Running Every Street: May 2023

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Nitric Oxide

I've been taking nitric oxide for the last several weeks. According to Triviia, nitric oxide is an essential messenger molecule that serves important vascular, as well as metabolic functions. It allows for blood, nutrients and oxygen to travel throughout the body effectively and efficiently. This is important because as we age, nitric oxide production decreases. We may feel this through lack of energy, high blood pressure and even cognitive decline. One study found that by age 70, most people will only produce 75% of nitric oxide compared to someone in their 20s.

Nitrates are also thought to promote endurance, and some studies suggest that endurance among athletes improved with nitrate consumption. Trivita offers a 60 day money back guarantee.

After using it for several weeks, I have to admit I don't feel any extra energy or endurance. But, the important thing to me is performance. The first test of performance comes with a 5K race this weekend. We'll see if I can achieve a better time than my last several races.

The next test will be come shortly before the 60-day period ends. I will do another Cooper Test to determine if my CO2 Max has improved. I will let you know the outcomes in the comments below.

Monday, May 8, 2023

Life Care Walk Run

The LifeCare Walk Run was held on Saturday. It was cloudy, kinda windy, and cool. Perfect!

Great turn out. 130 of us were signed up.

I had some difficulty getting my watch to cooperate at the start...

Trying to finish strong.

My best time since 2020 - 19:21!

2nd place for the old folks.

30th overall.

The medalists.

Streets of Hope

The Plan: Run all the streets of Roseau
The Purpose: To reach inner-city kids with the Gospel of Jesus Christ

I run for health. I run to train for 5Ks. And now, for the fourteenth year, I'm also running so kids from Northeast Minneapolis can go to camp, retreats, and mission trips.

Over the next couple months I hope to run every street of Roseau. The city of Roseau has approximately 30 miles of streets. In order to hit every street, I need to re-run many streets over and over again, so it ends up being about 90 miles.

Would you like to help kids in Northeast Minneapolis and, at the same time motivate me to keep on running? Here's how you can help:

Pledge

10 cents per mile: $9.00 total

or 25 cents per mile: $22.50 total

or $1 per mile: $90 total
or some other amount

All of the donations received will go to Living Hope Ministries. Please send me an email (stynsberg at wiktel dot com) and let me know how you'd like to help out.

