After getting settled in (and not having a confrontation with the VERY aggressive bell boys) at the Disney area, official hotel, I made sure to fire up my netbook to see about the wifi – little did I know that after Saturday I just wouldn’t have it in me to type for a while. Then, of course it was time to listen to a short list of “motivating songs” which are probably not motivating to anyone but me, and will not be named here because you will have proof of my “total weirdo” status.
Off to the meet+greet I went, carrying Tim’s newly repaired Vibram 5-finger shoe. His big toe had somehow busted a side seam and I stitched it up the day before with heavy duty button sewing thread and fray block. I’m curious to see how the repair performed over the weekend – since obviously I didn’t know a way to turn a Vibram shoe inside out, and all of the repair was done from the outside. He didn’t have any complaints, so I’m assuming it held over the weekend.
Our nametags were all laid out, and I noticed a few people I knew were already inside. Then a very very funny thing happened – I started recognizing people from Facebook and Twitter! The great thing about the RKC weekend is that no matter where you were, you could just introduce yourself and meet someone who was into the same workout stuff that you are. There was no reason to stand around alone at any time, just sit next to anyone, say hi and there was pretty much a guaranteed great conversation to follow, not to mention serious opportunities to learn about successful businesses, etc.
Also at the meet and greet we found out our teams (I was on Team Snideman, with RKC Team Leader Franz Snideman, RKC Alicia Streger, RKC Chris Newton, and RKC Thayne Shatah). There are no bad choices with teams, as each are lead by extremely accomplished, published and inspiring people. Slowly I began to realize that MOST people who came to the weekend flew in from all over – from Canada, and as far away as Japan attended. I was a short (depending on traffic haha) 30 minute drive away from home – but I’m so glad I stayed at the conference hotel, to have the full experience – and to pretty much have the easiest way to get to the meetings on time.
Master RKC Andrea DuCane (someone I really look up to) was there, wearing a really cool green sweater. I asked her about the upcoming Kettlebells for the baby boomer population DVD as I have several clients in that demographic – and it sounds like it’s going to be super useful and close to release! She also filled us in on some of the behind the scenes info on older Dragon Door DVD releases like From Russia with Tough Love, where she was relatively new to kettlebells at the time of the filming.
I had to weigh in the next morning and if I was going to be able to use the 12 Kilo kettlebell for the snatch test, I would need to weigh less than 123.5lbs. I’ve maintained under that weight for the past 6-7 months in preparation for this, so I was NOT about to let the giant steam tray full of delicious empanadas throw me off – even though they tasted like a cross between 2 of my favorite kryptonite foods (pizza rolls and fried wontons). I ate two of them, picked up my RKC manual and turned in for the night. Because Friday…. was going to be a BIG day.
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