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AOMORI — The Aomori Sakura Marathon was held April 17 after being canceled for two consecutive years due to the COVID-19 pandemic
with participants running under a clear blue sky
 The event featured full and half marathon courses officially recognized by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations
The three-category event was participated in by 1,148 runners
with the starts staggered by 10 minutes so that six different groups started running at six different times in what is called a wave start method
 Former professional long-distance runner Kayoko Fukushi
made a surprise entry to the half marathon
Aomori Mayor Akihiko Onodera said: “After two years of cancellation due to the novel coronavirus
we can finally hold the event for the first time
who competed in women’s long-distance running events in four consecutive Olympics
appeared as a surprise guest and declared that she would run the half marathon
she wore a bib with her name handwritten on it and enjoyed chatting with other runners before the start of the race
cherry blossoms had just been declared to have bloomed the day before
a second-year student at Hirosaki University School of Medicine
said: “I didn’t have time to look at the cherry blossoms along the roadside
but the weather was nice and I enjoyed running
I would like to run the full marathon next year.”
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