Runners start · local time — (half marathon) / 9:50(10km) / 9:55(5km) / 9:10(3km) / 9:25(1.8km) / 9:05(1.1km) / 9:35(1.1km Fun Run)
Half marathon·10km·5km·3km + parent-child category·Fun Run
The Asuwa River Fureai Marathon (Asuwa River Fureai Marathon) is a local race along the river in Fukui, Japan.
Course follows the Kita district and the banks of the Asuwa River,
with the organisers aiming to create an event where everyone can finish at their own pace beside the river in late autumn.
Fureai means meeting and interacting with others.
The event guidelines state at the outset that the race aims to broaden connections through running beyond the boundaries of the local community.
The Asuwa Welfare Association, a social welfare corporation, organises the event, while the Fukui City Association of Athletics operates the race.
Its purpose is to deepen understanding of social welfare and create opportunities for volunteers by combining running participation with volunteer activities.
Rather than focusing solely on competitors’ times,
the event connects its name and purpose by bringing participants and the people supporting the operation together to build local connections.
The events reflect that approach.
They include the adult half marathon, short-distance races for elementary and junior-high school students,
an event for parents and young children to run together, and Fun Run.
With different ages and ways of running represented within the same event, families and local groups have more opportunities to take part together.
The programme does not measure long-distance and children’s events against the same standard.
The riverside scenery,
intergenerational participation and local character come together to create a late-autumn Fukui race centred on both achievement and connection.
