28th Nihondaira Sakura Marathon

After a long hiatus from running, I decided to the 10k race at the 28th Nihondaira Sakura Marathon.

Of course, the name of marathon includes “sakura” which is cherry blossom in English, so here is an essential photo:

I convinced a friend to join me and we trained for about 12 weeks for the race. Here are some pictures before the race:

Notice the luxurious beard. I started growing it when we started training (Note: it was shaved off after the race)

Coming around the corner just before entering the stadium:

Finally, posing with our certificates of completion…

Now for the technical details from my NikePlus application in my iPhone…