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Mile 58.  Tortoise walked a 3.08 mile loop in Hurricane after work, dropping down to 400 South, taking it as far as 200 West, and then circled back to his office.  For more on this walk, along with today's walking thought by Joseph B. Wirthlin, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!

Average tortoise rating was 5.7 on a 1.54 mile uphill segment of the trail.  449 calories were burned; the walk took 56:30 minutes. 

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/617315184

Here are the overall stats so far for 2015:

58.60 miles walked, which is 5.85% of my 2015 goal. On this day in 2014, Tortoise had walked 60.78 year-to-date miles.  

17:25:36 hours walked, which is 5.57% of my 2015 goal (which is to walk 1 hour a day on the 313 days other than Sunday in the year)

2,469 total feet climbed, compared with 2,892 feet on this day in 2014.

8,781 calories burned

5.43% of the year has passed

I've walked 25 consecutive non-Sundays since my last missed day on December 22, and overall have walked on 315 of the 330 non-Sundays since the beginning of 2014, a 95.45% 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:

"But most of this searching is in vain. … It is only this ‘living water,’ the gospel of Jesus Christ, that can and will bring a happy, a successful, and an everlasting life to the children of men.” ⁶

The Savior’s promise to that woman extends to all of our Heavenly Father’s children. By living the gospel of Jesus Christ, we develop within ourselves a living spring that will quench eternally our thirst for happiness, peace, and everlasting life."

To watch, listen to, or read this message in full, please visit https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1995/04/living-water-to-quench-spiritual-thirst?lang=eng #ShareGoodness

The tortoise is smiling!