Qualified Runners Needed To Run in 2018 Osaka/Kaizuka Senshu International City Marathon

Are you a serious marathon runner? Can you run a full marathon under 4 hours and 10 minutes?

The Culver City Sister City Committee, a non-profit international and intercultural community organization, is looking for one male and one female runner to run the 25th Annual Osaka Senshu International City Marathon scheduled for Feb. 18, 2018 and be a guest and hosted by our sister city Kaizuka, Japan.

As good citizen diplomats, the two selected runners will reside with Kaizuka host families during the five day stay. As participants you will meet other sister city runners as well as international runners representing many cities in Osaka.

Applicants must be over 18 years of age, be regular runners, fit and in training, be able to run a mostly flat course in winter conditions, be keen on representing Culver City and be interested in, embracing, contributing and participating in the sister city relationship while in Kaizuka and upon your return home. Currently, expenses covered include airfare, lodgings, meals and sightseeing. You must have your own international insurance.

Priority for qualified runner given to Culver City residents, working or living within a 2 mile radius not excluded; must have participated in full marathon runs during the last two years (times must be verified) and completed the run within 4 hours and 15 minutes. You will be required to become a member of the Culver City Sister City Committee.  Additionally, you will agree to reciprocate and host, at your home, a Kaizuka runner arriving in March 2018 to participate in the Los Angeles Marathon on behalf of Kaizuka City and Culver City.

If you are interested in applying for this exciting once in a lifetime opportunity, please contact David  Winslow, Kaizuka Marathon Chair directly at winslettes@aol.com  or at the Culver City Sister City Committee’s email box ccscc.inc@gmail.com. Applications may be downloaded here.

All completed applications must be returned via email to ccscc.inc@gmail.com or mailed and received no later than September 28, 2017 to Culver City Sister City Committee P.O. Box 1072, Culver City, CA 90232.