I Ran an ULTRA MARATHON in Japan at World Record Pace!

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Jake Barraclough, aka "Ran To Japan"
⚠️ Train Harder, Not Smarter.
🇬🇧 Documenting my life ‘on the run’ in Japan!

So this morning, we've got a "light" 50k shakeout because the best way to train for a marathon, is to run a marathon... and then keep going! I'm using the art of the overdistance run to train for the Tokyo Marathon, but could this also be the start of my ultra marathon arc?! 👀

[TheMassif]

“I’m making the marathon fear me”… instant like 😂

[alittleshepherd]

the wall is scared of hitting this guy at mile 20. mental

[cyq]

Would love to have a T shirt saying "Train harder, not smarter!"

[mrdavester]

I like this guy so much that this is the first time i sat through the sponsor segment.

[mare]

Doctor here, I just want to add that an increase in ferritin while hemoglobin remains low is completely normal during the first few weeks of treatment. Ferritin reflects iron storage in cells (mainly in the liver), but stored iron itself does not directly impact your energy or performance. Instead, iron is a crucial building block for hemoglobin, which is needed to produce new red blood cells. These red blood cells then carry oxygen to your body’s tissues, directly influencing your energy levels and overall performance.

A rise in ferritin is a positive sign that your iron stores are replenishing, which means there’s a good chance your hemoglobin will start increasing in the coming weeks and months.

[Kilaka]

You have an infectious personality where your love of running is contagious. Thank you for helping motivate me to get my runs in. Please keep up the great work! This is the running channel that I've needed, but didn't know I was missing.

[choccyverstapilton]

Sub 3 50k 😂 insane stuff Jake. You’re basically one big experiment at the moment with train harder not smarter approach. Legendary stuff!

[nanton-ulwr]

Congratulations COROS on the Jake partnership! 😁

[wertacus]

Your channel has inspired me to increase my mileage. There's no way you're so good that you can do 10x my volume, so that means I'm slacking.

[benreiter]

Solid work, dude! While you're out here crushing the 3:30 splits for 50k, I'm struggling for 4:15 for a 5k! Trying to hold it down in Kansai tho.
But you gotta starts somewhere. Thanks for the motivation, and congrats on seeing your genkiness and efforts pay off!

[engrmute]

I set a new Half Marathon PB today with a time of 1:47! It's not lightning fast, but a solid improvement from 1:55 last year. I followed your approach by ramping up my weekly mileage from 60km to 120km and using the Japanese Kamikaze style during the race. Definitely worth it!

[nayo]

Congrats on the Coros partnership! I just got a Pace 3 a month ago and im loving it!

[thomparkin]

So glad to see you've got those brand deals coming in, 100% deserved! Really considering making the switch from Garmin to Coros as well so they're hitting the right audience 😂

[luciferotto]

Congrats Jake, I'm so happy for you. I'll be watching Tokyo Marathon to cheer you on

[LutherTheTank]

Well deserved Coros sponsor, watched your vids and they have me huge motivation to get more distance in, did my best week yet at 82k still rookie numbers but we will get there.

Train harder, Not smarter!

[SotaMaehara]

Congrats on the coros sponsor! Very well deserved. Running through nipple chafing is wild, I could never haha

[aaronneary]

Congrats on the first official sponsor man! First of many I’m sure, loving the videos can’t wait for the next one!

[merovekh]

I'm so happy I got to be one of your first few thousand subscribers before you inevitably blow up in a couple of months. Congrats getting sponsored by Coros, absolutely amazing brand. Even though I use Garmin myself, I find myself recommending Coros to most of my aspiring running friends. Very solid price/quality ratio.

[vivpm]

“Making the marathon fear me” 😂 Amazing. Keep it up and congrats on the Coros deal!

[gnafen]

As always love the positivity!
Big congrats on your first sponsor, and a really nice one as well 😁
So good to see you figured out what the problem was with the iron deficiency - after you have that in order, sky’s the limit 🥳