"Only" kettlebell today

My kids have been on vacation, and so we were unable to run together this morning. I'm hoping we'll be able to run tomorrow, so I decided that today I'd only do my kettlebell class. I LOVE kettlebell class! It's just a half hour workout, but it's the most satisfying half hour workout I have ever had!

As I've mentioned, my sister Tracy is my teacher. She is a huge inspiration to me. Having lost more than 120lbs a few years ago, she has not only kept it off, but has become an amazing kettlebell teacher in the meantime. I've always looked up to my sister. She's smart, she's a fabulous cook (healthy food, too) and has a great style. And when she went from being more overweight than me, to about my weight, then to far surpassing my fitness, I was probably a bit intimidated by what she was able to accomplish. I didn't follow her lead, rather I just thought of her as the expert in weight loss and fitness.

Finally, when the new year came and I was coming up with ideas for what I wanted to do, I mentioned to Tracy that I was thinking of taking a kickboxing class. "Kickboxing, hah..." was how she responded. "Why don't you just take my intro to kettlebell class?" Well, that was my invitation and I went for it. Since then, I've taken her class every Saturday since the beginning of the year (5 weeks) and have become hooked. As I mentioned in my post a couple of days ago, I've also purchased my own kettlebell for home workouts.

Right now I'm only at the beginning (swinging) and I know there's much more to learn, so I am really looking forward my progression as I definitely plan on keeping this up for awhile!

So today, I had the best half hour workout ever. As I write this, I'm still waiting to cool down so I can take a shower. No other working out is needed for the day - only kettlebell. What a great feeling!

Again, hopefully I'll get a run in with the kids tomorrow. Ohhhh, and to update yesterday's post, I did run (with a little walking) the 6 miles on the treadmill last night. Just to put a period onto my goal setting point, as I was about to get on the treadmill last night I got a call from a friend I used to go out with from time to time. He called to say that he was in my neighborhood having a drink. I seriously considered blowing off the run to go see him, but I remembered my goal... I stayed at the gym and did what I set out for myself. I'm soooo proud :)