Running Every Street

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.’

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Malung 5K

Today was the Malung 5K - raising money for the Malung Community Center.

It looks like Faith snapped this picture at the same time the starting gun fired.

All smiles at the start...

Here, at the end of the race, I could barely lift my arm to wave at my Faithful photographer.

Not fast, but I finished...

...and took home first place! (With Gregg Iverson and Tracey Stoll)

Friday, August 26, 2016

Miles for Melanoma

Normally, I'd be running the Yellow Rose 5K in Warroad on the second week of August. However, weddings sometimes change one's plans. This time it was a wedding in the Twin Cities. So I started searching for a 5K. Do you realize that there are about a dozen 5Ks on any given weekend in the Cities?

I settled on what looked promising - a 5K that went completely around a lake - Lake Phalen in eastern St Paul. I wasn't disappointed. What a beautiful location for a 5K! Of course, my personal photographer came along. Some pictures of the venue:

There were 600 runners and walkers raising money for the Melanoma Research Foundation. Together we raised over $50,000. There was even a dermatologist on hand doing free screenings - a nice bonus.

As for the race itself - it wasn't easy. It was a lot more hilly than what I'm used to. And, even though there was a lot of shade, it was pretty hot when we weren't in the shade. And even with 600 people, apparently there weren't any elite runners because the best times were over 20 minutes.

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Make a Difference for ALS 5K

Today day we ran to 'Make A Difference for ALS'. This is one of my favorite 5Ks because it basically starts and ends in my back yard.

There were about 250 runners and walkers in total:

It was mostly cloudy - which was great - the sun was not sapping our energy.

Ellie came in 2nd overall:

Brian beat me (again)...

...but I was very happy with my time of 30:55:

Altogether, over $27K was raised for ALS! (Perhaps we can raise that much for Living Hope next year : ) )

Friday, July 15, 2016

Mission Accomplished!

Year five is now complete. With a three mile run last Friday I completed running all of the streets of Roseau - 90 miles in all. Thank you to all who supported me. Together we raised $667.50! All of the money will be sent to Living Hope Ministries.

Saturday, June 11, 2016

34th Anniversary

My bride and I celebrated our 34th anniversary with a weekend of biking, feasting, and running in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Faith loves seafood, so I took her to Red Lobster Thursday evening. We began by sharing the Langostino Lobster-Artichoke-and-Seafood Dip:

... and then moved on to the Seaport Lobster and Shrimp:

...mmm delicious!

We were up early the next morning to do some biking on the Greenway Trail:

It's a great bike path. We began by crossing a bridge at the southern end, followed the Red River north for about five miles, and then re-crossed the river and followed it south until we returned to our origin at Lincoln Park. I highly recommend it to any bikers in the area.

We spent some time shopping that afternoon. I was reminded once again how the sports I enjoy are a bit obscure to this corner of the world. Scheel's has a huge sporting goods store at the Columbia Mall. I was surprised to learn that, due to lack of interest in this area, they no longer carry flies for fly fishing. And no badminton nets... sigh... Faith had more success with her shopping.

That evening we felt like Mongolian Grill, so we went to HuHot's (our first time):

I decided to go surf and turf with this creation of beef, shrimp, crab, and a few other things:

Faith's meal wasn't too bad either...

All of this was in preparation for a 5K race Saturday morning. It was the 'Run for Your Buns' race sponsored by Altru. Run for Your Buns is an annual 5K run/walk benefiting colon cancer. Over the course of a lifetime, one in 20 adults will be diagnosed with colon cancer. When detected early, colon cancer is treatable. Colonoscopy is the best line of defense in reducing risk.

Net proceeds from the race are donated to Altru Health Foundation to help uninsured and underinsured patients pay for screening colonoscopies.

Faith, my official 5K photographer, took a few photos:

This is only a small part of the 300 or so runners and walkers.

Already a lot of people are passing me...

I felt almost as tired as I looked...

Of course I had to walk through the colon to see what polyps look like up close.

We didn't realize how strange this photo was until afterwards...

Next 5K: The Make a Difference for ALS 5K Walk/Run, July 16th in Roseau.

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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