Running Every Street

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Running Every Street - Year Three!

Similar to last year, due to the late spring, we're getting a late start. Summer's here now, so let's do it again!

Please read the info on the right side of this page. Again, donations will be going to Living Hope. If you're not familiar with Living Hope, please click on the link and learn about this great ministry in Northeast Minneapolis.

Thanks to everyone who donated last year. We were able to give $920 to Living Hope! Thanks to everyone who will donate this year. Please come back often and watch my progress.

Friday, September 13, 2013

Videos from this summer at Living Hope

Mission MPLS 2013 - Cornerstone Community Church from Living Hope Ministries Videos on Vimeo.

Mission MPLS 2013 - Grace Community Church from Living Hope Ministries Videos on Vimeo.

Mission MPLS 2013 - New Journey Church from Living Hope Ministries Videos on Vimeo.

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Malung 5K

I took off some pounds. I trained at shorter distances. And today I ran a much smarter race than the previous races this summer. It all paid off. Not only did I achieve my goal of under 30 minutes - I was actually under 28 minutes!

Now I need to decide if I should run in Fargo next month...

Thank you to all of you who have sent in your money for the fund raiser. The funds are very much appreciated.

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Mission Accomplished

I completed my running of every street this morning with a 4.8 mile run to the western edge of the city. It ended up being a total of 90.4 miles this year.

Thanks to the generous donations of many, Living Hope will receive $880. I will be contacting those of you who pledged soon. It's not to late if you'd like to make a last minute donation.

Next up is the Malung Mustang 5K in two weeks:

Monday, August 12, 2013

We're Getting Close!

I'm almost done with every street in Roseau. Only two more long runs - one run to the extreme west of town and one to the southwest corner. Stay tuned.

On Saturday the Yellow Rose 5K was held in Warroad. Here I am being passed by a little girl at the end:

This isn't the first time a little girl has passed me at the end of a race. How humbling! Notice the time: 31:00. I can't seem to break 30 minutes this year. There's another race coming up in Malung next month. I have a three point strategy to break 30 minutes:
1. Lose some more weight
2. Train at shorter distances at a faster pace
3. Run the first mile of the race at a faster pace

I never thought breaking 30 minutes would be a big deal, but this year it is.

Friday, July 19, 2013

I got the memo... finally

It seems like just yesterday that anytime I wore shorts, the socks of choice would have three stripes and come half-way up my calf. Some time, in the late '80s or early '90s I think, it got harder to find socks with three stripes. I had to settle for two stripes... and sometimes just one. Finally, probably in the late '90s, I resigned myself to the fact that it was time to go stripe-less. And the socks were about half the height as they had been.

Finally, about five years ago, I started running 5Ks. At first, I thought I looked pretty much like everyone else - just older.

It took me at least a couple years to realize there was something different about me - I was the only one who still wore socks that went up past my ankles. Hmmm. What to do? What do all these people do when their socks are below their ankles and there's nothing to pull up? Boy, that would just be too strange. So, I've continued to be the holdout, the non-conformist, the rebel... until now.

I finally got the memo. Tomorrow is the Roseau ALS 5K. My socks will look like this:

Yes, I'm bowing to the pressure. Will I be able to run faster? Will I be able to crack 30 minutes? Perhaps even achieve my goal of 29 minutes? Stay tuned...

Come join us tomorrow. We begin at the track at 8:30 am. The weather promises to be nice and cool so there may be a lot of personal bests. We'll also raise some money to 'make a difference for ALS'.

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Stomping Out Cancer

Last Saturday I ran in the 3rd Annual 'Stomp Out Cancer 5K' here in Roseau. I took 3rd place in my age category with a blazing fast time of 31:18. Congratulations to Weston Nelson, the overall winner, who ran almost twice as fast. Hopefully, with some weight loss and a lot more training, I can get my time down under 30 minutes at the next 5K.

I am greatly encouraged and grateful for the great response so far. We're already up to $760 pledged!

I have run a little over a quarter of the miles now. This last week was tough with the sun beating down pretty good.

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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 2026

