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Mile 1,009.  Tortoise got another walk with Darin, Chloe, and Abigail, and Nathan this afternoon.  This one was in the Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands in Viera, Florida.  For pictures, today's walking thought by Howard Hunter, and more, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!

Today's walk was 2.25 miles, with 21 feet climbed in 53:37 minutes, giving it an average 6.8 tortoise rating. 362 calories were burned on this walk.  

My walking map provider, www.mapmyfitness.com, has changed formats recently and the maps haven't transferred to this blog as well since.  Instead of embedding the map, let's try this link and see if that works better for you to see where Lou walked today:

http://www.mapmyfitness.com/routes/view/602105580

Here are the overall stats so far for 2014:

1,009.00 miles walked, which is 100.80% of my 2014 goal.

316:24:21 hours walked, which is 101.09% of my 2014 goal (which was to walk 1 hour a day each day for 313 days)

48,661 total feet climbed 

159,882 calories burned
98.72% of the year has passed

I've walked 4 consecutive non-Sundays since my last missed day on December 23, and overall have walked on 294 of the 309 non-Sundays thus far in 2014, a 95.15% 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.  (If you doubt this, compare Tortoise's 2013 walking record with 2014)

And now for today's walking thought, initially presented in April 1994 ...

"The world is full of people who are willing to tell us, 'Do as I say.' Surely we have no lack of advice givers on about every subject. But we have so few who are prepared to say, 'Do as I do.' And, of course, only One in human history could rightfully and properly make that declaration. History provides many examples of good men and women, but even the best of mortals are flawed in some way or another. None could serve as a perfect model nor as an infallible pattern to follow, however well-intentioned they might be.

"Only Christ can be our ideal, our 'bright and morning star' (Rev. 22:16). Only he can say without any reservation, 'Follow me; learn of me; do the things you have seen me do. Drink of my water and eat of my bread. I am the way, the truth, and the life. I am the law and the light. Look unto me and ye shall live. Love one another as I have loved you' (see Matt. 11:29;Matt. 16:24; John 4:13–14; John 6:35, 51; John 7:37; John 13:34; John 14:6; 3 Ne. 15:9; 3 Ne. 27:21).

"My, what a clear and resonant call! What certainty and example in a day of uncertainty and absence of example."

To watch, listen to, or read this message in full, please visit https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1994/04/what-manner-of-men-ought-ye-to-be?lang=eng #ShareGoodness

The tortoise is smiling!