桜ラン (cherry blossom run)

Ever since 3/11, the day the Tohoku earthquake struck, there has been the cancellation of virtually every race in East Japan in March and April- which I completely understand.

But it's hard not to be disappointed at a cancelled race.
There's something special about races...
Especially one such as the Hasetsune 30k!
I was really looking forward to this trail race...

So instead, on Sunday I decided I'd go for a run along a nearby river to check out the cherry blossoms.





So my run was not like a usual race as it was not hardcore or epic. But seeing so many cherry blossoms made me happy. Just as the cherry blossoms bloom in the spring, I wished for the lives lost in the natural disaster could somehow magically come back...

What really made me happy though- was seeing so many charity runners in red. Maybe, they all just happened to be wearing red.

But they gave me energy :) and I couldn't hold my smile back.