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Mile 3 as the new year begins and with it, the attempt to repeat walking an average of an hour a day on at least 95% of the 313 days other than Sunday in the year. (Believe me, Tortoise's sixty-one year old bones are ready for a rest each Sunday after six days of walking an hour)  Any day I don't walk at least two miles counts as a missed day.  There were only 15 missed days in 2014, that will be a tough standard to meet or improve on this year!

No Pat Riley guarantees from the Tortoise, just an honest consistent daily effort that should take me at least an extra mile over last year's goal ... that would be 1,002 miles.

For you post-millenials reading this, I offer this little piece of history "rap" on Mr. Riley ...


Understand that when Pat made his guarantee, either the Lakers, or Celtics, or both, had made it to every NBA championship series of the 1980s, but no team had won two championships in a row for 18 years!  People were seriously arguing at that time that it was no longer possible to do so, yet, here was Pat guaranteeing it.

I'm hoping to not only build health and vitality in this effort, but to have so much fun doing it, that many of you will set and achieve your own tortoise goals and share your accomplishments with us here on Lou's blog.  What a great tribute that would be to the noble Iron Horse!

For more on today's walk along with the day's energetic walking thought by Ruth Wright, please click below to continue reading!

Cheerio!

Today's walk was 3.96 miles, with 309 feet climbed in 1:07:42 hours, giving it an average 3.2 tortoise rating. 576 calories were burned on this walk, which was a loop through the west side of La Verkin, including heading into Confluence Park at 560 West 600 North and back up and out at the first climb up to Center Street.  

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/605337558
I've walked 9 consecutive non-Sundays since my last missed day on December 23, and overall have walked on 299 of the 314 non-Sundays since the beginning of 2014, a 95.22% 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:

"Sister Wilson carefully studied each young child as she entered the Primary classroom. How they have grown and developed since January,she thought. She gathered them around her and began her lesson. 'You are each very special! You have learned so many things. You have learned to sit reverently and listen to our lessons. Why, you can even say your own prayers!'

“'Well of course,' responded Clayton, 'I’ve already been on this earth five years!'

"Clayton’s lifetime seemed a very long time to him, and he saw no limits to what he could learn. Brothers and sisters, our children are eager to learn. They want to be taught. They need to be taught."

To watch, listen to, or read this message in full, please visit https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1994/04/teaching-children-to-walk-uprightly-before-the-lord?lang=eng  #ShareGoodness

The tortoise is smiling!