The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 206

"The Blog Almost Too Boring To Be The Most Boring Blog in America ... for Over 5 Years!"

until it got too many red cards from Wounded Duck and the Boredom Enforcement Committee ... now the tortoise's goal is to get to 10 red cards so he can get Big Dog to drive down and take a good long walk with the tortoise

P. S. This blog listens to its readers. We have the Benjamin Category Override for 5+ mile walks and now, it humbles Tortoise to say he has been named "Lou", by Doug Jr, in memory of Mr. Consistency himself, Lou Gehrig. Tortoise can hardly type the words to think he is in any way comparable to the noble Iron Horse. Thank you!

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

206

Day 122 - I walked 6.18 km (3.84 miles), with 71.9 m (236 feet) climbed, in 01:06:00. Tortoise Rating on the uphill half of the walk: 4.6, HumanaFit rates it category 5.

Series 2B totals 335.32 km (207.90 miles) in 69 hours 39 minutes, with 3505.8 m (11,501 feet) climbed in 12 counties in 9 states. Today's walk added Salt Lake County in Utah to the list. I am here for continuing education and to see some clients. When I was done for the day I walked to the temple and the capitol. Very nice!

This is for you, Doug Jr. These signs are everywhere in Salt Lake.

The view of the state capital at the top of the State Street hill

The Relief Society Building made me think of my sweetheart Willyne

always love this reflective pool near the temple

The blue lights are a horse drawn carriage ... nice

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,438 Calories Consumed: 2,373 Calories Burned: 628 Net Calories: 1,745

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Wendy's Small Chili	1.00	190	6g	35mg	830mg	19g	6g	5g	14g
Crackers, Saltines	1.50	89	2g	0mg	345mg	17g	0g	2g	2g
Krusteaz Key Lime Bars	1.00	160	4g	0mg	80mg	29g	24g	0g	0g
Cookie, Chocolate Chip	1.00	223	11g	0mg	127mg	30g	0g	0g	2g
chocolate fudge	1.00	108	2g	4mg	18mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Strawberries	0.50	23	0g	0mg	0mg	5g	4g	2g	1g
Lemonade	1.00	131	0g	0mg	7mg	34g	33g	0g	0g
Wendy's Crispy Chicken Deluxe Sandwich	1.00	410	19g	55mg	1,110mg	37g	5g	1g	23g
Steak	0.80	390	13g	117mg	80mg	0g	0g	0g	34g
Potatoes - Mashed	0.80	89	4g	2mg	247mg	14g	0g	2g	2g
Green Beans	1.00	40	0g	0mg	7mg	8g	2g	4g	2g
Beef Jerky	1.00	130	4g	50mg	880mg	9g	8g	0g	16g
Quaker Oatmeal	2.00	320	4g	0mg	540mg	66g	26g	6g	8g
Strawberry Yogurt	0.30	28	1g	3mg	15mg	5g	4g	1g	1g
Oranges	0.30	26	0g	0mg	0mg	6g	5g	1g	1g
Melons, Cantaloupe	0.30	18	0g	0mg	8mg	4g	4g	0g	0g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3.5 mph (17 min/mi)	66.0	-628.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,745	70g	265mg	4,295mg	283g	120g	24g	105g

2 comments:

BenjaminOctober 25, 2011 at 7:10 AM
The total awes post! But no more updates? This was over a month ago is the streak still alive?
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UnknownOctober 25, 2011 at 4:10 PM
Since you liked that post, perhaps you will also enjoy the three days that followed it that I just posted. The streak is still alive. I am obviously not doing well on providing information, but it is still alive. And the three days you see here were, in my humble opinion, premier!
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Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Segments Hiked

Total lifetime PCT miles hiked: 205.0 out of the 2,650 total.

From 1966 to 1969 segment Tortoise hiked the portion of the PCT shared by the John Muir Trail, covering PCT miles 767.0 to 942.5 (175.5 miles). (While hiking the full 211 miles of the Muir Trail from Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley to the summit of Mt. Whitney)

Tortoise then embarked on a long career at a desk, interrupted momentarily for a day hike in 1988 up Mt. Baden-Powell as a Varsity Boy Scout coach with his team. That took him from PCT miles 374.0 to 377.9, roundtrip. (There was also a second trip from Onion Valley to Mt. Whitney with the Varsity Boy Scouts in 1989. He barely made it, crying with joy and appreciation when he did. That is a story all of its own).

He returned many years later with these walks. Please click on the date for a link to that day's blog post:

June 14, 2012, hiked PCT miles 565.0 to 566.6 (1.6 miles) on both sides of California Highway 58 at the Cameron Road exit.

October 20, 2012, hiked PCT miles 341 to 342 (1 miles) mostly on the east side of Interstate 15 but also under the storm runoff tunnel just south of the exit to California Highway 138 near Cajon Pass.

February 2013, continued in two segments to do miles 342 to 347 (5 miles).

August 13, 2013, hiked miles 374.2 to 376.6 roundtrip from Vincent Gap trailhead at milepost 74.7 on California highway 2.

February 17, 2015, hiked miles 452.9 to 450.4 roundtrip from Vasquez Rocks Picnic Area.

March 16, 2015, hiked miles 341.9 to 340.2 southbound from Cajon Pass Road, then returned. Partial redo of October 20, 2012 walk ... plus a little more.

April 3, 2015, hiked miles 1089.8 to 1091.9 roundtrip from Echo Summit trailhead to near Echo Lake.

May 12, 2016, hiked miles 206.8 to 204.3 southbound from the Snow Canyon Road gate at the bottom of Mt. San Jacinto, then returned.

August 17, 2016, hiked miles 209.5 to 206.8 southbound from the underpass at Interstate 10 Exit 110 to Snow Creek, then returned.

May 26, 2017, hiked miles 369.4 to 364.4 southbound from the Inspiration Point trailhead on California Highway 2, then returned.

The tortoise may eventually set some kind of record for the longest time to complete the PCT in microsegments. You never know, but we're already at 51 years and counting since his first segment from Onion Valley to Taboose Pass in July 1966 :-)