In this episode, Kate brings a boat-load of research about athletes who bleed. (So much we had to break it up into multiple episodes.) We cover team sports, solo competitors, olympic performances, and the outrageous reasons why menstruators have been stopped from competing. Plus, we hear from sporty blisteners! Put on some white jersey shorts and free bleed on the field with us!

If you're blinterested in learning more about menstruation and athletics, here is where we got some of our bleedsearch:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/30908551

https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/08/17/how-periods-might-affect-womens-athletic-performance/

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5011904

https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/kbdbwm/for-elite-athletes-periods-are-still-a-question-mark

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/19/emily-seebohm-i-won-olympic-golds-with-endometriosis-anything-is-possible