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On Dec. 15 the management of the Juhachi Shinwa Ginko women's corporate team announced that 2018 Asian Games marathon silver medalist Keiko Nogami , 35, will retire next month. Her final race will be the Jan. 24 Kitakyushu Women's Invitational Ekiden . After retiring she plans to return to her family home in Hyogo. Her plans beyond that have not yet been settled. Nogami struggled with injuries ever since her time at Hyogo's Suma Gakuen H.S. Suma Gakuen won the National High School Ekiden her senior year, but she was only an alternate and did not run. After graduating she joined the Sanix corporate team, which disbanded a short time later. She ran her debut marathon at age 29, set her PBs of 15:24.70 for 5000 m, 32:07.70 for 10000 m and 2:26:33 for the marathon in 2018 at age 32, and her half marathon PB of 1:09:27 in 2019 at age 33. Nogami had an injury to her left shin about three months before the MGC Race Olympic marathon trials in September, 2019. Although she fell be...

Keiko Nogami age: 33 sponsor: Juhachi Ginko graduated from: Suma Gakuen H.S. best time inside MGC window: 2:26:33, 5th, 2019 Nagoya Women’s Marathon PB: 2:26:33, 5th, 2019 Nagoya Women’s Marathon other PBs: 5000 m: 15:24.70 (2018) 10000 m: 32:07.70 (2018) half marathon: 1:09:27 (2019) marathons inside MGC window (Aug. 1 2017 – April 30 2019) 20th, 2019 Tokyo Marathon, 2:38:23 2nd, 2018 Jakarta Asian Games Marathon, 2:36:27 5th, 2018 Nagoya Women’s Marathon, 2:26:33 – PB 2nd, 2017 Dongguan Asian Championships Marathon, 2:29:05 2nd, 2017 Hokkaido Marathon, 2:30:11 other major results: 1st, 2019 Sendai International Half Marathon, 1:09:27 – PB 10th, 2019 Marugame Half Marathon, 1:13:28 3rd, 2018 National Sports Festival 5000 m, 15:37.28 3rd, 2016 Osaka Half Marathon, 1:11:52 2nd, 2015 Gold Coast Marathon, 2:29:36 5th, 2015 Nagoya Women’s Marathon, 2:28:19 Along with Kensuke Horio (Toyota), Nogami is one of two graduates of Suma Gakuen H.S. to make the...

Keiko Nogami , star runner of the Juhachi Ginko women's ekiden team, will represent Japan in the 16th Asian Marathon Championships Nov. 26 in Dongguan, China. Excited about her first time wearing the Japanese national colors, Nogami said, "I've been given a great opportunity. I'm really targeting a domestic race next year, but since I'm running this one I'll be aiming for the top." Nogami's training this season has been going well and she is in good shape. At October's Ehime National Sports Festival she finished 3rd in the women's 5000 m, and later the same month at the National Corporate Women's Ekiden Championships qualifying race she took 2nd on its toughest stage, the 10.7 km Third Stage, just 2 seconds from winning it. Nogami was selected for the Asian Marathon Championships based on her results including August's Hokkaido Marathon, where she finished 2nd in 2:30:11 in just her fourth career marathon. The race takes place t...

http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye2898668.htm translated and edited by Brett Larner The Princess Ekiden , gateway to the throne of Japan's ekiden queens.  28 teams competed Oct. 23 for the 14 remaining spots at next month's National Corporate Women's Ekiden Championships . The fierce battle to sit atop the throne started right out of the gate.  Its big movement came on the 3.8 km Fourth Stage.   Shuru Bulo , making her debut for toilet and washlet maker Toto , made up a 46-second deficit to put Toto into the lead by 4 seconds.  From there on out Toto sailed on smoothly and without straining to score its first Princess Ekiden title by 45 seconds over rival Noritz .  The win meant a fourth-straight appearance at Nationals for the Toto team.  Can they become the queens of tomorrow? More drama was to found further back in the field in the race for the 14th and final ticket to Nationals.  In 14th on the second-to-last stage, the Juhachi Gink...