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2:27 Marathoner Shimokado Quits Corporate League to Go Independent

As always, thank you all for your support!

I would like to announce that I, Miharu Shimokado, have quit the Nitori women's running team to relaunch my career as an independent pro marathon runner. I've made this decision to go independent because day by day I've felt more strongly that to grow as an athlete I have to be able to express my own unique style and color, in both the on times and the off.

As an independent runner free from the threat of being crushed under the weight of other people's image of the marathon I'm ready to become a truly beautiful runner in every sense. As an immediate goal I'll pursue qualifying for the MGC Race 2020 Olympic marathon trials. After that it's making the Tokyo Olympics marathon team. I want to show that you don't have to throw the woman part away to get stronger, that we are strong because we are women.

Please check out my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram! And remember the name Miharu Shimokado!

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Nitori to Form Women's Team Featuring Remi Nakazato and Focusing on the Marathon

http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASH4464KHH44UTQP02W.html

translated by Brett Larner

An involved source has revealed that Sapporo-based furniture and interior supplies retailerNitori Holdings is in the process of forming a women's running team.  2011 Daegu World Championships marathoner Remi Nakazato, who quit the Daihatsu team in February last year, will feature prominently on the team, which will be based in Kanto and, with a small number of athletes, will focus on developing marathoners.  The new team's coaching staff will include former Sakura AC assistant coach Katsuhiko Takahashi and former Route Inn Hotels head coach Tsutomu Takahashi.