Sincerely, The Desire To Win

We are athletes. We work. We train. We go through a hell of a lot. Basically the only thing we don't do is listen to our complaints. We do all this because of our desire, our drive, to win. And because of this, we are awesome. Keep on going, no matter what you do!..... Ironman triathlete since 2013. Physical Therapist- I won't diagnose you over the internet, please go find a PT or MD near you.

[thedesiretowin]

Good morning everyone!

Ankle is better- signed up for a half marathon with my mom and sister in May

I want to be sub 1:40, but we'll see!

I got really out of shape over xmas

[thedesiretowin]

Update on ankle!

Still wearing my brace at work because who knows what a patient will do!

But I did 30 min easy on a stationary bike (seat way low so I don't plantar flex much during the pedal stroke) and didn't have more than slight discomfort occasionally!! Success!!!

Will keep monitoring it, and I'm spending more and more time out of the brace.

Yay recovery!!

My rehab for it right now is still just pain free active ROM several times a day.

Also I can finally sit kind of cross legged again! With the bad leg out front instead of under/on the other.

Still a little swollen, especially around the lateral malleolus...

Sigh

[mariana-runs]

WOW I’ve run a bunch of races so far in 2019 🏃🏻‍♀️

The theme of this year is running. I started the year with a run streak, but now I’m focusing on how my body feels, getting stronger, and allowing myself to rest after pushing harder in workouts and races. I’ve gotten a PR at 3 of my 5 races, and I’m tracking to PR my next two. On a regular training run I happened to PR my 5K. I’m so impressed that my body is getting better and stronger through all of my training, and I’m excited to see where it takes me in the coming months!

[thedesiretowin]

😍😍😍

Congratulations!! That's quite the accomplishment!!

I'm excited to see where the best free months take you, too!

Cheering for you!

[thedesiretowin]

Good thing I like salads, because I have to eat really well until my ankle heals enough to get back in the swing of it.

8 days out and it's still rough. Definitely grade 2 sprain.

Oh well. Getting in lots of arm days in the meantime

[thedesiretowin]

This is going to be fun to walk around on today.

Update from rolling my ankle yesterday.

I suspect a grade 1-2 sprain. It doesn't hurt near as bad today, and I was able to weight bear on it yesterday. Today I can do stairs with only a slight sharp twinge at the end of my dorsiflexion range.

Either way I'm wearing a brace today and skipping the gym (might go to my apartment gym and do free weights while sitting on a bench or do lat pull machine...)

Yay injury!

[thedesiretowin]

PSA: WATCH OUT FOR PINECONES

Rolled my ankle on my run this morning. Not fun.

[thedesiretowin]

I've been having a hard time thinking up original content for this little blog. All I've been doing is running and hitting the gym (although very infrequently).

Life is Life, and it definitely has it's ebb and flow.

I'm very happy, but that doesn't make for a good blog post 🤣.

Work has me busy, but I honestly love it. I got out an hour and a half early due to one of my patients going back to acute care. None of my other patients had any missed time, and I even made up the 30 I was missing on one (which requires an extra note, so that was annoying).

But I still got out early. So I bought more salad for lunches and got home to change for a run when the tornado sirens went off and one of the most dramatic thunderstorms ripped through our apartment complex. I didn't feel like driving to my planet fitness to use the treadmill when it was storming. It lasted several hours, and finally it was evening when the skies cleared.

I went for a run then.

My little town was almost deserted. Normally I will pass a dozen runners on my 5 mi path. Today- nobody!

Not even cars!

Not going to lie, the humidity was brutal. But, it was so peaceful and the sky was stunning; I had to stop for a picture.

Anyway I hope you all can see the silver lining after something chaotic like a storm, and find the beauty on the other side.

Meanwhile I'm going to keep running, and keep grinding away to get my loans situated and the house-house built/closed on/furnished.

Then I'll go find a gym membership with a pool and slowly work back into triathlons.

-xoxo

TDTW

[thedesiretowin]

Are you single?

Nope! Happily dating the same person for almost six years at this point.

[thedesiretowin]

Hi there,i just wanted to say your tumblr rocks ! After wandering around here i got some motivation for my training,thank you!Keep it up ;) Just for tumblr bot: ? Cheers,

Thanks!! Keep up the training!! You're also motivating me!

[thedesiretowin]

Are you shy?

I used to be VERY, painfully, shy. But being a PT has really helped me get over that. I now crack really bad dad jokes on the regular and my job involves helping adults I've met once go to the bathroom.

So it is something that has gotten better.

But also I don't know how to shut up anymore. 😅😅😅

[thedesiretowin]

What is your background in sports? How did you get into triathalon?

I started swimming in highschool because my parents would go halves on a car with me if I would drive my sister to swim practice. By the time I took her and made it home, I would have about 30 min before I had to turn back around and go get her. So I started just swimming. I started riding bikes with my dad for daddy-daughter time. I started running in early highschool to lose weight and my mom got into it because she was jealous of the days I was spending with Dad.

So by the time I got to college I decided it would be a good idea to just throw them all together.

I wish it were more exciting

[thedesiretowin]

Getting in some new kinds of cardio. I have ZERO technical skills, but my endurance is letting me outpace my friend who learned to do this when he was 12.

(he hasn't skied since, but hey, I'll take that win)

[thedesiretowin]

Favorite swimsuit?

I'm a speedo single piece in the pool. Dolfin uglies suits are also great because they come in so many patterns and are cheaper. But I do find they stretch more quickly than my Speedos. But they make good drag suits

[thedesiretowin]

Honesty hour?

Ask me most anything. I'll answer when I have the chance :) unless it's too personal

[thedesiretowin]

Welcome back!!

Glad to be back!

[thedesiretowin]

I did 2 5ks for daylight saving time. The first was at 1am and the goal was to finish before the time change.

(if you didn't your watch time would say you took an extra hour!! 😱😱😱😱)

I got 1st in my age group and 4th overall female (super small event; I'm too out of shape to place at something super compete).

The second pic was from approximately 4 hours later after the second 5k, which the goal was to finish before the sun was fully up.

You can SEE how exhausted I was

There was a ton of torrential rain between the two events, so it was basically the same group both times. I had almost the exact same performance as the earlier one. My time was even within a few seconds.

At least I'm consistent???

Eagerly awaiting more race pics to come out

[thedesiretowin]

Happy Saturday!!

Just finished a 5 mile run this morning and am stretching by one of the many patches of daffodils blooming all over my new hometown.

Did you know they come in more that just yellow‽ I didn't

Next weekend I have a double 5k to get ready for, so that's exciting. One at 1am the other at 8am. You heard me right! 😁😁

Anyway, hope everyone has a productive day, and if you feel like it, let me know if you've got a race coming up, a long run, a fun run, it just had a great normal Saturday run!!!