I Tried to Win a Marathon in Japan WITHOUT TRAINING!

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

So last week, I couldn’t walk without a crippling pain in my knee and my journey to become the “world’s least talented pro runner” looked like it was firmly on hold. But wait a second… What the bloody hell am I doing now lining up at the start of a marathon only 1 week later?! Is this a smart idea? Errr probably not but hear me out, there’s method to the mileage! 📝

[ionpanaiti]

“Forget your 10% rule, it is all about 500% increase.” 🥶 the coldest line I ever heard about running 🏃

[Chrisfoxhi]

LIFE IS GOOD
It’s a Sunday morning, we’ve bashed out our runs, we’re back home pumped from our Strava statistics with a coffee watching Jake live his best life and inspiring us. Kudos legend

[ArteUltra]

Most entertaining youtuber at the moment, bingewatched your entire catalogue in 2 days

[SamuelBurgessFitness]

Love the scran to Japan segments,

You need to bring back “MUNCHY, CRUNCHY time for LUNCHY!”

[DavidLau-fm]

Oh man, what an inspiration again! Makes me wanna cry (out of joy) and laugh at the same time. The vibes are just incredible.
I started my running journey in March 24 at age 42. Ran my first ever HM in June and finished in 1:59:01, and ran my first ever marathon in Oct. in 4:15:08; it was a „disaster“. Then I found this channel… the inspiration, motivation and energy it gave me are indescribable. Tripled my weekly mileage since and, fast forward, ran a new HM PB today in 1:37:21. Seriously, Jake, I couldn’t have done it without you!!! Next marathon is in 3 weeks but the big goal for this year is sub3:30 in Berlin.

[Euddnwnjskso]

how dare youtube hide this from me for 2 minutes

[luketopfer]

What an absurdly rapid return to form. I've also been off recently with an injury, and I'm dealing with the psychological questions of whether or not I'm re-injuring myself. Your training really inspires me, and I hope that I can smash it as hard as you!

[choccyverstapilton]

Casual 2:23 marathon comeback jog. Yep, makes sense! The cart horse is back 👊🏻

[joshneill]

You're a LEGEND Jake!
Really hope the injury niggles are behind you now.. BTW, Congratulations on that 2nd place.. Superb effort!
🏃‍♂️🏅🎉👏👏👏

[SotaMaehara]

I knew the title was gonna be something like this as soon as I saw the Strava activity for this race haha, love the grind!

[davidleonard]

Just randomly running a 2.23 with an injury😂😂 well done Jake

[J.e.f.f.r.e.y]

This was great. I have never thought about ultra long power walks for cross training. I’m learning a lot from your Japanese experience! thanks!

[RoshanFernandez-mdcf]

Forget Ran to Japan, rename it Miracle Man! Just awesome mate!! 🔥💪🏾. Inspiring and incredible 🙌🏽👏🏽

[tboss]

I had the hip arthroscopy done at 31. It’s a brutal one. Prob 10 months before I felt OK running. For a long while I thought the surgery had failed too. Really builds the mental fortitude when you make it out the other side though.

[brianmessemer]

Thank you for the Sunday morning pick me up, yet again! I had a 10K yesterday that did not go well, but after I watch a Jake video, I contextualize it all as part of the journey towards becoming a better runner in the future. The positivity and mindset takeaways set me up nicely every single time!!

[handoll]

I’ve been watching these vlogs for nearly six months and this is without doubt the craziest yet. Just one week from first aid tent to a marathon start line. I’ve got a new mantra to motivate me in my own running, that being “what would Jake do at this point”

[noahgreer]

Great vid as usual keep smashing it mileage monk!

[vivpm]

Saw this pop up on Strava and just had a little chuckle to myself - you’re mental, but fair play to you 😅💪🏻

[kellenscott]

Jake, look into heavy ass compound lifts to do when you are injured. 1-3rep max squats in order to stress the muscles evenly in concentric form. Stretch&sauna after lifting in order to get that muscle to relax evenly. Once it relaxes evening then it will reduce the connective tissue strain that surrounds it

[Bort_here]

Love hearing about your running history very enjoyable. You should do a breakdown of your progression too