Tomo is a dad, husband, ultra runner, coach, race director and the founder of Tomo's Pit.
This episode is about getting to know Tomo and how he started running from a 5km challenge at work to running one of the most challenging races in the world - The Barkely Marathons.
In addition to this Tomo is on his 65th 100 miler on his quest to run 100x100 milers.
Shafeeqah Gordon
Shafeeqah has been in the outdoor adventure industry for the past 7 years with almost half a decade’s worth of qualified experience in her feild. As a Salomon South Africa ambassador, she competed in many trail running events in and around South Africa.
Rhys Foster
Rhys is a father, husband, manages a business and is a multi-sport ultra endurance athlete.He is involed in grand multiday adventures such as the Vasbyty Expedition 100hour race, The Dusi - which he has done 23 times, Nedbank Desert Dash, Wild Coast Crossing, Skyrun to name a few.
1. Dimitri Lechtchinski - Running the River of Tokyo
In this episode I chat with Dmitri about a challenge that he undertook in 2020 to run along all the rivers in Tokyo.We get to know Dmitri, what inspired him to take on this challenge and lessons he learnt along the way.Dmitri's final river run of the Tamagawa from the sea to the border of Tokyo was dedicated to Team Taira and the efforts of RunDIPG. Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a rare type of brain cancer in the pons, which currently has no cure. It is primarily diagnosed in children, and with no formal treatment patients are given a survival prognosis of 9-10 months. This disease tragically took the life of Taira, the 3 year old son of his very close friend. RunDIPG is a charity funding DIPG research around the world. Please consider donating to help them in their mission to find a cure for this terrible disease that affects 2000 children worldwide each year.
Podcast link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/27nnz2XoJPaSyTFTNN0Awz?si=i7Sb00kiQWOcJed6Ode0vA
2. Robert Self- Tokyo Trail Running
Robert Self is a trail runner and ultrarunner based in Japan, and the founder of Tokyo Trail Running and Japan Trail running. His most recent project is the Okumusashi Long Trail 105, which he has designed for hikers and trailrunners. The project was launched last year in cooperation with the City of Hanno, Japan. Robert is a motivational speaker who works with Fortune 500 companies to improve their communication and global success.
Podcast link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/21OYCPreVP1fnfXSdD28fr?si=jEgT05lPR8OMHRiiRDHndw
3. Linda Kapembeza - Meet the Podcast Host
host of The Running Voyager Podcast. This is an opportunity for the guests to get to know a little bit about, my own running story as well as the story behind why I started the podcast. In the second half of the episode I chat with Mike Sewell and we talk about his road to comrades journey.
Podcast link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6VCNnCVhgIhAI9khF5jxAK?si=i3Aez6iwRz6ylhyN-g-Mvg
4. Ryan Moss- Trail Running in Zimbabwe & The Old Legs Cycle Tour
Ryan is an adventurer, photographer and videographer and a creator for change. He specialises in outdoor adventure and expedition media. In this episode we get to know Ryan and he tells us a bit about the Trail running landscape in Zimbabwe, as well as the epic 100 miler that's on the books. We also talk about the annual cycle 3000+km "The Old Legs Cycle Tour" which is done to support pensioners in Zimbabwe.
Podcast link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/06lZbzW7TS31RUDHcRwSAt?si=-5ItSnYLRfOtTdY6podldg
5. Nori Ko - Sunshine Juice and Sustainable Living
Nori is the Founder of Sunshine Juice. He comes from a diverse background having lived in Japan, the US, and Taiwan, he opened Japan's first cold-pressed juice store “Sunshine Juice”. Juicing, endurance sports and meditation are essential to his daily life and practice. Nori just completed his first 100miler trail run in 35hours with only juice and raw food for his nutrition. Nori has a marathon PB of 2h56m and 9h37m for 100km. Nori is also a multiple ironman triathlon finisher.
Podcast link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/54S6fTKyVfi0uji7BaRcQL?si=SPeT_TTkRPWNBVtoYkVeDA
6. Cody Reed - Running in South Africa
Cody Reed is an elite ultra runner from Flagstaff Arizona, but he is currently in South Africa. Cody runs for Under Armour. Cody's running cv is extremely extensive, with numerous wins,
all around the world with a recent 100 mile first place finish at the One Hundred Gran Sasso as well as the 65k (2021) and 100k (2019) in South Africa at Ultra Trail Cape Town as well as the 100km Ultra Trail Drakensberg (2022).In this episode we get to know Cody, and his experience of running in South Africa.
Podcast link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2zbYGBR7rtTPtmmLAf5iKm?si=a3OKmoS0SEK7kbNP45Djcw
7. Keletso Nyathi - Running AMUK and unexpected adventures
Keletso, is one of the guys to complete AMUK in 2022. Keletso grew up in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and is now based in Namibia where he runs a practice, is a dad and also somehow manages to squeeze in ultra running. Keletso has run races all over the world and in this episode we talk about how he manages a hectic career, runs crazy distances and still makes time for family. We also talk about his experience running AMUK.
Podcast link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4B6ZBSBlnhEzgiQwOkZUzk?si=OIqfg_OoT4inwPx6_yzqrA
8. Drew Damon - Traversing the Okumusashi 105k
Drew Damron grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and he has been living in Japan for six years. He spends his time running a library and running trails, climbing walls and waterfalls, and writing occasional articles for the Japan Times.
Podcast link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0KFqlpgVaiAOV9PyOdOhV3?si=a0ciQhJETuyTXL8G4Gd1PQ
9. Naomi Brand - Adventuring, Being Hopeful and Ultrarunning
Naomi, is an adventurer, through and through. She is a Vet, extremely accomplished ultra runner, conservationist and an artist. Naomi has created her name in trail running with epic results at Ultra Drakensberg, Ultra Trail Cape Town, Ultra Trail Australia, San Pans Ultra, Tarewera, UTMB - to name a few. Naomi lives in New Zealand with her partner Xavier. In this episode we talk about ultrarunning as a woman, especially at that competitive level, moving to a new country, navigation life when things don't go according to plan and so much more.
Podcast link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/51FVgIoEiigBMgWpHHZw93?si=Pz7tUDfnT3m-kxhSNvvwhQ
10. Alan Mesfin - Lets Try Something New: Walking 3000km Across Japan
German born, British bred, Eritrean blooded and Spanish based, Alan unwittingly stumbled into thru-hiking after sitting on a plane on his way back from visiting his brother in Japan. A maths teacher by profession, he now exclusively tutors privately online, which affords him the time between hikes to work on converting his camper-van and produce videos of his walks for YouTube.
Podcast link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/08mHTbFnqDXTajqhQulYZo?si=KJlPNYBWQJWz802dG3xCFA