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

1/2 ------------2.4 -------- 27:00----------2.4

1/4 ------------1.6 -------- 18:49----------4.0

1/7 ------------0.9 -------- 11:00----------4.9

1/9 ------------2.1 -------- 24:40----------7.0

1/11 --..-------2.7 -------- 29:49----------9.7

1/12 ---..------1.0 -------- 12:00----------10.7

1/16 ---..------1.0 -------- 11:54----------11.7

1/18 ---..------3.2 -------- 35:00----------14.9

1/19 ---..------1.0 -------- 12:00----------15.9

1/24 ---..------3.1 -------- 30:35----------19.0

1/26 ---..------1.0 -------- 12:00----------20.0

1/28 ---..------1.0 -------- 11:08----------21.0

1/30 ---..------1.0 -------- 11:50----------22.0

2/1 -------.-----4.0 -------- 52:00----------26.0

2/4 -------.-----1.4 -------- 16:00----------27.4

2/6 -------.-----1.0 -------- 12:00----------28.4

2/8 -------.-----3.5 -------- 39:00----------31.9

2/9 -------.-----1.1 -------- 13:00----------33.0

2/13 -----------1.8 -------- 18:00----------34.8

2/14 -----------3.0 -------- 35:16----------37.8

2/15 -----------1.9 -------- 21:44----------39.7

2/16 -----------1.5 -------- 17:43----------41.2

2/20 -----------2.6 -------- 29:41----------43.8

2/22 -----------1.1 -------- 13:45----------44.9

2/23 -----------2.1 -------- 23:08----------47.0

2/27 -----------2.6 -------- 29:44----------49.6

3/1 ----..-------3.9 -------- 41:56----------53.5

3/2 ----..-------0.9 -------- 11:04----------54.4

3/6 ----..-------1.0 -------- 12:00----------55.4

3/10 -----------1.1 -------- 14:25----------56.5

3/11 -----------0.9 -------- 11:00----------57.4

Running Every Street 2026

3/20 ----------1.5 -------- 18:00----------1.5

3/29 ----------1.0 -------- 12:00----------2.5

4/5 -----..-----2.6 -------- 28:48----------5.1

4/8 -----..-----2.7 -------- 29:35----------7.8

4/10 ----------0.9 -------- 11:00----------8.7

4/13 ----------1.4 -------- 17:00----------10.1

4/15 ----------3.3 -------- 36:00----------13.4

4/20 ----------2.9 -------- 31:04----------16.3

4/22 ----------2.6 -------- 34:00----------18.9

4/26 ----------1.4 -------- 16:55----------20.3

4/27 ----------4.1 -------- 45:36----------24.4

4/29 ----------2.6 -------- 29:00----------27.0

5/3 ----..------1.3 -------- 16:00----------28.3

5/4 ----..------5.9 -------- 66:00----------34.2

5/6 ----..------2.1 -------- 24:00----------36.3

5/10 ----------3.3 -------- 36:55----------39.6

5/16 ----------3.1 -------- 29:36----------42.7

5/18 ----------5.7 -------- 66:05----------48.4

5/20 ----------1.1 -------- 12:38----------49.5

5/22 ----------1.0 -------- 13:00----------50.5

5/24 ----------5.1 -------- 56:31----------55.6

5/31 ----------3.8 -------- 42:04----------59.4

6/1 -----..-----2.6 -------- 30:00----------62.0

6/8 -----..-----6.2 -------- 70:45----------68.2

6/10 ----------1.9 -------- 21:00----------70.1

6/12 ----------0.9 -------- 10:41----------71.0

6/14 ----------5.2 -------- 55:18----------76.2

6/15 ----------2.8 -------- 31:30----------79.0

6/17 ----------2.8 -------- 31:25----------81.8

6/21 ----------5.6 -------- 60:08----------87.4

6/22 ----------3.6 -------- 39:21----------91.0

6/26 ----------6.9 -------- 80:22----------97.9

Other Mileage 2026

3/15 ----------3.8 -------- 45:00----------3.8

3/23 ----------2.9 -------- 33:00----------6.7

3/25 ----------0.8 -------- 10:00----------7.5

3/30 ----------2.5 -------- 30:00----------10.0

4/12 ----------1.5 -------- 18:00----------11.5

4/19 ----------1.6 -------- 26:00----------13.1

5/11 ----------2.8 -------- 31:38----------15.9

5/25 ----------4.1 -------- 47:20----------20.0

5/29 ----------2.2 -------- 26:39----------22.2

6/6 -----..-----3.0 -------- 28:31----------25.2

6/28 ----------4.4 -------- 48:10----------29.6

6/29 ----------3.2 -------- 35:13----------32.8

7/3 ---..-------4.6 -------- 58:00----------37.4

7/5 ---..-------1.8 -------- 20:00----------39.2

7/6 ---..-------6.0 -------- 69:14----------45.2

7/10 ----------3.8 -------- 42:00----------49.0

7/12 ----------3.0 -------- 34:00----------52.0

7/13 ----------3.5 -------- 40:13----------55.5

7/18 ----------3.1 -------- 30:33----------58.6

7/20 ----------5.7 -------- 66:25----------64.3

7/22 ----------3.2 -------- 37:10----------67.5

7/24 ----------1.0 -------- 12:05----------68.5

7/26 ----------2.8 -------- 32:03----------71.3

7/27 ----------5.4 -------- 63:00----------76.7

7/29 ----------2.6 -------- 30:00----------79.3

8/2 ----..------2.9 -------- 32:00----------81.5

8/3 ----..------3.0 -------- 33:30----------84.5

Total Mileage 2026

240.5 ----------

Push-Ups 2025

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

9/21 ----------68

Pull-Ups 2026

3/6 ----------16

Amount Pledged

$437.50

Weight

9/4/12.............185.0 lbs

9/4/13...........185.6 lbs

9/3/14...........182.2 lbs

9/3/15...........190.2 lbs

9/6/16...........189.4 lbs

9/5/17...........184.0 lbs

9/5/18...........189.6 lbs

9/5/19...........189.6 lbs

2/25/20...........190.2 lbs

9/16/21...........180.0 lbs

9/11/22...........181.4 lbs

8/20/23...........169.7 lbs

10/3/24...........166.6 lbs

9/26/25...........164.0 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

8/17/25 Cooper Test.......36.9

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

6/7/25 Lake Region Run 29:38

7/19/25 ALS Walk/Run 28:33

10/10/25 Blue Ox 29:31

1/24/26 Panama City Torch Run 30:35

5/16/26 LifeCare Walk/Run 29:36

6/6/26 Lake Region Run 28:31

7/18/26 ALS Walk/Run 30:33

10Ks

8/9/25 Yellow Rose 62:48

Trail Run

8/23/25 Mount Roseau Trail Run 47:46