Good News - New Balance

Yesterday I was asked to represent my store in Boston at a meeting of top running stores at New Balance HQ. New Balance invited "elite" stores around the country (a.k.a. top running store accounts) to come to their facilities and see how they research, design, and put together shoes and clothing.

Very excited about this for two reasons: first, I have never been to Boston, and have always wanted to visit; second, I think this will be a great learning opportunity for me. I will get to see what is coming down the pipeline, meet with designers, talking with marketing folks, and still get to see some of Boston. I am told we will get to see a Boston Red Sox game. The minute I heard about that, I thought of Steve Runner, and his love of the Red Sox.

The trip will be in a few weeks, and I just can't wait.

On the running front, a cold has really sidetracked me this week. I'm ok with this, since it was a cutback week. I am going to focus on getting better, and ramping for next week.

Charlie