Runners FM

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! 

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Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guest:

Jake Barraclough @rantojapan (Jake's YouTube)

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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! 

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Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guests:

Jan Lukas Becker @jlb_roadrunner

Ben Felton @ben_is_running

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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!

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Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guest:

Ben Felton @ben_is_running

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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! 

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Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guest:

Robert Gorgos from MNSTRY @mnstry.nutrition

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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!

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Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

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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.

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Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guest:

Mads Taersboel @madstaersboel

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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!

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Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guest:

Anton Gustafsson @antonblubb

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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!

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Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guest:

Ben Felton @ben_is_running

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In this week’s episode, we’re finally releasing our training talk with Hendrik Pfeiffer. Victor and Hendrik sat down for a great conversation about his training back in August 2025 and we’ve been saving it until now. Coming off a huge new personal best of 2:06:45 in Valencia, there’s no better time to hear how one of Europe’s top marathoners trains and prepares for peak performance. This one’s packed with great marathon insight. Good stuff!

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Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Guest:

Hendrik Pfeiffer @hendrik_pfeiffer

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This week on Runners FM, the boys chat through everything that happened in Valencia last weekend. A few speedy and entertaining runners sent in their race reports, giving the pod lots to dig into. Meanwhile, Frej and Victor both cleared 200+ km last week as they keep building toward fast half marathon times in 2026.

Good stuff! 

Runners FM is recorded at Downtown Camper in Stockholm.

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Hosts:

Victor Urquhart Smångs @victorsmangs

Frej Ersa Engberg @frejkutar

Race Reports:

Jonathan Dahlke @jonnydlk

Jasper McDowell @running_with_jasper

Martin Egebjerg Olesen @meothemachine

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