From Yorkshire to Tokyo – Jake Barraclough (@RanToJapan)

This week, Ryan sits down with Jake Barraclough—better known online as RanToJapan—to unpack one of the most fascinating journeys in the distance running world. From a junior talent in the UK, to US college athlete, to Japan-based marathoner with a 2:14 PB, Jake’s story is anything but ordinary.

We cover it all—how MMA shaped his early mindset, what it’s really like training solo in Japan, surviving 300km weeks, collapsing across the Tokyo Marathon finish line, and the rise of his YouTube channel which has exploded to 75K+ subscribers in just 8 months.

Jake shares insights into his “train harder, not smarter” philosophy, how he’s preparing for next weekend’s Gold Coast Marathon, his honest take on YouTube monetisation, Japanese running culture, and what it takes to chase a sub-2:10 marathon.

If you’ve ever wondered what triple runs feel like, how to carb load kamikaze-style, or what it takes to build a running brand from scratch while living abroad—this is the one.

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🎧 Tune in to hear Jake’s story and get inspired to up that mileage.

If you enjoy the episode, drop us a rating or share it with a mate—it really helps! And stick around next week for Jake’s post-race debrief… straight from the horse’s mouth.

These episodes are not getting any smaller. Probably our biggest ever.

In depth discussions about the weeks results in Paris Diamond League, BMC Record Breaker meet in UK, Paavo Nurmi Games, Gjert Ingebrigstens court case, the future of Grand Slam Track after their new media partnership

+ so much more :)

Raf is a man who’s fingertips are allover high performance in Australia's Endurance Scene. A former world #3 ranked ITU Duathlete, bringing a mix of experience as an elite athlete himself, a physiotherapist for some of Australias most recognisable sports teams and greatest ever runners, he is a high level performance coach who specialises in physiological, biomechanical and physiological upskilling of athletes, through theIntegrated Endurance System developed by Front Runner – a high performance coaching and physiotherapy Business based in Perth WA of which todays guest is the owner and founder.

Join us as we unpack a career full of success and explore how Raf transitioned from a life as World #3 ranked ITU Duathlete, to Physio for some of Australia's best athletes to one of Australia's most well respected Endurance experts from a physiological, biomechanical and Psychological point of view.

So much gold packed into here for listeners to enjoy, as well as a host of bonus listener questions.

Eoin plays host this week as Ryan is away on a stag (Bucks) party.

The lads cover off running news from absolutely everywhere including: doping Bans, Grand Slam Track being cancelled? On Track nights: Vienna, Oslo Diamond League, UK Athletics 10,000m Champs, The Ingebrigsten Running Club, NCAA's

YouTube diaries stops in Ireland this week and the lads cover off another training week.

The lads resume recording from three different countries.

Rome Diamond League takes up the bulk of running news and action where there was a womens 1500 & 5000m as well as a mens 1500m. We talked about Breaking4 and the two part documentary that has been confirmed, Mantz & Clayton Young have gone their separate ways, a pending 5000m world record attempt and NCAA DI athletes finally getting paid. Dean completes his biggest ever mileage week (inclusive of a 50k race - 6th FASTEST AUSTRALIAN OF ALL TIME), Eoin continues building and adds more quality to a 95k week, Ryan gets back on the horse (bike) and completes a good week of cross training.

Listener questions are addressed.

The lads return for a full episode with plenty going on.

Ryan dials in from Marseille (France) after attending a wedding party in Mallorca this past week so is feeling a little sorry for himself.

Dean is back in the motherland holding the fort as per and continuing to stack training blocks in the double threshold manner on his rebuild post Ballarat and eyes up a 50k training run next week.

Eoin is back in the swing of training in Ireland and had also turned to the lactate monitors to measure his effort levels in his pursuit of new found fitness (fat camp)

- Rabat DL from last week

- BoulderBoulder from last week

- Launceston Half (Tasmania)

- Leonora Golden Gift (WA)

- Grand Slam Track Phillidelphia

YouTube diaries gets an new feature in the way of Elliot Giles - GB athlete (800m and 1500m). Double Trouble makes a return as Eoin softly takes a swing at some rockstars, Ryan touches on his cultural experiences in France too.

Plenty going on here.

The boys record together with both Ryan and Eoin now in the UK & Ireland, Dean holds the fort in Perth.

In depth results from HBF run for a reason and the Sound Running Festival.

Ryan tells a story (that he's been itching to) of when he ran with Jake Wightman.

Listener question regarding nutrition around nutrition choices.

YouTube diaries touches on the Makou boys and a podcast feature.

Ryan and Dean and joined by Eoin who is finally able to provide a positive update on his injury status!

The lads unpack recent goings on in the professional running scene in Doha and Tokyo as well as previewing Sundays Great Manchester 10k (which we were proudly able to provide a livestream to BBC2 via our instagram story).

Training week sees Dean return to business as usual with a slight difference in his approach - trialling the increasingly popular Scandinavian Double Threshold method. Ryan gets the results of last weeks MRI scan and provides an update on his current state of play and plan of attack to target a return, whilst Eoin tells us some good news and returns to jogging.

Eoin and Dean talk about Ben is Running for this weeks YouTube diaries segment and the lads go slightly off topic with a couple of other youtube interests..

Ryan takes fire with Double Trouble - again aiming it at himself - being topically conscious of clogging peoples Strava feeds with cycling and cross training activities.

Thanks for tuning in, thanks for writing in, please continue to do so. We love answering the questions :)