# 74. The Jake Barraclough Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/runners-fm-6999305/74-the-jake-barraclough Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/runners-fm-6999305/74-the-jake-barraclough.md Podcast: [Runners FM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/runners-fm-6999305) Published: 2026-02-25T02:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/runners-fm/episodes/74-the-jake-barraclough Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66c79ec00f3233b2d3a177e3/e/699dff730e248fdc4f4cfe1f/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/runners-fm-6999305/episodes/74-the-jake-barraclough Duration seconds: 3572 ## Resource In this week’s episode, we finally welcome our most requested guest yet. We caught up with Jake Barraclough (Ran To Japan) directly from Japan. Tune in for an engaging conversation about Jake's Japanese-style training methods, his crazy high mileage and his middle distance training. We also also discuss Jake's Brooks shoe rotation, his ambitious goals for 2026, and much more. You don’t want to miss this one! 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: Jake Barraclough @rantojapan (Jake's YouTube ) CHECK OUT THE RUNNERS FM TV YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/runners-fm-6999305/episodes/74-the-jake-barraclough/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/runners-fm-6999305/74-the-jake-barraclough.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.