The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-125

"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!

Sunday, September 2, 2012

3-125

I enjoyed another Sabbath day of rest today (September 2). Life took me on a 0.50 mile walk in 12 minutes up 20 feet of stairs. Please click on the line below to continue reading:

This bring my chapter 3 totals to 137.90 miles walked in 53 hours 20 minutes, with 9,003 feet climbed, and 14 swims totalling 4,640 meters in 4 hour 57 minutes.

Eating, with net calories today after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,404 Calories Consumed: 1,759 Calories Burned: 89 Net Calories: 1,670

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Chicken Parmesan	1.00	180	5g	73mg	148mg	4g	0g	0g	28g
Barilla Whole Grain Spaghetti	1.00	200	2g	0mg	0mg	41g	2g	6g	7g
Barilla Tomato And Basil Sauce	1.00	70	2g	0mg	500mg	12g	8g	3g	2g
French Bread	1.00	115	2g	0mg	345mg	29g	0g	0g	5g
Dole Caesar Salad	1.50	255	23g	15mg	660mg	12g	3g	3g	5g
Cake, Chocolate Frosted Chocolate	1.00	455	21g	78mg	624mg	73g	0g	0g	5g
Vanilla Ice Cream	2.00	484	36g	138mg	60mg	36g	0g	0g	4g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	12.0	-89.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,670	89g	304mg	2,337mg	207g	13g	12g	56g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/DougBeecherSr/#ixzz26aWr4v89

Today's last word ...

"True success in this life comes in consecrating our lives—that is, our time and choices—to God’s purposes. In so doing, we permit Him to raise us to our highest destiny."

—D. Todd Christofferson, "Reflections on a Consecrated Life", General Conference, October 2010

Cheerio!

1 comment:

BenjaminSeptember 24, 2012 at 2:01 PM
I love that is back and I'm anxiously awaiting your post about Labor Day. Also really loved the quote from Elder Holland from your post yesterday.

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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 :-)