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Kasumigaura Marathon Plans to Go Ahead Next April

On Aug. 25 the organizing committee of the 31st Kasumigaura Marathon in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki announced that they are planning for the race to take place on its regular weekend date on Apr. 18, 2021. Based on prefectural directives, the race will be held with a limited field size. A final decision as to whether it will go ahead will be made in February based on the coronavirus situation at that point. In its last running in 2019 Kasumigaura had 10,096 finishers, with thousands more in its 10 mile and 5 km divisions.

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