Week in Review: April 6–12, 2026 It was a busy week on the blog! Fourteen posts from nine writers, covering cycling, skating, swimming, volleyball, powerlifting, retirement, birthdays, diet culture, and
by Mallory Brennan Recently, I celebrated a birthday! I won’t tell you exactly which one, but suffice to say, I am confidently past the age of 30 (it took a
Last Tuesday, I tuned 64, a pretty innocuous age to become, but I celebrated it with gusto. Here are the numbers: I love birthdays– mine, other peoples’, the general concept–
I’m standing at the hotel room sink brushing my teeth when I catch the sideview of my naked body in the closet mirror door. A wave of disgust hit me.
Week one is done. How did I do? Much better than anticipated, considering that I barely rode all winter, and the weather hasn’t been cooperating. I missed April 1 because
There was a time when I might miss a session or two at the gym, and I would feel relief and then dread. The time never got wasted—life demands have
I was a little less nervous and spent fewer minutes clinging to the boards during our second skating lesson. Time flew by! We skated forward and backward. Worked on stopping
by Mallory Brennan Hello blog world! It’s been a while since I wrote a blog post, but (with some prodding and gentle nagging) here’s a short post on coming back
Content warning: the following post includes personal thoughts about diet/body image. “I work out 5 days a week. Eat enough protein, not too many carbs, good sleep and on HRT
Sam After our winter weekend triathlon, Sarah and I returned to Guelph determined to improve our skating. I signed up for Skate Canada’s CanSkate program and the first class was
