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Mile 61.  Tortoise bundled up and did a 2.49 mile late night walk up and down La Verkin's Main Street, on a cold, dark evening.  For more on this walk, along with today's walking thought by Aileen Clyde (pictured above), please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!
Average tortoise rating was 5.6 on the 1.25 mile uphill segment of this walk.  371 calories were burned in the 41:54 minutes Lou walked. 

Tortoise's 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/618497712

Here are the overall stats so far for 2015:

61.09 miles walked, which is 6.10% of my 2015 goal. On this day in 2014, Tortoise had walked 62.96 year-to-date miles.  

18:07:30 hours walked, which is 5.79% of my 2015 goal (which is to walk 1 hour a day on the 313 days other than Sunday in the year)

2,536 total feet climbed, compared with 3,000 feet on this day in 2014.

9,152 calories burned

5.75% of the year has passed

I've walked 26 consecutive non-Sundays since my last missed day on December 22, and overall have walked on 316 of the 331 non-Sundays since the beginning of 2014, a 95.47% 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:

Of the many blessings that have come to me through my knowledge of Christ’s gospel, I am most grateful for the doctrine that teaches us that our lives here have eternal meaning and are for the glory of God.

To watch, listen to, or read this message in full, please visit https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1995/04/covenant-of-love?lang=eng #ShareGoodness

The tortoise is smiling!