Mart-Mari Breedt

2022/2023 Training Cycle Blog

Woensdag, 23 November 2022

Die liewe vinnige einde (vervolg) Vanoggend se oefensessie was besonderlik uitdagend. Jateen het dit goed gedink om vir my presies dieselfde sessie spesifikasie as laas week Woensdag te gee – wat ek reken ‘n goeie ding is. Ek sukkel om te versnel gedurende die laaste derde van ‘n hardloop sessie. En as sagteware ingenieur glo […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 3 years agoJuly 5, 2023

2022/2023 Training Cycle Blog

Saturday, 19 November 2022

As it turns out, running 15 km after nearly five weeks of not running further than 10 km is not as easy as one-two-three. (I wanted to say “as easy as riding a bike”, but I didn’t want to offend any cyclists.) Despite sticking to a low heart rate zone and not pushing myself, I […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 3 years agoJuly 5, 2023

2022/2023 Training Cycle Blog

Thursday, 17 November 2022

Today’s strength training session was… different. We did simple exercises, but many (MANY) repetitions of those exercises. There was no single exercise I couldn’t do or even struggled with – unlike what sometimes happens during a strength session. One would think I would’ve cruised through today’s session, but I did not. It was challenging! By […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 3 years agoJuly 5, 2023

2022/2023 Training Cycle Blog

Woensdag, 16 November 2022

Ek het nie gister gedraf nie want hoe meer ek probeer het om by die pad uit te kom, hoe meer het ek myself in die badkamer bevind. Lateraan het ek maar my oefenklere gaan uittrek en aanvaar dat ek nie ‘n 45-minute draf gaan kan deursien nie. Dit wil vir my voorkom asof ek […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 3 years agoJuly 5, 2023

Blog

Discipline

I have to word this carefully as I do not want it to sound pessimistic. I find things don’t work for me as it does for others. When I rest, I become unfit quickly. Although it was hard work training for a marathon, marathon training caused me to run slower. I know we were training […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 3 years agoJuly 5, 2023

2022/2023 Training Cycle Blog

Donderdag, 10 November 2022

Vanoggend se oefening was ‘n uur-lange draf – gemaklike pas, niks vreemds of nuut nie. Ek bekommer dat ons nou weer begin met oefensessies van ‘n uur of meer in die middel van die week. Dit blý maar iets wat vir my moeilik is om in te pas. Maar dis óók nou weer waar die […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 3 years agoJuly 5, 2023

2022/2023 Training Cycle Blog

Wednesday, 9 November 2022

Today’s training was a 40-minute strength session. My workout included sets of hold, flow and high-energy exercises. I found the hold exercises in each set the most strenuous. There were squat, plank, lunge, pilates-hundreds (I am unsure if this name is correct) and bear-crawl positions to hold for as long as 40 seconds at a […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 3 years agoJuly 5, 2023

2022/2023 Training Cycle Blog

Dinsdag, 8 November 2022

Vanoggend was ek lus om te gaan draf, maar, o wee, die reën was iets vreesliks gewees. Ek het by ons kombuis eiland gestaan, reeds geklee om te draf, en die reën deur die venster dopgehou. Rondom ons hek, die ene waar ek sou moes deur om buite te kom, het die water poele gestaan. […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 3 years agoJuly 5, 2023

2022/2023 Training Cycle

Thursday, 3 November 2022

I know a traditional Chinese curse that translates to “May you live in interesting times.” This morning’s run was interesting. And I am unsure if that is good or bad — it is only interesting. I thought I had a 45-minute easy run to complete today — which is what my workout’s description was. However, […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 3 years agoJuly 5, 2023

2022/2023 Training Cycle

Wednesday, 2 November 2022

I considered introducing myself at our morning standup meeting as being dead. My training today was a 40-minute HIIT strength workout. The only exercise I struggled with was the chest-to-floor burpee, but that doesn’t mean it was an easy session. I had ten different activities to do and 30 seconds for each one, but no […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 3 years agoJuly 5, 2023

Author: Mart-Mari Breedt

Woensdag, 23 November 2022

Saturday, 19 November 2022

Thursday, 17 November 2022

Woensdag, 16 November 2022

Discipline

Donderdag, 10 November 2022

Wednesday, 9 November 2022

Dinsdag, 8 November 2022

Thursday, 3 November 2022

Wednesday, 2 November 2022

Interested in how I lost my emotional weight?