Thanks, and I do appreciate the encouragement. It is hard to replace riding, but I really only had 1.5 years of good riding before the injury occurred. After almost 3 years of what passes for "recovery" it seems time to face reality. I am VERY thankful for the other stuff I do. Thankfully one of those other things do provide the same level of focus to the present moment that riding does. The nature of kettlebell lifting requires that - especially to prevent the connection of heavy steel kettlebells with the skull