Sister Cities - Senshu Marathon

Through Wellington's sister-city link with Sakai, every year a Wellington marathon runner can take part in the Senshu International City Marathon in Japan. Sakai is one of the host cities of this major running event.

In mid October, Wellington City Council and the Wellington Sakai Association ask for entries from marathon runners to represent the capital in the marathon the following February.

Catherine Quinn was the 2012 winner. She travelled to Japan, spent 3 nights in a home stay and took part in the race.

Criteria to Apply to Run in the Marathon

To enter, applicants had to:

• have completed marathons
• be a Wellington city resident
• be over 18 years old
• be a regular runner, fit and in training
• be able to run a mostly flat course marathon in winter conditions in 4 hours or less
• be very keen and able to be an ambassador for Wellington
• be very interested in embracing, adding to and taking part in the Wellington-Sakai sister city relationship while in Sakai and after you return home.

More Information

Christine Jones
Wellington Sakai Association

Bev Hodge
Wellington Sakai Association

Related Links

• Sister Cities NZ website

Department Details:
International Relations (Executive Strategy)