• Racing to help: Students from Tohoku who lost parents in the March 2011 disasters and employees of the Ashinaga charity cheer on runners during the Los Angeles Marathon on March 18. | KYODO
    Racing to help: Students from Tohoku who lost parents in the March 2011 disasters and employees of the Ashinaga charity cheer on runners during the Los Angeles Marathon on March 18. | KYODO
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LOS ANGELES – A marathon is a grueling challenge for most runners, but Kyoko Tashiro was beaming as she crossed the finish line in the Los Angeles Marathon, her first-ever race.

“The last 12 km were really hard but I had decided I would finish with a smile,” the 21-year-old said.

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