The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-211

"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, July 30, 2013

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View of Cinder Knoll ahead as I begin my walk home

Tortoise has been enjoying the goodness of the bountiful food offerings all around. Now it is time to move to the next level, starting with the weigh-in: 243.2. We have work enough to do ...

Walked home today, 3.00 miles with 196 feet climbed in 59:46 minutes. Tortoise rating: 5.2. No world speed record tonight, to be honest, it was not an easy walk today. Did it anyway. Heart rate doesn't reflect it, ranged from 89 to 122 and averaged 109. I think the heat, humidity, and putting some of the weight back on is the story. One day at a time, the tortoise story ...

Click here if you'd like the details of my eating and calories burned on the walk today:

Cheerio!

Calorie Goal: 2,377
        Calories Consumed: 2,025
        Calories Burned: 496
        Net Calories: 1,529
       

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Western Family Oatmeal Old Fashioned	1.50	225	4g	0mg	0mg	41g	0g	6g	8g
Banana, small	1.00	90	0g	0mg	1mg	23g	12g	3g	1g
Mountain High Yogurt Plain (lowfat)	1.00	140	3g	15mg	170mg	18g	16g	0g	11g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
Rigatoni	1.00	200	1g	0mg	37mg	42g	1g	2g	7g
marinara sauce	0.50	65	2g	3mg	553mg	10g	7g	2g	2g
Grilled Skinless Chicken Breast	0.50	60	1g	35mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	12g
Fresh Steamed Cauliflower And Broccoli	1.00	25	0g	0mg	25mg	4g	2g	2g	2g
Basic Side Garden Salad	1.00	25	0g	0mg	0mg	5g	2g	2g	1g
Hidden Valley Fat Free French Dressing	0.50	25	0g	0mg	210mg	6g	4g	0g	0g
Kirkland (Coscto) Premier Protein	1.00	160	3g	25mg	360mg	5g	1g	3g	30g
Nabisco Triscuit, Reduced Fat	1.00	120	3g	0mg	160mg	21g	0g	3g	3g
Plain Baked Potato	1.00	140	0g	0mg	11mg	26g	3g	3g	4g
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast	1.00	190	3g	140mg	65mg	0g	0g	0g	50g
Knudsen Cottage Cheese Free Nonfat	1.50	120	0g	8mg	645mg	11g	8g	0g	20g
Tillamook Mountain Huckleberry Ice Cream	2.00	320	18g	50mg	110mg	34g	30g	0g	6g
Langers Cranberry Juice	0.50	70	0g	0mg	5mg	18g	16g	0g	0g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	60.0	-496.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,529	37g	275mg	2,352mg	278g	112g	26g	156g

Footnote: Miles walked since June 28 ... 49.00.

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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, July 30, 2013

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