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Mile 7.  Tortoise had a haircut appointment after work, so to change things up, he parked the car around the corner from that, an hour before, and headed out on a 3.52 mile walk up the hill and back.  For more on this walk and today's walking thought by Dallin Oaks, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio! 

Today's walk climbed 145 feet in 57:11 minutes, giving it an average 5.3 tortoise rating with 543 calories were burned.  

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/605950312
Here are the overall stats so far for 2015:

7.48 miles walked, which is 0.75% of my 2015 goal. On this day in 2014, Tortoise had walked 7.72 year-to-date miles.

2:04:53 hours walked, which is 0.66% of my 2015 goal (which is to walk 1 hour a day on the 313 days other than Sunday in the year)

454 total feet climbed 

1,119 calories burned
0.64% of the year has passed

I've walked 10 consecutive non-Sundays since my last missed day on December 23, and overall have walked on 300 of the 315 non-Sundays since the beginning of 2014, a 95.24% 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:

"Sometimes we pray for things that will benefit us but may hurt others.We may pray for a particular type weather, or to preserve someone’s life, when that answer to our prayer may hurt someone else.That’s why we must always pray in faith, because we can’t have true, God-given faith in something that is not according to His will. If it’s according to His will, all parties will benefit."

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

The tortoise is smiling!