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These new homes are going to get a great scenic view of Zion National Park and more, don't you think?  This picture was taken at the beginning of Tortoise's walk halfway home from work.  The totals of that, and the walk halfway to work in the morning, was 3.39 miles with 228 feet climbed in 1:03:29 hours.  Tortoise rating was 4.4 this morning and 5.1 this evening.  Lou (Tortoise's name, thanks to Doug Jr) burned a total of 531 calories on today's walk.  To learn more about Lou, please check out the updated masthead at the top of this blog.  Due to technical difficulties with HTML coding, there will be no maps today.  For two walking thoughts, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!

The first thought is by L. Aldin Porter,

"The Lord needs missionaries with a willing heart and mind.Truly effective missionaries have many talents, varied and beautiful, but one quality they all seem to have is the ability to stick with their commitments—that is, the power to do what they agree to do."  Sounds pretty tortoise like :-) More at https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1992/04/a-disciple-of-jesus-christ?lang=eng

Then Lou went on a second walk, and heard a most remarkable testimony by Gordon B. Hinckley of his personal experiences with each prophet who lived in his lifetime.  (A great picture of all of them is here:  http://www.pinterest.com/pin/310678074269082341/) You definitely will want to watch, listen to, or read this one:  https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1992/04/believe-his-prophets?lang=eng

2014 Stats:

847.22 miles walked, which is 84.64% of my 2014 goal.

267:35:42 hours walked, which is 85.49% of my 2014 goal

41,352 total feet climbed 

135,253 calories burned
81.15% of the year has passed

Weigh-in:  225.7, down 0.5 from my last weigh-in on October 15 and continuing a drop of a total of 12.4 pounds since July 1.

I've walked 28 consecutive non-Sundays since my last missed day on September 20, and overall have walked on 241 of the 254 non-Sundays thus far in 2014, a 94.88% consistency rating.

The purpose of the percentages is to have a higher percentage of distance and time walked than of the year. This tells Tortoise that he is on track. Yes, this is more numbers than you are likely interested in, all Tortoise can say is he's really good at setting high goals and having them slip away because he doesn't do them every, every day.

The tortoise is smiling!