58. The Australia Report

The boys are preparing for this week’s marathons. Victor is running his debut marathon in Auckland and Frej is running the NYC marathon. They also go through the very inspiring results from Valencia Half Marathon - Andreas Almgren set a European Half Marathon record and Alfie Manthorpe ran fast and provided us with some good heat data from his CORE monitor which he wore during the race. Good stuff! Runners FM is recorded at Downtown Camper in Stockholm.Follow us at @runnersfm on IGJoin the chat in our Strava Group.Hosts:Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangsFrej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Victor has landed in Australia and is preparing for his marathon debut next week. Frej has been pacing his little brother, Noa, during this year’s very interesting version of Uppsala marathon where a bomb in the middle of the course made the biggest headlines. Good stuff!Runners FM is recorded at Downtown Camper in Stockholm.Follow us at @runnersfm on IGJoin the chat in our Strava Group.Hosts:Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangsFrej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode the boys are joined by their favourite Dane, Mads Taersboel, to talk about Marathon preparations.Victor ran 32km at the Malmö Marathon last weekend and is starting to get excited about his marathon debut in Auckland on November 2.Frej has put in some good marathon sessions and is also starting to feel fit for a new marathon PB attempt coming up in San Sebastian.Good stuff!Runners FM is recorded at Downtown Camper in Stockholm.Follow us at @runnersfm on IGJoin the chat in our Strava Group.Hosts:Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangsFrej Ersa Engberg @frejkutarGuest:Mads Taersboel @madstaersboel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The boys have been running the Swedish 10k Champs. Frej had a great day and ran a massive PB (and importantly beat William Poromaa!) Victor wasn’t as happy with his performance and just wants to put the race behind him.Today's special guest is the winner of the 10k Swedish Champs, 17-year-old star talent Sebastian Lörstad! He came to visit the podcast booth to tell us about his race, his training and we get some insight into how it is to be the most promising running prospect in the country! You don’t want to miss this one. Good stuff! Runners FM is recorded at Downtown Camper in Stockholm.Follow us at @runnersfm on IGJoin the chat in our Strava Group.Hosts:Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangsFrej Ersa Engberg @frejkutarSpecial Guest:Sebastian Lörstad @sebastianlorstad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The boys are back together in the podcast booth at Downtown Camper after Victor’s altitude camp and short visit to London. Frej has been running Sweden’s most classic race, Lidingöloppet, and finished strong with a legendary final 200m sprint. Victor has been running some good long runs at altitude and finished the week trying his luck at Vitality 10 000m in London together with the man himself, Ben Felton, aka Ben Is Running. Good stuff!Runners FM is recorded at Downtown Camper in Stockholm.Follow us at @runnersfm on IGJoin the chat in our Strava Group.Hosts:Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangsFrej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Victor and Mads are still in St Moritz and enjoying the last summer days in the Alps. Victor is starting to look more like a marathon runner with big sessions, together with the German, Jan Lukas Becker. Frej has nailed a good 10k specific session and been to a wedding in Bulgaria. In this episode we’re covering the last days of the World Championship, talking about Mad’s continuous lactate meter project and answering more of the questions from last weeks Q&A. Good stuff! Runners FM is (usually) recorded at Downtown Camper in Stockholm.Follow us at @runnersfm on IGJoin the chat in our Strava Group.Hosts:Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangsFrej Ersa Engberg @frejkutarGuest:Mads Taersboel @madstaersboel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Victor is with coach Mads up at St Moritz on his first altitude camp. Frej is nailing specific 10km sessions in Stockholm. Mads is joining the boys during this episode and together they go through the World Champs results so far, Mads’ continuous lactate meter project and finish off with a Q&A. Good stuff! Mads' Continuous Lactate Meter ProjectExclusive for RunnersFM listeners: early access to our continuous lactate monitor (beta testing).49 units available this Friday – first come, first serve (limit: 1 per customer).Price: $50 → give feedback, get a $35 voucher for your next one. You only cover shipping ($15).Beta testers get:- 1 wearable- 1 medical tape cover- Private WhatsApp access- VIP list access for future releases👉 More at www.starleet.com---Runners FM is recorded at Downtown Camper in Stockholm.Follow us at @runnersfm on IGJoin the chat in our Strava Group.Hosts:Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangsFrej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Victor had a tough race in Rotterdam and Frej has been stressed. The boys are choosing some interesting bullet points from the upcoming Hendrik Pfeiffer “Training Talks” interview that will be released later this week and we discuss Frej’s upcoming marathon fuelling using MNSTRY products!Runners FM is recorded at Downtown Camper in Stockholm.Follow us at @runnersfm on IGJoin the chat in our Strava Group.Hosts:Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangsFrej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we have Ben Felton back in town! He's in the booth, fresh after running the Stockholm Half Marathon with Frej and 20,000 other runners. Listen to the boys' race reports, future race plans and what shoes they have in their rotations at the moment. GOOD STUFF!Runners FM is recorded at Downtown Camper in Stockholm.Follow us at @runnersfm on IGJoin the chat in our Strava Group.Hosts:Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangsFrej Ersa Engberg @frejkutarGuest:Ben Felton @ben_is_running Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we put the spotlight on the new co-host of Runners FM, Frej Ersa Engberg!Frej is a crazy guy who started to run in 2023 and clocked a 2:30 marathon before the end of that same year. The former elite football player is now coached by Victor and together they have big plans for the future. Listen to his incredible running journey and get inspired by the future marathon plans that the boys have set out.Runners FM is recorded at Downtown Camper in Stockholm. Follow us at @runnersfm on IGJoin the chat in our Strava Group.Hosts:Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangsFrej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.