Welcome to Reading Between the Lines
It’s nice to have you here! I’m Christine and I’m a journalist and freelance writer. I write about sports, science, and health and have written for Outside, Runner’s World, The Washington Post, Women’s Health, and more. I especially love telling stories about the intersection of sports science and women athletes and even wrote a book about it—UP TO SPEED: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes. (You can read more of my work here.)
I wasn’t always a writer. I came to it in my thirties after building a career in the nonprofit sector. Little Christine would be shocked to know that I didn’t become a doctor and instead made a career out of writing—a creative endeavor! I’m also a lifelong athlete, albeit a slow one. I love to run, hike, ski, swim, and surf. I used to teach yoga too.
This newsletter is a collection of essays and thoughts about writing and the messiness of life—active adventures, life in middle age, raising teens, and navigating a writing career and a creative life, especially during my debut year.
You’ll also get my take on some of the latest trends related to sports performance and fitness for women. Usually, it’ll be a question about women’s experience in sports that I’m insanely curious to understand. I’ll talk to experts and dig through the research literature and boil it all down to the essentials for readers in a way that disentangles myth and gender bias from real science.
Right now, I’m aiming to publish once or twice a month. There may be some shorter posts interspersed in-between with book-related news and events.
Questions? Want to connect? Email bychristineyu@gmail.com or find me on Twitter or Instagram.
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