That was the end of my track and field career. I saw someone had a marathon T-shirt on, and I was like, 'Oh I wonder what's that all about, I don't even know how long that is,' and I decided to jump on in never having run a road race before, ever.
The first marathon she ran in was in Arizona, and she crossed the finish line in 4 hours, 37 minutes. She's a shade better now. In a May 29 qualifying race in Ottawa, she ran 2 hours, 40 minutes, 32 seconds — ahead of the Olympic qualifying standard of She has been as fast as in the past year. She had originally planned to aim for a qualifying time in Houston in January but came down with a violent flu just before the race.
That led her to Ottawa, where she battled degree temperatures to make the cut. It added up to a golden opportunity, competing for a nation slightly smaller than the state of Wisconsin with less than half the population. Both sides of Hilborn's family are Latvian — she's percent Latvian descent and grew up surrounded by the country's heavy influence in her home.
In , Latvia opened up its citizenship to children and grandchildren of Latvian citizens who fled the country to escape Communism and were never let back in. Ariana enjoys reading, doing crossword puzzles, wine tasting pre-baby!
She also teaches Kindergarten full time which keeps her on her toes! She loves running on the many smooth trails in Phoenix and Northern Arizona. Remain healthy and have a healthy pregnancy and delivery. She looks forward to working back to fast after Baby Hilborn is born in June! You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email.
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