Super Jay Jantaraboon - Thailand's greatest mountain athlete

The Endurance Asia Podcast

Jay Jantaraboon is the without debt the best outdoor adventure athlete Thailand has ever produced. Part of The North Face Adventure Team, he has twice finished top 50 in UTMB. He also has an incredible record ultra running in Thailand races, coming 1st or 2nd in every race he has competed in on his home turf.

A Background in Mountain Biking and adventure racing, following a 10 year stint competing in Muay Thau as a child and teenager, now 37, Jay is hitting the peak of his endurance career primarily as an ultra runner.

He competes this weekend at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championship in his back yard of Chiang Mai.

We cover:

• His early child hood and starting his sporting career in Muay Thai.

• How Muay Thai set him up to be an endurance athlete.

• Meeting Ryan Blair and becoming part of The North Face Adventure Team.

• Starting in MTB and progressing to multi sport and trail running

• What has been the favourite adventure race you have done?

• Tell us about the team, who do you enjoy racing with and why?

• You have taken to Trail running and are absolutely smashing it on your home turf in Thailand, I think you have won or at least podium ever race in Thailand. What it’s like running on his home soil

• Thailand by UTMB and racing in the UTMB in France.

• What else is coming up? You’ll be racing the world champs in Chiang Mai?

• How have you been with injuries? What do you do to reduce and recover well?

• Are there any runners coming out of Thailand we should be aware of and looking out for?

You can follow Jay at the following channels:

https://www.facebook.com/TrainWithSuperJay/

https://www.instagram.com/jay_jantaraboon/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/TheNorthFaceAdventureTeam