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Collegiate Marathon Record Holder Sairi Maeda and Mother Junko to Reunite at Sunday's Nagoya Women's Marathon

http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2015/02/20/kiji/K20150220009838930.html

translated and edited by Brett Larner

Twenty Japanese and international elite athletes are scheduled to run Sunday's Nagoya Women's Marathon, the final selection race for the 2015 Beijing World Championships marathon team.  Among them is 23-year-old Sairi Maeda (Team Daihatsu), who in her debut marathon at last year's Osaka International Women's Marathon as a senior at Bukkyo University finished 4th overall in 2:26:46 to better the national university record by 4 minutes.  Running in the same race in the general division, her mother Junko Maeda ran 2:55:24 for a combined time of 5:22:10, a new mother-daughter world record by more than 8 minutes.  Now 52, Junko will again line up behind her daughter in the general division in Nagoya looking for another fast family outing.

Also in the field are 2014 Asian Games silver medalist Ryoko Kizaki (29, Team Daihatsu), under-20 national record holder Reia Iwade (20, Team Noritz) and 11 other domestic athletes, along with 7 international elites including Maria Konovalova (40, Russia).
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