The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-212

"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!

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

13-212

View of the valley as I head down the hill on the final stretch to work

Walked to work this morning. 3.01 miles with 192 feet climbed in 56:15 total elapsed time. Average heart rate: 108. Tortoise rating: 5.2. Got a bonus walk in this evening, I walked from the house to the white city building and back to be one of the moderators at Meet The Candidates night. 0.72 miles with 49 feet climbed in 16:04 total elapsed time (including stops along the way to talk with Charles Gubler and Vernon Jaques -- the irrigation water is back on!) Tortoise rating: 5.4.

Click here if you'd like to see details on eating and calories burned walking:

Cheerio!

Calorie Goal: 2,377 Calories Consumed: 2,184 Calories Burned: 579 Net Calories: 1,605

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
Mountain High Yogurt Plain (lowfat)	1.00	140	3g	15mg	170mg	18g	16g	0g	11g
Banana, small	1.00	90	0g	0mg	1mg	23g	12g	3g	1g
Plain Baked Potato	1.00	140	0g	0mg	11mg	26g	3g	3g	4g
Knudsen Cottage Cheese Free Nonfat	2.00	160	0g	10mg	860mg	14g	10g	0g	26g
Grilled Skinless Chicken Breast	1.00	120	2g	70mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	24g
Eat Smart Broccoli Slaw	1.00	25	0g	0mg	25mg	5g	2g	2g	2g
Tomatoes Cherry Tomato	3.00	9	0g	0mg	0mg	2g	1g	1g	0g
Western Family Oatmeal Old Fashioned	1.50	225	4g	0mg	0mg	41g	0g	6g	8g
Mountain High Yogurt Plain (lowfat)	1.00	140	3g	15mg	170mg	18g	16g	0g	11g
Wendy's Classic Single	1.00	410	19g	70mg	910mg	37g	8g	2g	25g
Wendy's Chilli (small)	1.00	190	6g	40mg	830mg	19g	6g	5g	14g
Wendy's Vanilla Frosty (small)	1.00	310	8g	35mg	180mg	52g	43g	0g	8g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	56.0	-463.0
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	14.0	-116.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,605	48g	255mg	3,157mg	295g	118g	27g	142g

Footnote: Miles walked since June 28 ... 52.01.

2 comments:

RachelAugust 1, 2013 at 5:52 PM
I love the creativity of the pictures. I don't mind repeats either, it's just always nice to see the homefront :)
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UnknownAugust 1, 2013 at 10:24 PM
It's fun for me to see it at different times of day, different times of year ... amazing how much variety there can be in the same place!
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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 :-)