日曜日は長野マラソンが長野市のオリンピック施設を回りながら行われました。その関係で何人かの選手が亀清に泊まってくれた。シンガポール、米国、フランス、イギリスなど、様々な国から走りに来ました。
そして、日本人のカップルさんも日曜日にお着きになって、偉い運動してきたように見えた。聞いたら、山梨県の清里の辺から、佐久の方まで、８０ｋｍ歩いたそうだ。午後9時出発で夜を通じて歩いたって。すごい！
来月はこの戸倉上山田温泉から善光寺までの「牛に引かれて善光寺」のウォーキングイベントが行う。その３０ｋｍが長いように感じたけど、佐久までのイベントの距離の半分以下だし、尚且つ夜じゃなくて朝からお昼まで。
中村さん達、ご苦労様でした！

Last Sunday, the Nagano Marathon was held in Nagano City, with a course that snakes around the various Olympic venues. We had several guests stay at Kamesei that competed in the event. They were quite an international bunch: from Singapore, France, the States, and the UK.
Then a Japanese couple arrived in the evening. They looked like they had ran a marathon, too. But they said it had been a walk -- an 80+ km walk from near Kiyosato in neighboring Yamanashi Prefecture to Saku City. And they walked it during the night! Wow!
Next month, on May 5th, our town will hold its annual 30km walk from Togura Kamiyamada Onsen to Zenkoji temple in honor of the "Pulled by an ox to Zenkoji" legend. It had always felt like a long walk, but it's only 30km, and is held during the daytime.
Nakamura-san, good job!