Glad to hear you are feeling better Crankin! I think it actually broke 60 today, and sunshine this afternoon after horrible fog this morning. Most of the snow is gone now, and I've been seeing more bikes out all week :-)

I do hope that I can compete again later this year or next spring. Unless we can somehow unfreeze my scapula, however, I won't be able to go up in weight - and it is hard to justify the expense of formally competing when I can't even attempt a higher rank. We will see how it goes. Regardless I am still doing both competition specific training AND general KB fitness training. I just have to be smart. I've already had to give up mountain bike and regular cycling due to the neck injury from the mtb crash, my bad knee keeps me from trail running (but not hiking), my shoulder problem prevents me from doing more traditional bilateral lifting - so if I allow my ego to push me to where I've got to give up kettlebell lifting I honestly do not know what I could replace it with. It is an incentive to stay healthy

Hopefully I am the only one here who has been known to injure herself to reach a goal - but I suspect that I am not. My coach is very much like me however, which makes it easier to listen to him.