http://mainichi.jp/sports/news/20121107k0000e050182000c.html translated by Brett Larner A twelve-year blank behind her, she is back in the world where what matters most is the passing of the tasuki from one to another. 36-year-old Saori Abe of Miyazaki ran in the Nov. 3 East Japan Corporate Ekiden Championships for the Nihon Chemicon women's team. "I may be the oldest one on the team but I'm running with the spirit of a newcomer," she said after the race, the beads of sweat running down her face welcome and refreshing. Abe is a native of Tahara, Aichi. After graduating from Seisho H.S. she joined the Yutaka Giken corporate team in Hamamatsu in 1995, where she ran in the National Corporate Women's Ekiden Championships. In April, 2000 she married Honda Hamamatsu runner Nobuharu Abe , 41, and quit the team to focus on her work at the company. However, in those days women continuing to work after getting married was not yet a common part of the corp...
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