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The race is the reward

When I stood at the start of the 2022 Cape Town Marathon, it felt to me as if everything that I had done since 7 February 2017 – rejoining Weigh-less, starting to run, losing 80kg, going for therapy, writing a book, joining a running club, working with a coach – had all accumulated to one […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 2 years agoJuly 5, 2023

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Riglyne Rondom Gesond Eet #24

Die voedsel piramide was deel van my graad 3’tjie se lewensvaardighede werk verlede week. Hulle leer dat proteïene soos boublokkies is, en dat dit is wat ons liggaam gebruik om ander selle mee te maak. Dis waar. Proteïene is ‘n essensiële nutriënt – ‘n boublok – wat ons liggaam nodig het nuwe selle te vervaardig […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 2 years agoJuly 5, 2023

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Commit to when to start running again before walking

“Tell me at what point we will start running again.” It was my first time running ten kilometres with Coach Michelle, of which the first three kilometres were basically all uphill. I had just asked for a walking break when she asked the aforementioned question. I must’ve frowned at her in response… “We cannot walk […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 2 years agoJuly 5, 2023

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“Een keer ‘n vettie, altyd ‘n vettie.” Nè?

Baie glo hierdie. Sommige glo dit so sterk dat hulle nie eers wil begin probeer nie. Wanneer iets oor iemand se gewigverlies geskryf word op sosiale media is daar amper altyd kommentaar in die lyn van “Ja, dis alles goed en wel, maar dis die afhou wat die probleem is.” Jis, ek het ‘n broertjie […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 2 years agoJuly 5, 2023

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Riglyne Rondom Gesond Eet #23

Dis dalk meer kompleks en minder rigied, maar ‘n gesonde eetplan is soortgelyk aan die resep om ‘n koek te bak. Los een bestanddeel uit of vervang iets met iets anders, en die koek gaan waarskynlik flop. (Soos wat ék onlangs geleer het toe ek my uiters betroubare Wortelkoek resep probeer aanpas het.) In hierdie […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 2 years agoJuly 5, 2023

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Introspeksie

Ek wil jou iets van introspeksie vertel: dis nie maklik nie. Dis nie ‘n antwoord of iemand wat sê daar is jou probleem, en wanneer jy dit weet dan kan jy daarop ‘n pleister gaan plak en dit word gesond nie. Nee. Introspeksie is moeilik. Dis ure lank in jou eie geselskap sit en dinge […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 2 years agoJuly 5, 2023

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Die (On)Natuurlike Goed

Ek sê soms vir my hardloop afrigter: “Dit voel vir my asof al die ander hardlopers hierdie hardloop ding heeltemal bemeester het. Hoekom sukkel ek so? Hardloop is dan tog iets wat natuurlik moet wees.” En sy sal antwoord: “Dis nie waar nie. Almal sukkel! En om goed te kan hardloop is iets wat mens […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 2 years agoJuly 5, 2023

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Die beste is nog op pad

My jongste het gisteraand by ‘n maatjie oorgeslaap. Haar maatjie se mamma het foto’s aangestuur van die feestelikhede en ek het vir ‘n hele rukkie na die glimlaggende graad 3 gesiggies in gedagte gestaar. Hulle lewenspaaie is nou al vir ‘n paar jaar al verweef – van babasentrum tye, na voorskool en later laerskool. Daar […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 2 years agoJuly 5, 2023

2022/2023 Training Cycle Blog

What motivates me to push harder?

An observation from my run with Michelle on Friday was that I don’t push myself nearly hard enough. There were many times during that run I desperately wanted to run slower. And I would’ve… if it wasn’t for Michelle’s persistent pushing. I shared this observation with Michelle. She said: “You need to learn to push […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 2 years agoJuly 5, 2023

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How I started writing

I didn’t come to write, I believe, in the same fashion other authors did. I’ve never attended literature school – although I love languages and have always enjoyed reading. When I started therapy, the first in-depth discussion point between myself and my therapist was the relationship between my sister, who committed suicide, and me. My […]

Mart-Mari Breedt 2 years agoJuly 5, 2023

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The race is the reward

Riglyne Rondom Gesond Eet #24

Commit to when to start running again before walking

“Een keer ‘n vettie, altyd ‘n vettie.” Nè?

Riglyne Rondom Gesond Eet #23

Introspeksie

Die (On)Natuurlike Goed

Die beste is nog op pad

What motivates me to push harder?

How I started writing

Interested in how I lost my emotional weight?