Event: Stockyard Days 5K & 10KDate: Saturday, August 10, 2013Location: Long Lake Regional Park, New Brighton MNHotel: Home, sweet homeWeather: 64F, wind at 0 MPHOfficial Results: Overall and Age Group 5K, Overall and Age Group 10KPrevious Results: First time at this eventPersonal ResultsGoal: Speed WorkoutOfficial Result: 19:54 (6:25 per mile pace)Overall: 3rd (67 total); 1st in 50-59 AG (5 total)GarminDirect Garmin Link The finishing kick was pleasing.SummaryI hadn't raced since June 14th. Since then, my focus was and has been on Podium Boy. He was out at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs for a week long Modern Pentathlon Development camp and the Youth Nationals event, where he picked up a silver medal.Podium Boy fencing against Olympian Margaux IsaksenPodium Boy being, well, Podium BoyThis has meant that I've had to put my own training on hold. And to be honest, there will be no triathlons for me in 2013. Maybe one more duathlon. But all I've had time for is running. So, I will be run focused for the foreseeable future. My parental duties come first, and I need to keep opening doors for my son. We expect to be back out at the OTC this October.This little 5K was good for me for one reason: That I went under 20 minutes. I need to work hard to get back into the low 18's, where I should be. So, it was a first step to getting back into true running form.Next RaceAugust 17 - Wayzayta Cross Country Alumni race. A fun event where past alumni, and parents, race against the boys of the current cross country team. I was unable to participate last year due to injury. But I plan to show the young lad that his old man still has little bit of speed left in him!On DeckSeptember 21 - Trees and Trails 5K