A wonderful day for the tortoise, who was joined on his walk by Rachel, Emma, Benjamin, Sarah, Chloe, Abigail, Nathan, Josh, Megan, Ethan, Kate, and Riley! We met at St. George's Crosby Family Confluence Park to walk 2.17 miles on the Virgin River Trail to the Man O' War trailhead, the section Rachel affectionately calls the Wal*Mart trail because it is clearly visible from the Interstate as it approaches the Bloomington Wal*Mart. It takes a lot of coordinating to get that many of us together to do it, and a support team at home ... thanks, Becca and Willyne for helping there with Maggie, we'll look forward to walking with you soon!
All of this means so much to mr. tortoise. Thank you, one and all!
All of this means so much to mr. tortoise. Thank you, one and all!
The trail is paved, well marked and in good condition, which impressed Sarah and Rachel ... along with the fact that it is clearly popular with bicyclists, runners, and walkers alike. It is mostly a gradual downhill path along the river, but there are a few very brief uphill sections totalling 24 feet climbed, which gives it a tortoise rating of 6.2. We took 48:40 minutes to do this walk; the tortoise burned 361 calories doing so. There's several more pictures with a map waiting for you when you click below to continue reading ...
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| Never let a good patch of grass go to waste! |
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| That goes for you too, Nathan :-) |
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| OK - we're off and walking now! |
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| No making fun of the "river". This is the desert and we are thankful for every drop of moisture, and any green signs of life it nurtures. And these beautiful people too! |
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| These beautiful people too! |
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| Don't let the driving range golf balls hit you as you walk :-) |
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| Roo has the best seat in the house |
2014 Stats:
524.83 miles walked, which is 52.43% of my 2014 goal.
524.83 miles walked, which is 52.43% of my 2014 goal.
163:22:17 hours walked, which is 52.45% of my 2014 goal
24,049 total feet climbed
83,903 calories burned
51.12% of the year has passed
I've walked 30 consecutive non-Sundays since my last missed day on May 31, and overall have walked on 149 of the 160 non-Sundays thus far in 2014, a 93.12% consistency rating.
The purpose of the percentages is to have a higher percentage of distance and time walked than of the year. This tells me I am on track. I'm sure this is more numbers than you are interested in, all I can say is I'm really good at setting high goals and having them slip away because I don't do them every, every day.
The tortoise is smiling! (Even if he does feel sorry for Costa Rica's valiant goalie, who was absolutely amazing for 120 minutes, only to be faced with five perfectly placed, unstoppable penalty kicks. Just look at the name. Penalty kicks. A game should not be decided based on kicks for which a penalty did not occur. No matter how engaging and entertaining it is to a worldwide television audience of billions. The tortoise has done his part to resolve this dilemma, for which efforts he has been sanctioned with a purple card from the Boredom Enforcement Committee for his failed attempt to determine the outcome by number of shots on goal. Clearly superior to deciding based on minutes of possession, because we would be rewarding offensive effort rather than simple stall tactics of endlessly passing the ball (there is a reason basketball installed a shot clock). Be that as it may, the tortoise hereby proposes another alternative solution (I see the purple cards flying now): Number of possessions lasting over 15 seconds. Some boring accountant can sit in a booth and push a button every time the same team controls the ball over 15 seconds. The team who dominates the game without sitting on the ball wins. Everyone will know for the entire game how this is going because we will put in on the scoreboard as the tiebreaking scorecard. Take that, Jim Rome and the Jungle! I'm out!
And yes! The tortoise is still smiling, and glad his sons care enough about him to throw purple cards his way!
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