Peace Marathon

The information below refers to the 2009 event. It usually stays pretty much the same, but please check back for updated information.

Get those jogging shoes out of the cupboard and get one more wearing out of your Halloween costume too if you want to get on the telly. This annual event takes place over a mostly flat out and back course starting and finishing at Hiroshima Stadium in Kannon.

Don't be put off by the word "marathon", the longest distance is 10km and there is also a 5km. Although it is fairly competitive at the front, the emphasis is firmly on fun rather than a racing and it's perfect for those trying their first road race.

Everyone does get a chance to win prizes in what is sometimes the longest lottery in history, but with free flights, hotel vouchers and invitations to a Hokkaido marathon it's worth hanging around. One GetHiroshima team member won a round trip flight to Tokyo a few years ago, so it can happen.

Pick up entry forms at any branch of Hiroshima Bank, Momiji Bank and public sports centers and kouminkan.

Entry Fees:

1km
• Elementary School Students (must be accompanied by an adult)¥600
• Junior & Senior High School Students ¥1200
• Adults & University Students ¥2300

5km
• Adults & University Students ¥2300
• Junior & Senior High School Students ¥1200
• Elementary School Students (must be accompanied by an adult) ¥600

10km
• Adults & University Students ¥3000
• Senior High School Students ¥1800

• The 1km kids race starts at 11:10
• The 5k starts at 11:00
  
• 10k starts at 11:20
  
• 5k wheelchair race starts at 11:30
• All participants should pick up their numbers at Hiroshima Stadium by 09:50.

Individuals can enter online here and groups here (for the form annotated in English click here. Once you submit your entry (hit the button labeled 申し込む) you need to pay your entry fee at the bank with the following information:

• Bank name（銀行名
  Yuucho ginkou（ゆうちょ銀行）
• Number（番号）
  01340-8-46979
• Account name （口座名）
  Hiroshima kokusai heiwa marason iinkai（ひろしま国際平和マラソン実行委員会）

Groups have to send in a paper form which you can download and print out by clicking on the images on the top page of the race website.

If you need someone to help you fill in the forms and send money, try Yanbo's running shop where the Sasakis are the most knowledgeable and helpful people in town when it comes to running events in and around Hiroshima.

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Click here for our beginners' 10K tips.

Address:
Hiroshima Sougou Stadium
Hiroshima-shi, Nishi-ku
広島市西区観音新町

Dates/Times:
03 November

For more information:
URL:	www.hiroshima-marathon.com/
Tel:	082-234-4679 (Peace Marathon Office)