Roseau

Roseau
Red: Most recent run. Blue: All the streets I've run thus far.

Saturday, July 1, 2017

Mission Accomplished

It's been a  good summer for running. The weather's been great. I haven't had to cancel any runs due to too much heat and very few due to rain. I took a look back and discovered this was the second earliest I've finished running every street. In my first year of doing this, 2012, I finished on June 7th. Otherwise, I usually finish in July.

This summer I was delayed a couple weeks because of our 35th anniversary trip to the Canadian Rockies. Here are a couple photos from that trip:

Moraine Lake, Banff

Maligne Lake, Jasper
Thanks, everyone, for the support.

Monday, May 15, 2017

Stomp Out Cancer 5K

Faith is still learning how to use her new camera...

The Stomp Out Cancer 5K took place on Saturday. Here's Duane and Detroit coming in:

...and here I am crawling in a 31:04:

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Life Care 5K

The Life Care 5K took place this morning. What a beautiful day for a run! My personal photographer saw this as a great opportunity to test drive her new camera.

Where's Waldo?

Say "cheese":

My final big surge:

31:22 - not bad for the first 5K of the season...

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Two Early 5Ks

The month of May begins with two 5Ks on the first two Saturdays.

First we have the LifeCare May Walk/Run:

The race begins at the City Center at 10am on Saturday, May 6th. This race is raising money to fight diabetes. For more information, go to LifeCareMedicalCenter.org.

Second, there is the Stomp Out Cancer Walk/Run:
This race begins at the City Park at 9am on Saturday, May 13th. Annually, Border State Bank's Roseau County Relay For Life Team (Lucky Border Stars) organizes this race. Funds raised benefit the Relay For Life of Roseau County and the American Cancer Society. My hope is that the weather will be a little better than last year when the temperature at race time was a chilly 32 degrees. For more information, go to BorderStateBank.com.

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Year Six!


With the mild weather, I'm getting a much earlier start than normal.If the weather, and my body, cooperate, I may finish running every street by early June.

Again, it's a win, win, win situation:

  • I'm running to raise money for Living Hope Ministries (LHM). LHM was started in 1993 in order to bring the "living hope" of Jesus Christ to the people of Northeast Minneapolis. LHM serves in Northeast Minneapolis and focuses especially on an area of one square mile which we have coined "the Miracle Mile.” It is a wonderfully diverse area, and an estimated 20,000 people live withing a mile radius of their building, 5000 of whom are under the age of 18. Financial poverty, relational poverty, and spiritual poverty are prevalent in the community, but the living hope of Jesus Christ is making an impact.
  • It's a win for me. Running these streets knowing the money raised will help people keeps me motivated.
  • It's a win for you who give. Acts 20:35 says: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’