The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-33

"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!

Saturday, June 2, 2012

3-33

Saturday! It was over 100 degrees here, so after working in the morning, I went to the pool in the afternoon ... and set a huge new personal record, more than doubling the previous one. By experimenting with different

strokes so that I could keep moving, I managed to swim 24 minutes without stopping. I found a pace that was very slow, but sustainable. When I did stop it was not that I couldn't go on, but that I didn't want to overdo it. I would rather be consistent.

After swimming this 430 meters, I walked in the pool another 36 minutes, which I figure is the equivalent of 1.44 miles. As I write this in the evening, I can definitely feel I did something, but I'm actually not as sore as yesterday. Including the 0.25 miles I walked to the pharmacy this morning (see the map below), Chapter 3 totals are 30.89 miles walked in 12 hours 30 minutes, with 447 feet climbed, and 5 swims totalling 1,160 meters in 1 hour 3 minutes.

My weekly weigh-in was this morning: 259.2, down 1.1 pound for the week, and 10.6 pounds total for chapter 3 -- my recommitment since May 1.

Here's what I ate today:

Calorie Goal: 2,515 Calories Consumed: 2,152 Calories Burned: 756 Net Calories: 1,396

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Soup, Clam Chowder, New England	1.00	164	7g	22mg	992mg	17g	4g	2g	9g
Western Family Oatmeal Old Fashioned	1.00	150	3g	0mg	0mg	27g	0g	4g	5g
Frozen Berries	0.30	21	0g	0mg	0mg	5g	0g	0g	0g
Mountain High Fat Free Plain Yogurt	0.50	60	0g	3mg	90mg	9g	9g	0g	6g
Banana, medium	1.00	105	0g	0mg	1mg	27g	14g	3g	1g
Lowfat Cottage Cheese	1.00	80	1g	10mg	430mg	5g	4g	0g	13g
Del Monte Fruit Cocktail	3.00	180	0g	0mg	30mg	45g	42g	3g	0g
Lima Beans, Dry	1.00	220	1g	0mg	4mg	39g	5g	13g	15g
Corn Bread Homemade	1.00	150	4g	10mg	0mg	23g	0g	2g	4g
Wild Roots Coastal Berry Blend Trail Mix	1.00	200	13g	0mg	80mg	18g	13g	2g	5g
Turkey Jerky	1.00	80	1g	20mg	700mg	3g	3g	0g	15g
Lima Beans, Dry	1.00	220	1g	0mg	4mg	39g	5g	13g	15g
Cornbread, Homemade	1.00	172	7g	19mg	355mg	42g	60g	1g	3g
Lasagna	1.00	350	11g	40mg	930mg	38g	7g	3g	24g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2 mph (30 min/mi)	8.0	-54.0
Swimming - freestyle, moderate	24.0	-329.0
Aerobics: water	36.0	-373.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,396	48g	124mg	3,616mg	337g	166g	46g	116g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz1whKrC77l

And here's the map of my walk to the pharmacy (I needed to refill my Crestor ... I can always dream that doing this lifestyle might allow me to reduce my dose after my next blood test)

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Another important part of my lifestyle is daily scripture reading. Today it was Hosea 8-9 and Mosiah 23-25. My favorite verses were:

"Nevertheless the Lord seeth fit to chasten his people; yea, he trieth their patience and their faith. Nevertheless--whosoever putteth his trust in him the same shall be lifted up at the last day. Yea, and thus it was with this people. For behold, I will show unto you that they were brought into bondage, and none could deliver them but the Lord their God, yea, even the God of Abraham and Isaac and of Jacob." (Mosiah 23:21-23)

This reminds me that everyone will be chastened and have their patience and faith tried. I just need to remember to continue to trust the Lord and He will deliver!

2 comments:

UnknownJune 4, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Total awes! Was pure plow watching you in the pool work as hard and as long as you did...certainly a lot to be proud of on that day as well as for all your work over the past month, congrats!!

As you pointed out in your scripture study, patience is a major key to success because without it hopeless finds it's way in through the cracks and defeats our drive, motivation and will to carry on; whether it be physical, spiritual or even mental pursuit upon which you may find yourself.

The slow tortoise will win the race! Love!!
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UnknownJune 4, 2012 at 10:47 PM
Thank you, Josh!
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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 :-)