Well, winter is finally coming to a close. We had the HAJET ski trip on the weekend of February 28. Fortunately, Saturday was freshly fallen snow and a sunny day. Not bad conditions for our skiing and snowboarding. Unfortunately, Sunday was rainy and warm. Instead of hitting the slopes, we headed to the local Chorakuji temple to see Muraoka\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s big Buddhas. While we couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get our ski trip to be a complete success, everyone seemed to have a great time. I guess it really is the end to the winter sport season. Spring is coming with its warm weather and beautiful flower blossoms and there is a lot to do. Why not get out of that winter funk with a new sport? Running!<\/p>\n
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That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s right. All over the prefecture there are marathon events with application deadlines approaching. With a range from 5k to full marathon, anyone can join. The running community in Japan is super friendly and always welcoming. Why not burn off some of that winter fat and bust that school year turnover stress with some running. Below is a list of just some of the marathons\u00e2\u20ac\u02dc names, lengths, and dates. If you are interested, why not get a group together and sign up. Try contacting people in your area. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a great way to spend a sunny spring weekend! For more information on the application, contact me at amwindeler@gmail.com<\/p>\n
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| \n Unicef Cup Ashiya International Fun Run<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 10k & Half<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n April 12th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n Mikibosai Spring Marathon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 5k\/10k\/Half\/Full<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n April 19th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n Relay Marathon Festa in Kakogama<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | \n May 5th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n Shinosen Marathon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 3k\/5k\/10k\/Half<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n May 24th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n Tataragi Dam Marathon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 2k\/5k\/10k\/Half<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n June 7th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n Zankoku Marathon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 24k<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n June 8th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n Kanabe Marthon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 5k\/10k\/Half<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n June 21st<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n Anastasia Windeler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, winter is finally coming to a close. We had the HAJET ski trip on the weekend of February 28. Fortunately, Saturday was freshly fallen snow and a sunny day. Not bad conditions for our skiing and snowboarding. Unfortunately, Sunday was rainy and warm. Instead of hitting the slopes, we headed to the local Chorakuji…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":4878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false},"categories":[120,421,356],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMAG0149.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |