Update: Race, Training and Store

This past weekend my wife and I were in St. Clairsville Ohio visiting with Erin's parents and decided to run the Barton VFD 16th annual 5k classic in Barton, Ohio. I had done this race in the past, when I use to live in Ohio as well, but it had been at least 7 years since then. For some reason I remembered it being a lot farther drive from St. Clairsville so unfortunately we arrived about and hour early and had nothing to do (especially since this is a very small town in the hills of Ohio).

The race started at 9:00 and the weather was good for a June morning. The fog in the valley was still blocking the sun during the race and the temperature was probably around 65. I was in 3rd place for most of the race but was past by two people at the two mile mark and finished 5th overall with a time of 17:47. I was satisfied with that time considering I haven't done any true speed work since last fall and had mostly just been training for the Pittsburgh Half Marathon which was in May. Erin finished in 2nd overall in the woman's race with a time of 20:52. She has still run a PR every race she has competed in so far. I like to think it is her great husband/coach to thank for that.

I was planning on starting my 5k training program this week but did not get around to it. Between Ellie not sleeping at night, my legs still being sore from the race and everything being crazy with the running store I just couldn't get myself out of bed on Wednesday to hit the track. I did get in 6 strides after each of my runs and will get a track workout in this Saturday.

Things are still moving right along with the store. We met with Andrew Smith (The person we are leasing from and cannot thank enough for all of his help in getting us started up. He is a CPA here in Morgantown and also owns several residental rental properties. I would highly recommend doing business with him to anyone.) on Wednesday and they are going to start fixing up the space ASAP so that we can get in and set up. Erin has meet with both the New Balance and Asics shoe representatives so far and have been in contact with all of the others. We may have to push the opening date back from August 1st to the 8th to make sure we have all of the shoes in, but we will have a better idea the closer we get.

-Kevin