The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-113

"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!

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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The end of the improved portion of the Virgin River South trail. I continued another mile.

Brief break where the trail washed out a few years back

This walk takes you between the Sun River golf course and the Virgin River

It was cold and windy this morning ... I chose not to walk to work, so today was a day to find a substitute. I worked in the Hurricane office most of the day, and did some follow up on our computer network repairs in St. George in the late afternoon. This left about an hour and a half before sunset to go exploring on the St. George trail system. I did 4.5 miles in 1:30:04 hours. It was mostly flat, but the accumulated ups and downs of the path totalled 170 feet. The biggest workout was 2 miles of soft dirt and sandy trails ... they were harder for me than a 5% grade and my pace reflected that. Path rates 4.9 tortoises. Heartrate ranged from 83 to 124 and averaged 104. Less than Dr. Carter would like (125 average) but still a good walk.

I created a Garmin adventure out of this if you would like to see more pictures and details: http://adventures.garmin.com/en-US/by/dougbeechersr/atkinville-and-lower-virgin-river-south-trails-st-george-ut/#.UXgxfcrJV_Q

And now it's time to help this blog live up to it's boring billing, so click here if you'd like to enjoy some more stats and assorted details with me ...

Footnotes ...

Reading today: Jarom 1
Supplements taken: no
Nutrilife vitamins/minerals: yes

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,307 Calories Consumed: 2,642 Calories Burned: 719 Net Calories: 1,923

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein

Plain Crepes

1.00

43mg

33mg

11g

Philadelphia Cream Cheese	1.00	100	9g	30mg	105mg	1g	1g	0g	2g
Lucerne Heavy Whipping Cream	4.00	200	20g	80mg	20mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Strawberries	1.00	74	1g	0mg	2mg	18g	11g	5g	2g
Western Family Oatmeal Old Fashioned	1.50	225	4g	0mg	0mg	41g	0g	6g	8g
Dannon Activia Peach	1.00	120	2g	5mg	60mg	22g	19g	0g	4g
Banana, Medium	1.00	105	0g	0mg	1mg	27g	14g	3g	1g
Nestle Toll House Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies	0.33	53	3g	5mg	43mg	7g	4g	0g	0g
Reese's Peanut Butter Egg	1.00	170	10g	0mg	135mg	18g	16g	1g	4g
Wendy's Ultimate Chicken Grill	1.00	390	10g	100mg	880mg	43g	10g	3g	34g
Wendy's Small Chili	1.00	220	7g	35mg	870mg	22g	6g	6g	18g
Dairy Queen Medium Vanilla Cone	1.00	330	10g	30mg	140mg	53g	36g	0g	9g
Paradise Bakery Bbq Chicken Chopped Salad (small)	1.00	290	17g	45mg	960mg	20g	6g	3g	16g
Panera Bread Cream Of Chicken And Wild Rice Soup	1.00	200	12g	35mg	970mg	19g	2g	1g	5g
Dinner Rolls	1.00	78	2g	1mg	117mg	13g	1g	1g	3g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	90.0	-719.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,923	109g	409mg	4,336mg	314g	129g	29g	109g

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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 :-)

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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