West-side GoRun Wichita to expand

WICHITA — Kevin Swinicki and Randy Mijares are expanding their west-side GoRun Wichita at 2556 N. Maize Road less than two years after opening it.

“The store’s busier, and we just need a little more room for shoe fitting and apparel,” Swinicki says. “We’ll be basically almost doubling it.”

The store currently is in 1,400 square feet and is expanding into the former Game X Change space for a total of about 2,500 square feet.

The expansion isn’t necessarily to carry more lines, although GoRun has recently added Asics to its brands.

“We’re always constantly looking at new things to bring in,” Swinicki says.

A 2,800-square-foot east-side GoRun opened last year at the Village at Greenwich at 21st and Greenwich. Swinicki says both stores are doing well.

“We just kind of see the health-and-fitness boom kind of coming about again,” Swinicki says. “The running community continues to grow.”

GoRun offers a couple of major training opportunities a year that culminate in a race.

“We do help with a lot of races,” Swinicki says.

He says he and Mijares consider themselves race partners instead of sponsors.

The GoRun expansion should be complete by July or early August.

GoRun Wichita to open near 21st and Maize

Randy Mijares (left) and Kevin Swinicki of the new GoRun Wichita.

Randy Mijares (left) and Kevin Swinicki of the new GoRun Wichita.

WICHITA — In addition to being avid runners and running coaches, Kevin Swinicki and Randy Mijares are passionate about encouraging others to run.

So, it makes sense that they’re opening a new store called GoRun Wichita.

The running specialty store will open late next month at 2556 N. Maize Road between Baskin-Robbins and Supplement Giant.

“There has been a longtime feeling in the running community that the west side has been chronically underserved,” Mijares says. “We’re hoping to correct all that by providing a place where the community can meet and hang out.”

Running shoes will be the main focus, but there will be trail shoes and specialty shoes as well.

Also, there will be clothing and accessories geared to running, such as watches and GPS devices.

Curt Robertson of InSite Real Estate Group handled the deal for the 1,400-square-foot space.

When Swinicki approached Mijares about doing the store, Mijares says, “I lit up immediately because it’s been a long-held goal of mine.”

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