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Tortoise walked 3.94 miles home from work this afternoon, taking a route including Hurricane's 400 South.  The skies were blue, the sun was bright, and the temperature in the 5 to 6 pm hour was 97 degrees.  He climbed 132 feet along the way in 1:03:43 hours.  The uphill portion of this path had a 5.6 tortoise rating and 654 calories were burned in this walk.  For a map, an updated picture of Tortoise, and a F. Melvin Hammond thought from today's listening while walking, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!

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Tortoise, shown moments after completing this walk

2014 Stats:

702.13 miles walked, which is 70.14% of my 2014 goal.

221:58:59 hours walked, which is 70.92% of my 2014 goal

33,094 total feet climbed 

112,155 calories burned
67.41% of the year has passed

I've walked 20 consecutive non-Sundays since my last missed day on August 11, and overall have walked on 199 of the 211 non-Sundays thus far in 2014, a 94.31% 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.

And now for today's thought, which is a wonderful and well deserved tribute to women!

"In a voice tinctured with pure love and the sweetest tenderness, he simply uttered one word, “Mary.” There was no mistaking the voice; it was Jesus Christ. And thrilled beyond any comprehension, the dear woman could only say, “Rabboni,” which means Master. (See John 20:16.)

"There He stood—alive! Raised from the dead! Never to die again! His perfect body forever united with the spirit. The eternal Christ!

"To the credit of gentle, loving women everywhere, our Redeemer chose as the first mortal witness of His resurrection from the dead a woman, Mary Magdalene.

To read, watch, or listen to the full 1990 speech by F. Melvin Hammond, please click here:  https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1990/04/the-resurrection?lang=eng

For more on who Melvin Hammond is, here's a couple of nice links: https://www.lds.org/ensign/1989/05/news-of-the-church/elder-f-melvin-hammond-of-the-second-quorum-of-the-seventy?lang=eng  and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Melvin_Hammond .  Becca will be pleased to know he was once a professor at Ricks; I personally enjoy the picture shown of him in those days.

The tortoise is smiling!