeled “Embracing the continent” , it focused largely on the virtual ATM 500 team challenge, its creators and the ‘winning’ team BSK Marina Loopers in Singapore.
Main takeways:
ATM 500 is an unexpected success. Creators Karen Geh and KC Tan talk with Kris about how it all came about and provide some statistics and further insight into the concept.
BSK Marina Loopers each talk about their experience of a ‘crazy hot day’ in Singapore last Monday, when the quartet ran 125km each to complete the 500k of ATM 500.
Amy Khor gets to know ‘Rocking’ Rie Sugaya better in the ‘Singapore Connection’ and learns of her background as a judoka and road runner, who got pulled into trail by a few friends
Alfan Impriadi announces the cancellation of the 2020 Ijen Trail event, but says the 2021 edition may take place in Q2 - April or May - rather than Q3
New-HALE explains the various uses and benefits of its excellent kinetape system in a great video
Hisashi KItamura has been keeping busy in his garage while awaiting the relaunch of the 2020 season to defend and extend his points lead in the ATM Championship
Shindy Patricia was this episode’s Mystery Guest, and the 2-star Grandmaster from Malang in East Java tells us about Cultra, yoga and mentoring a young generation of runners such as Christin Mutia