Florida Mileage 2025

Date---------Distance---Time-------Total Mileage

1/1 ------------0.9 -------- 13:00----------0.9

1/3 ------------1.1 -------- 12:19----------2.0

1/5 ------------1.1 -------- 13:21----------3.1

1/8 ------------1.1 -------- 12:55----------4.2

1/10 ----------1.1 -------- 12:36----------5.3

1/13 ----------1.0 -------- 12:58----------6.3

1/15 ----------1.1 -------- 13:04----------7.4

1/17 ----------1.1 -------- 13:05----------8.5

1/19 ----------1.1 -------- 12:39----------9.6

1/20 ----------1.0 -------- 12:41----------10.6

1/25 ----------3.1 -------- 30:54----------13.7

1/27 ----------1.1 -------- 12:18----------14.8

1/29 ----------1.1 -------- 13:04----------15.9

1/31 ----------1.0 -------- 11:49----------16.9

2/2 ---..-------2.3 -------- 25:47----------19.2

2/3 ---..-------1.4 -------- 16:35----------20.6

2/5 ---..-------.9 ---..----- 11:37----------21.5

2/9 ------------5.2 -------- 60:54----------26.7

2/10 ----------1.0 -------- 11:34----------27.7

2/16 ----------3.2 -------- 31:08----------30.9

2/19 ----------0.9 -------- 11:44----------31.8

2/21 ----------0.9 -------- 11:32----------32.7

2/23 ----------5.5 -------- 62:10----------38.2

2/24 ----------1.0 -------- 12:49----------39.2

2/28 ----------2.0 -------- 23:59----------41.2

Running Every Street 2025

3/5 -----..-----1.9 -------- 22:50----------1.9

3/9 -----..-----1.0 -------- 12:35----------2.9

3/12 ----------4.3 -------- 47:35----------7.2

3/14 ----------1.7 -------- 19:08----------8.9

3/30 ----------1.9 -------- 22:04----------10.8

3/31 ----------2.6 -------- 30:00----------13.4

4/4 -----..-----2.5 -------- 29:00----------15.9

4/6 -----..-----5.0 -------- 52:45----------20.9

4/7 -----..-----1.6 -------- 19:00----------22.5

4/11 ----------1.1 -------- 13:00----------23.6

4/13 ----------2.9 -------- 31:00----------26.5

4/16 ----------2.7 -------- 29:48----------29.3

4/18 ----------1.3 -------- 15:00----------30.6

4/20 ----------6.0 -------- 64:10----------36.6

4/21 ----------0.9 -------- 11:04----------37.5

4/25 ----------1.1 -------- 12:04----------38.6

4/30 ----------3.5 -------- 38:13----------42.1

5/2 ---..-------1.1 -------- 13:00----------43.2

5/9 ---..-------4.3 -------- 48:00----------47.5

5/11 ----------4.0 -------- 49:00----------51.5

5/18 ----------5.6 -------- 61:02----------57.1

5/19 ----------1.9 -------- 23:00----------59.0

Other Mileage 2025

3/3 -----..-----3.9 -------- 45:10----------3.9

3/7 -----..-----1.4 -------- 17:00----------5.3

3/16 ----------2.5 -------- 30:00----------7.8

3/17 ----------0.9 -------- 12:00----------8.7

3/24 ----------4.3 -------- 48:00----------13.0

3/26 ----------1.7 -------- 19:26----------14.7

3/28 ----------0.9 -------- 11:00----------15.6

4/28 ----------5.9 -------- 66:00----------21.5

5/5 ----..------1.1 -------- 12:30----------22.6

5/14 ----------0.9 -------- 12:07----------23.5

Total Mileage 2025

124.6 ----------

Push-Ups 2025

1/10 ----------67

Pull-Ups 2025

1/17 ----------11

Amount Pledged

$322.50

Weight 2025

3/5.............167.3 lbs

4/26...........166.8 lbs

VO2 Max

8/24/20 Cooper Test.......37.63

8/22/21 Cooper Test.......35.49

9/16/21 WorldFitnessLevel.org.......40

10/14/21 Queens College Step Test.......49.17

5/21/22 Cooper Test.......36.56

8/9/22 Beep Test.......29.84

10/5/22 Cooper Test.......37.28

6/17/23 Cooper Test.......38.72

8/9/23 Cooper Test.......35.84

8/23/23 Cooper Test.......36.20

9/13/23 Cooper Test.......35.49

10/10/23 Cooper Test.......38.72

2/6/24 Cooper Test.......37.64

6/28/24 TrainAsOne.......51

11/13/24 Cooper Test.......37.64

5Ks

8/9/08 Yellow Rose 31:39

8/11/09 Yellow Rose 30:26

10/9/10 Fargo Mini 30:33

7/16/11 ALS Walk/Run 30:30

8/20/11 Yellow Rose 28:58

10/1/11 Fargo Oktoberfest 27:18 PB

5/5/12 May Walk/Run 35:15

6/16/12 Stomp Out Cancer 30:01

7/14/12 ALS Walk/Run 29:01

8/11/12 Yellow Rose 29:13

6/15/13 Stomp Out Cancer 31:18

7/20/13 ALS Walk/Run 31+

8/10/13 Yellow Rose 31:01

10/5/13 Fargo Mini 28:40

7/4/14 Red, White, and Boom 29:13

7/19/14 ALS Walk/Run 28:45

9/20/14 Malung 5K Walk/Run 28:28

5/2/15 Life Care Walk/Run 32:02

5/16/15 Stomp Out Cancer 30:30

8/9/15 Yellow Rose 31:18

6/11/16 Run for Your Buns 32:40
7/16/16 ALS Walk/Run 30:55

8/13/16 Miles for Melanoma 33:52
9/17/16 Malung 5K Walk/Run 33:31

5/6/17 Life Care Walk/Run 31:22

5/15/17 Stomp Out Cancer 31:04

5/5/18 Life Care Walk/Run 33:00

7/14/18 ALS Walk/Run 32:32

8/11/18 Yellow Rose 31:13

9/15/18 Malung 5k Walk/Run 32:22

5/4/19 Life Care Walk/Run 30:35

5/11/19 Stomp Out Cancer 31:35

7/20/19 ALS Walk/Run 30:47

8/10/19 Yellow Rose 30:07

9/21/19 Freedom 5K (3.3 mi) 33:07

8/3/20 Yellow Rose (virtual) 29:55

10/3/20 Lake Region Run 29:17

6/12/21 Run for Your Buns 33:02

7/17/21 ALS Walk/Run 33:35

8/14/21 Yellow Rose 31:41

9/11/21 NewFest (2.8 mi) 27:57

10/8/21 Blue Ox 5K 32:37

5/7/22 Life Care Walk/Run 31:45

6/18/22 Gully 5K 35:00

7/5/22 A-Cross America Relay 32:13

7/16/22 ALS Walk/Run 32:09

8/13/22 Yellow Rose 36:59

9/17/22 Home Run 29:47

10/1/22 Harvest Hustle 31:35

10/7/22 Blue Ox 29:56

1/21/23 Panama City Torch Run 31:50

2/4/23 Panama City Beach Mardi Gras 5K 29:35

5/6/23 Life Care Walk/Run 29:21

6/3/23 Lake Region Run 31:20

7/15/23 ALS Walk/Run 30:39

8/12/23 Yellow Rose 29:55

8/26/23 A-Cross America Relay 30:30

9/16/23 Home Run 31:29

10/13/23 Blue Ox 29:30

1/20/24 Panama City Torch Run 30:39

2/10/24 Fort Mardi Gras 5K 29:30*

5/4/24 LifeCare Walk/Run 29:42

6/15/24 Rude Run - Grand Forks 31:00*

7/20/24 ALS Walk/Run 30:48

8/10/24 Yellow Rose 29:12

8/17/24 North Star Run 29:26

10/11/24 Blue Ox 29:02

*Adjusted time. See blog post.

1/25/25 Panama City Torch Run 30:54

2/16/25 Seaside School 5K 31:08