{"id":297735,"date":"2024-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=297735"},"modified":"2024-10-11T01:51:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T01:51:00","slug":"usag-japan-hosts-running-event-welcomes-4000-visitors-to-sagami-general-depot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=297735","title":{"rendered":"USAG Japan hosts running event, welcomes 4,000 visitors to Sagami General Depot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Runners in the 8th East Japan Half Marathon, held Oct. 6 on Sagami General Depot, Japan, prepare to take off from the starting line as U.S. Army Garrison Japan Command Sgt. Maj. David Rio, right, gives the signal to begin.
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SAGAMI GENERAL DEPOT, Japan – Despite the chilly rain, more than 4,000 runners and spectators visited Sagami General Depot to enjoy the 8th East Japan Half Marathon, 8-kilometer run and \u201cEkiden\u201d relay races.<\/p>\n

U.S. Army Garrison Japan Command Sgt. Maj. David Rio provided opening remarks for the races, co-hosted by the Garrison\u2019s Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation and the Kanagawa Running Association.<\/p>\n

Rio said the event was a great opportunity for USAG Japan to welcome off-post friends and neighbors, and to showcase the Army\u2019s desire to be \u201cpart of the overall community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody was involved and excited (about the event),\u201d Rio said. \u201cIt seems like everybody’s having fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Runners compete in the 8th East Japan Half Marathon, held Oct. 6 on Sagami General Depot, Japan.
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Yuko Osawa, first-time event attendee, said she joined the race with four of her friends because she heard the U.S. Army-hosted races offered a great atmosphere and good food to enjoy after running.<\/p>\n

Osawa said she enjoyed racing on a base where she normally can\u2019t run and was happy and surprised to finish first place in the over-40 women’s category.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish there were more open-base running events like this,\u201d Osawa said. \u201cI definitely want to participate in the race again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Runners in the 8th East Japan Half Marathon, held Oct. 6 on Sagami General Depot, Japan, prepare to take off from the starting line as U.S. Army Garrison Japan Command Sgt. Maj. David Rio, right, gives the signal to begin. (Photo Credit: Noriko Kudo) VIEW ORIGINAL SAGAMI GENERAL DEPOT, Japan – Despite the chilly rain, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297737,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=297735"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297740,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297735\/revisions\/297740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/297737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=297735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=297735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=297735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}