Runners near and far gather during the Culver City Sister City Committee potluck event on Sunday. Among those who participated in the marathon event exchange between Los Angeles and Kaizuka (for the Shenshu Marathon) are, from left, Craig Schoenbaum, Ikuya Fujiwara, David Winslow, Miwa Miyashita, Ricardo Galiano, Erin Okawa, Paul Jacobs, Jessica Dorsey, Iyob Tessema and Mike Cohen, who hosted Sunday’s post-L.A. Marathon event.