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Petter Engdahl Pre-2026 Transvulcania Ultramarathon Interview

A video interview with Petter Engdahl before the 2026 Transvulcania Ultramarathon.
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The 2022 champion, Petter Engdahl (Sweden), arrives at the 2026 Transvulcania Ultramarathon less than three weeks after racing the Boston Marathon. In the following interview, Petter talks about his spring training and motivation to run a marathon, how he’s trained for various distances over the past few years, and his approach to tackling the 2,500-meter final descent of Transvulcania.

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[Editor’s Note: If you are unable to see the video above, click here to watch it.]

Petter Engdahl Pre-Transvulcania Ultramarathon Interview Transcript

Transcript coming soon.

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Eszter Horanyi

Eszter Horanyi identifies as a Runner Under Duress, in that she’ll run if it gets her deep into the mountains or canyons faster than walking would, but she’ll most likely complain about it. A retired long-distance bike racer, she turned to running around 2014 and has a bad habit of saying yes to terribly awesome/awesomely terrible ideas on foot. The longer and more absurd the mission, the better. This running philosophy has led to an unsupported FKT on Nolan’s 14 and many long and wonderful days out in the mountains with friends.