Final Surge Podcast

We have a great interview for you today. Imagine this story, someone who never ran until after college, ran their first race, a marathon in 4 hours and 37 minutes, then just six years later they run an Olympic qualifier and are headed to Rio to run in the Olympics. This is not a hollywood movie script, this is the story of Ariana Holborn. Now on to the show. Had a chance to meet you and hear your story can you tell us about your long high school running career? You just ran in the Rio Olympics, so if you did not run in high school, how did you get your start? So your very first race ever was a marathon? Which one? So what did your running career look like after that first marathon, you obviously caught the bug. 2008 you run your first race and run a 4:37 marathon, then one year later you run a BQ? What was your training like? You went from 0 to 70 miles in a year, did you encounter any injuries? In 2010 you join John Reich's team, where did you go from there? Then in 2014 at US Marathon Championships you were