The most read post this month was our group review of Nyad on Netflix. It was a sickly weekend but a lovely one with Sarah and me visiting Catherine in Boston. We recommend the movie and we also recommend catching up with old friends over Middle Eastern food, throat lozenges, walks around Walden Pond, and meeting new babies for the first time…New England autumn is awfully lovely.

Alison Conway ran the NYC marathon and then blogged about it for us. Her post which touched on running, but also on the subway and community and connections, was the second most read post in November. Did you miss it? You should go read it!

Awhile back (in 2020) I got annoyed at the appearance of my Zwift avatar and blogged about the absence of representation of large muscular women’s bodies in general. That post was the third most read this month.

Tracy’s 2013 (!) post The Shape of an Athlete is also on the theme of the diversity of athletic bodies and it’s still rocking along, this month as our fourth most read post.

I think Christine’s post on finishing 2023 soft struck a note with many of us around the blog. I loved it. I needed. Thanks Christine. It’s a great message. And it was the fifth most read post in November.

The sixth most read post in November was Cate’s classic, I’m 53 and a half and I’m still menstruating: is this a good thing?

Another classic, Yoga poses I simply can’t do, and what I do instead by Catherine, was our seventh most read post.

Cate’s Grief in Three Movements was eighth.

Is Enough Abundance? by Mina was ninth.

Guest blogger Cheryl wrote our tenth most read post, Racing at the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona.

Cate’s still menstruating post was the most read post in July.

In 2019 Catherine wrote about yoga poses she can’t do and what she does instead. Yoga poses was the second most read post on the blog in July.

Catherine and Pata test ride an adult e-trike and aren’t pleased was third.

Pain and the Human Playground (a mini review) by Sam was fourth.

Tracy’s 2013 post The shape of an athlete was the 5th most read post in July. Wild!

Sixth was Nat’s post on finding cycling bibs that fit.

Our seventh most read post was Sam’s post about heading into her last decade of work.

Leaving the university gym by Sam was our eighth most read post in July.

Nicole wrote about the TikTok Girl dinner trend and that was the ninth most read post in July.

Finally, our 10th most read post was On being a life-long clumsy/klutzy athlete (emphasis on the athlete part) by Catherine.

Catherine wrote about the Dalai Lama sticking his tongue out. She was writing about mediation but I guess people searching key terms related to the recent controversy found her post. This was our most read post in April.

Cate’s still menstruating post was the second most read post. It’s usually in the top ten.

Catherine’s 2017 post on the Sit rise test and what it does and doesn’t show is having a bit of a moment as the sit rise test is in the fitness news again. It’s our third most read post this month.

In 2019 Catherine wrote about yoga poses she can’t do and what she does instead. Yoga poses was the fourth most read post on the blog in April.

The first of the most read posts that was written this year, Mina’s Sweating like a whore was our 5th most read post.

In 2017 Michelle blogged bout her changing relationship with her FitBit. Walking 20k steps a day was our 6th most read post in April.

Tracy’s 2013 post The shape of an athlete was the 7th most read post in April. I still love that post too!

And in other Tracy news, she also blogged about her new project. Tracy’s new blog was our 8th most read post.

Pain and the human playground was a short review I wrote about a show about endurance athletes and their limits. It was the 9th most read post in April.

And last but not least, the 10th most read post was one of the latest installments in my ongoing saga of knee surgery and recovery, Knee surgery recovery second time around.

And tomorrow it’s the start of May!