Episode 2 of our new bi-monthly video talk show ‘The Tale of the Trail’ has been scheduled for Friday, 15 May at 18:00 Hong Kong time. Labeled “A Glimmer of Hope”, the show will continue on the good vibes from Vietnam and South Korea two weeks ago and hope to get more updates on, especially, the logistical front of both scheduled ATM Championship events Dalat Ultra Trail and Korea 50K. All events in July have already been cancelled, so we will toe the water with the event management of Ijen Trail in East Java, Indonesia, and the big Borneo TMBT Ultra in Sabah, Malaysia. Both are on the programme for the second half of August. Furthermore, we will have a chat with Kristian Joergensen, who only very recently managed to get out of his resident city of Manila in the Philippines and flew back to his native Denmark. And last but not least, we have our mystery guest.

Episode 2 of The Tale of the Trail will be live on our Facebook page on Friday at 18:00 Hong Kong time. The edited recording can also be watched later on YouTube and our website.

Now you can rewatch episode 1 of our facebook live show ‘Tale of the Trail’ here on the website. This episode was dubbed “The State of Play” , featuring the event management of the next five events on the amended 2020 Asia Trail Master calendar.

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The 2020 season continues to be seriously affected by the corona crisis. In the last two weeks, three more ATM Championship events have followed the 9 Dragons Ultra into announcing the outright cancellation of this year’s edition: Puncak Tanawan Mountain Ultra in Philippines, Echigo Country Trail in Japan and last Sunday even Mantra Summits Challenge in Indonesia. At present, the re-launch of the season has moved back to late June and Dalat Ultra Trail in Vietnam. Now here’s some good news: both the event management in Dalat and the following week’s Korea 50K remain upbeat about the chances of their events going ahead as scheduled. The covid 19 cases have been dropping or the situation is so far under control in these two countries that there’s light at the end of the tunnel.

However, even if they can go ahead as scheduled, under which conditions?

Plenty of questions and on 1 May we will aim to get a few answers from the event teams themselves. Tune in to our ATM facebook page at 18:00 Hong Kong time (check your corresponding time in your personal country of residence). Kris will be talking to the people behind Dalat Ultra Trail, Korea 50K, Cordillera Mountain Ultra, MUSPO 50 and last but not least Cameron Ultra.

In addition, we will also be briefly putting the spotlight on a mystery guest, a person with pedigree in the Asia Trail Master history to find out how he or she is doing. Before the show, social media followers will have the opportunity to guess the identity of the mystery guest. More on this by the end of this work week.