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Mile 55.  Tortoise did a 4.06 mile loop through the hills of north Hurricane after work today, climbing 169 feet along the way in 1:12:24 hours.  For an additional picture and more info on this walk, along with today's walking thought by Merrill Bateman, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!

Average tortoise rating was 4.9 on a 1.37 mile uphill segment of the trail.  592 calories were burned along the way. 

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/616575540

Here are the overall stats so far for 2015:

55.52 miles walked, which is 5.54% of my 2015 goal. On this day in 2014, Tortoise had walked 57.42 year-to-date miles.  

16:29:06 hours walked, which is 5.27% of my 2015 goal (which is to walk 1 hour a day on the 313 days other than Sunday in the year)

2,412 total feet climbed, compared with 2,738 feet on this day in 2014.

8,332 calories burned

5.11% of the year has passed

I've walked 24 consecutive non-Sundays since my last missed day on December 22, and overall have walked on 314 of the 329 non-Sundays since the beginning of 2014, a 95.44% 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 1995:

"The Savior’s atonement in the garden and on the cross is intimate as well as infinite. Infinite in that it spans the eternities. Intimate in that the Savior felt each person’s pains, sufferings, and sicknesses. Consequently, he knows how to carry our sorrows and relieve our burdens that we might be healed from within."

To watch, listen to, or read this message in full, please visit https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1995/04/the-power-to-heal-from-within?lang=eng #ShareGoodness

The tortoise is smiling! #ShareGoodness