Kathy Karlo chronicles a life spent moving ever upward: “Climbing has brought me closer to more successes and failures than anything else in my life. It’s a life journey that forever tests the limits of possibility.”

“Baseball was my Yoga, before Yoga was my Yoga.” Jackie Howell, the Baltimore Orioles fan behind The Baseball Bloggess, writes about the game and its rich history with a mixture of deep knowledge and humor.

In this Field Notes blog of the nonprofit Mountain2Mountain, Shannon Galpin chronicles the effort to grow the community of women cyclists in Afghanistan, through bike and equipment distribution and other support programs.

The ultimate gymnastics site for the ultimate gymnastics nerd, featuring interviews, features, histories, and opinion pieces.

Writer and ultrarunner James Stewart publishes race reports, musings about running, and gear reviews (as well as book reviews with a preference for his literary hero, Sherlock Holmes).

The Undefeated explores the intersections of race, sports, and culture. Powered by WordPress.com VIP, it publishes innovative storytelling and provocative commentary.

The college students and sports fans behind Corner Three believe that sports is truly more than meets the eye; their incisive blog goes beyond basic play into facts, statistics, and analysis.

Mirjam Wouters travels the globe on two wheels. Her blog — part photo journal, part travelogue, part diary — gives us a chance to hop on the back of her bike and see the world as she does.

Stephen Lund is an imaginative Strava-obsessed cyclist, sketching and recording Strava art with his bike routes around Victoria, British Columbia.

NewBallpark covers “the never ending quest for a proper home for the Oakland Athletics,” but it’s so much more than that. It’s about how pro teams operate in cities, and how cities must navigate a difficult financial situation.

Sports commentary with (hopefully) a touch of humor and a very slight bias toward Australian supremacy. Kazblah covers cricket, cycling, football, and more.

Australian cyclist Chloe Hosking rides in the women’s pro peleton for a Norwegian team. Follow her as she rides in everything from the Commonwealth Games to the Tour of Qatar to the Olympics.

Five-time Canadian track and field champ and current pro cyclist Michael Woods takes us inside the peleton, chronicling his races around the world with great storytelling and powerful images.

Baseball lovers Steve and Chad partner on Redleg Nation, a blog dedicated to enthusiastic, smart, and civil discourse about their favorite baseball team, the Cincinnati Reds — but you don’t need to be a Reds fan to appreciate their incisive baseball commentary.

UK-based fine artist Maxine Dodd uses pen, ink, and watercolor to capture fleeting moments or actions that happen at speed. See sports as you haven’t seen them before.