The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-348

"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!

Saturday, December 14, 2013

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I walked to pretty much every home in the La Verkin 1st Ward today, hoping to spread a little Christmas cheer. Interestingly, I have done a couple Winterfest 5k walks in the past, and was considering doing the new Winterfest 10k walk last Saturday ... then we got the 37 year record snowfall and I talked myself out of it. Well, it was 37 degrees when I started my walk today and 45 degrees when I finished ... sunny and gorgeous throughout, but as you can see, after a week there is still more snow than not. And I did my 10k, plus about 0.3k extra. Or 6.40 miles, if you prefer that measurement system. I averaged 28 minutes per mile while walking and stopping at doors. Including conversations along the way, it took me 3:58 hours to do the whole thing. Tortoise rating: 5.5, including a half point for the snow and ice I walked through about half of the time.

Please click below for a map, an overhead view with the many twists and turns of my path, a 34 second video, and food info for today:

Cheerio!

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Calorie Goal: 2,244 Calories Consumed: 2,826 Calories Burned: 1,147 Net Calories: 1,679

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Youngevity Ultimate Classic Dietary Supplement	1.00	40	0g	0mg	0mg	9g	9g	0g	0g
Youngevity Ultimate Osteo-fx	1.00	0	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Youngevity Oxy-Rich Toddy	1.00	23	0g	0mg	0mg	6g	6g	0g	0g
Youngevity Z Radical Fucoidani Zed	1.00	15	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	3g	0g	0g
Malt-O-Meal Frosted Mini-Spooners	1.50	285	2g	0mg	15mg	68g	17g	9g	8g
1% Milk	1.00	102	2g	12mg	120mg	12g	13g	0g	8g
Chicken Noodle Soup (Homemade)	1.00	328	6g	60mg	842mg	28g	9g	4g	20g
Lima Beans n Ham	1.50	252	6g	0mg	3mg	20g	2g	6g	6g
Carr's Whole Wheat Crackers	0.50	40	2g	0mg	50mg	5g	2g	1g	1g
Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter	0.50	95	9g	0mg	75mg	4g	2g	1g	4g
Panda Express Mandarin Chicken	1.00	250	10g	125mg	1,150mg	8g	0g	0g	31g
Panda Express Fried Rice	0.50	225	7g	53mg	355mg	34g	0g	3g	7g
Panda Express Chow Mein (1 entree)	0.50	245	11g	0mg	530mg	33g	4g	2g	7g
Mandarin Almond Shrimp	1.00	276	11g	115mg	612mg	22g	9g	4g	22g
Fortune Cookie	1.00	30	0g	0mg	22mg	7g	0g	0g	1g
Braum's Peppermint Ice Cream	3.00	420	21g	75mg	150mg	57g	45g	0g	9g
Hershey's Syrup Chocolate	2.00	200	0g	0mg	30mg	48g	40g	2g	2g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2 mph (30 min/mi)	192.0	-1,147.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,679	86g	439mg	3,953mg	375g	160g	32g	123g

3 comments:

BenjaminDecember 15, 2013 at 9:33 PM
This is torch!!! talk about a nice walk around town, can't believe there is still that much snow on the ground!
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RachelDecember 16, 2013 at 8:07 PM
Way to spread the holiday cheer el padre, love it!
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UnknownDecember 17, 2013 at 9:23 PM
Merry Christmas!!!
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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 :-)