81. The Cole Gibbens

About this episode

Frej and Victor discuss marathon training successes and challenges with guest Cole Gibbens.

This week, Frej joins us straight from Hannover, where he’s just celebrated a big success. Pacing his younger brother Noa to a new marathon PB and a Swedish Championship qualifier for the Stockholm Marathon. Cole Gibbens also joins the boys to talk about his build-up to the London Marathon which unfortunately ended (just like Victor’s Stockholm Marathon build) with a stress reaction. A great conversation full of lessons learned and excitement for what’s ahead. 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: Cole Gibbens @colerunning Cole's YouTube is here . CHECK OUT THE RUNNERS FM TV YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Frej Ersa Engberg, Victor Urquhart Smångs

Guest: Cole Gibbens

Topics covered

• marathon
• running
• personal best
• training
• sports success
• mental health

Keywords

• marathon
• PB
• training
• stress reaction
• Hannover
• London Marathon
• Stockholm Marathon

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Hannover

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