A journey into the fabled world of Japanese running.

"Welcome to Japan - the most running obsessed nation on earth - where:

- a marathon relay is the countries biggest annual sporting event

- thousands of professional runners compete for corporate teams

- marathon monks run a thousand marathons in a thousand days to reach spiritual enlightenment

Adharanand Finn spent 6 months immersed in this unique running culture to discover what it might teach us about the sport and about Japan, He also hoped to find out whether the Japanese approach would help him run faster.