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Victor Urquhart Smångs & Frej Ersa Engberg

A podcast focusing on anything and everything to do with running. Subscribe on Spotify and Apple Podcasts to be more entertained on your journey towards becoming a better runner.

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Runners FM

In this week’s episode, we’re very happy to welcome the extremely talented Norwegian runner Kristine Eikrem. Kristine recently made her marathon debut in Tokyo, running an impressive 2:28:57.

Tune in to hear about her journey from a standout junior athlete to a high-altitude marathon grinder. There’s plenty of great insight to take away from this one. Good stuff!

Follow us at @runnersfm on IG

Join the chat in our Strava Group.

Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guest:

Kristine Eikrem @kristineeikrem

Check out Kristine's coaching website here

CHECK OUT THE RUNNERS FM TV YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE

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76. The Kristine Eikrem

The boys are back in the podcast booth, at Downtown Camper, after Victor’s time at the Santa Pola Camp. With four weeks to go until the Berlin Half Marathon, they chat through the plan leading into their PB attempts and how training is shaping up. They also dig deep into nutrition and supplements after loads of listener questions on both. Good stuff! 

Follow us at @runnersfm on IG

Join the chat in our Strava Group.

Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

CHECK OUT THE RUNNERS FM TV YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE

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75. The 4th Q&A + Reunion

In this week’s episode, we finally welcome our most requested guest yet. We caught up with Jake Barraclough (Ran To Japan) directly from Japan. Tune in for an engaging conversation about Jake's Japanese-style training methods, his crazy high mileage and his middle distance training. We also also discuss Jake's Brooks shoe rotation, his ambitious goals for 2026, and much more. You don’t want to miss this one!

Good stuff! 

Follow us at @runnersfm on IG

Join the chat in our Strava Group.

Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guest:

Jake Barraclough @rantojapan (Jake's YouTube)

CHECK OUT THE RUNNERS FM TV YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE

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74. The Jake Barraclough

The boys are back after a hugely successful weekend in Barcelona! This episode is all about the action at the 2026 Barcelona Half Marathon.

Hear Frej’s story about his personal best performance, as well as Victor’s strong pacing effort that helped Ben Felton achieve a new PB of 65:22.

We also get a magical race report from the fastest runner at the Santa Pola camp, Jan Lukas Becker, who smashed his PB with an impressive 61:20 finish, as well as Ben's race report. Good stuff! 

Follow us at @runnersfm on IG

Join the chat in our Strava Group.

Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guests:

Jan Lukas Becker @jlb_roadrunner

Ben Felton @ben_is_running

CHECK OUT THE RUNNERS FM TV YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE

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73. The Barcelona Half Marathon race reports with Jan Lukas Becker and Ben Felton

In this episode, leading up to the Barcelona Half Marathon, the boys are joined once again by Ben Felton (Ben is Running), who looks to be in the best shape of his life. The focus is on this week’s race in Barcelona, with all of them taking part. You’ll hear each runner’s goals and expectations as they prepare to battle it out on the streets of Barcelona this Sunday. Good stuff!

Follow us at @runnersfm on IG

Join the chat in our Strava Group.

Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guest:

Ben Felton @ben_is_running

We have a new YOUTUBE Series, too! Check it out here.

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72. The Barcelona Half Marathon chat with Ben Felton

The boys are getting ready for next week’s Half Marathon in Barcelona. Frej is back in Stockholm while Victor is at a training camp with friends in Santa Pola, Spain.

For the third time, they welcome nutritionist Robert Gorgos from MNSTRY to the show. Tune in as Robert shares insights on some exciting new race preparation products from MNSTRY and explains how to prepare for a Half Marathon in the best possible way. Use the code IMMUNESTICK20RFM to get 20% off the Immune Stick at MNSTRY! Good stuff! 

Follow us at @runnersfm on IG

Join the chat in our Strava Group.

Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guest:

Robert Gorgos from MNSTRY @mnstry.nutrition

Watch our new Youtube Series here!

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71. The Half Marathon preparations

The boys are recording this episode live from a Brooks event in Alicante, Spain. Frej is coming off a huge performance, smashing his indoor 3000m personal best by 16 seconds with Victor on pacing duties. They’ve also officially locked in their first A-goal race of the season: the Berlin Half Marathon for both of them. Tune in to hear their race goals and what’s coming next. And also hear about our fun new YouTube vlog, Runners FM TV. Good stuff!

Check out our new YouTube Vlogg HERE

Follow us at @runnersfm on IG

Join the chat in our Strava Group.

Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

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70. The Alicante Trip

The boys are finally back together in the podcast booth for the first time in nearly three months, and the energy is predictably high! They’re joined by their favourite Dane, Mads Taersboel, for a deep dive into base training, the different energy systems, and what we’re really trying to achieve at this stage of the season. Good stuff! 

Runners FM is recorded at Downtown Camper in Stockholm.

Follow us at @runnersfm on IG

Join the chat in our Strava Group.

Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guest:

Mads Taersboel @madstaersboel

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69. The Base Training with Mads

In this week’s episode, the boys are joined by Swedish ultra runner Anton Gustafsson.

Anton is a three time Swedish 100km champion who regularly logs 270km training weeks. Tune in to hear how easy he thinks it will be to run a sub30 10k and whether he enjoys being called the Swedish Jake Barraclough.

There was also some live drama during the podcast recording that you won't want to miss (yes, Victor is fine).

Good stuff!

Follow us at @runnersfm on IG

Join the chat in our Strava Group.

Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guest:

Anton Gustafsson @antonblubb

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68. The Anton Gustafsson

The first episode of 2026! The boys look back at their 2025 results and start planning for the 2026 spring season. There’s some solid reflection and analysis, and the motivation is high going into the new year. Ben Felton also sent us a message where he shares some inspiring time goals for his 2026 season. Good stuff!

Follow us at @runnersfm on IG

Join the chat in our Strava Group.

Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guest:

Ben Felton @ben_is_running

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

75. The 4th Q&A + Reunion

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