Running Every Street: Five Takeaways from the Blue Ox 5K

Saturday, October 14, 2023

Five Takeaways from the Blue Ox 5K

The Blue Ox 5K took place yesterday in Bemidji. Here are 5 takeaways from the event:

1. It was cold... which is okay. I don't know what the actual temperature was. I do know it was under 50 and windy and no sun. Thankfully, the wind wasn't much of a factor. I was one of the few running in shorts and a T-shirt. One thing I've learned is that I much prefer running in cold weather. I don't overheat and my times are much better.

2. This is turning into a big race! There were 285 runners. They came from all over. Some of the locations I heard: California, Illinois, Wisconsin, Manitoba, and North Dakota.

3. Not only are there a lot of runners, there are a lot of fast runners. The winner, a young man from Park Rapids, finished with a time of 16:53! Almost every age group had times in the low 20s.

4. My 75-year-old friend, Jerry, from Perham finished with a time of 27:39. Wow!

5. This is the second time this year I finished in 4th place for my age group. Thus, not on the podium. But, anytime I can finish in under 30 minutes, I'm happy.

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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