Day 69: I Can. I Will. Watch me.

I have a goal.

I don't know when I will reach it, but I will.

I am going to earn my certification in kettlebells.

I will be able to be an HKC instructor should I choose, and I will be in the best shape of my life!

I've "talked" (via FB msgs) a few times to Tracy Reifkind, who is considered the "Queen of Swing" in the world of kettlebell. She is the most encouraging, the most motivating woman I've ever (not) met! I am doing some serious hero worship on her. LOL

Her husband, Mark Reifkind, is one of only 9 Master RKC Instructors in the U.S. That is the HIGHEST level. They have a gym in San Jose, how I wish I could go train with them a few times!

In 2004, Tracy started swinging kettlebells at age 42, and at 250 lbs. Since picking up a kettlebell, Tracy hasn't looked back. She is in amazing shape and kettlebells helped to erase every sign of her former obesity. Something Tracy wrote on her own blog in early 2008 really speaks to me and helps me forgive myself and believe in myself after struggling with my leg injury for the past year:

"Starting again is not the same as starting over. Every time we start again we don't lose the experience of our first steps, we bring them with us. We don't forget our beginning, we learn from it. And our beginning gave us the base to define where we are currently and where we need to go. I just need to keep moving forward. And if moving forward means healing, then recovery is not moving backwards...it's readjusting the speed of the journey....of the experience."


I will have my own story. And my own photos. And my HKC certification.

And an absolutely AMAZING back!