The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-167

"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!

Monday, October 15, 2012

3-167

Snuck in a walk (tortoise rating: 5.5) late tonight (October 15) after my last appointment on deadline day: 1.33 miles with 23 feet climbed in 20:49, which works out to a 15:36 minute per mile pace. Eating today: 1,581 calories; 13,704 calories in the most recent 7 days. My weigh-in yesterday was 234.7 pounds, down 2.5 pounds since my last weigh-in on October 10, and down 35.1 pounds total for chapter 3 -- my recommitment since May 1. I admit to being amazed, and thankful, at what has happened the last 3 weeks after being on a plateau for quite awhile before that!

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Calorie Goal: 
2,304 Calories Consumed: 1,580 
Calories Burned: 187 Net 
Calories: 1,393 

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Baked Potato	0.50	73	1g	0mg	4mg	17g	1g	1g	2g
Chili	0.30	62	2g	15mg	230mg	4g	1g	1g	6g
Steamed Broccoli	0.30	13	0g	0mg	123mg	2g	1g	2g	1g
Fresh Mushrooms, Cooked	1.00	21	0g	0mg	2mg	4g	0g	2g	2g
Daisy Sour Cream	1.00	60	5g	20mg	15mg	1g	1g	0g	1g
Italian blend cheese, grated	1.00	25	2g	0mg	95mg	0g	0g	0g	3g
Apple Juice	1.00	117	0g	0mg	7mg	29g	0g	0g	0g
Sun-Maid Raisins	1.00	130	0g	0mg	10mg	31g	29g	2g	1g
Grandma's Oatmeal Raisin Soft Cookies	1.00	330	11g	25mg	430mg	54g	15g	3g	3g
Wendy's Ulitmate Chicken Grill	1.00	320	7g	75mg	950mg	36g	8g	2g	28g
Wendy's Chilli (small)	1.00	190	6g	40mg	830mg	19g	6g	5g	14g
CLIF Bar White Chocolate Macadamia Nut	1.00	240	7g	0mg	160mg	41g	21g	4g	9g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3.5 mph (17 min/mi)	21.0	-187.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,393	41g	175mg	2,855mg	238g	83g	22g	69g

Today's final word ...

"And it came to pass in the thirty and sixth year, the people were all converted unto the Lord, upon all the face of the land, both Nephites and Lamanites, and there were no contentions and disputations among them, and every man did deal justly one with another.

"And they had ^aall things common among them; therefore there were not rich and poor, bond and free, but they were all made free, and partakers of the heavenly ^bgift."

-- 4 Nephi 1:2-3

I smile at the thoughts that ... it says they were all converted unto the Lord. I believe that is more important than being converted to His church ... and oh what blessings their conversion brought them!

Cheerio!

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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 :-)

Monday, October 15, 2012

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