15-23

Mile 68.  An sunset 4.29 mile loop walk of La Verkin in 1:20:43 hours.  For more on this, plus today's walking thought by Monte Brough, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!
Average tortoise rating was 5.3 on the 2.15 mile uphill segment of this walk, based on 178 feet climbed. 628 calories were burned. 

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/619202930

Here are the overall stats so far for 2015:

68.39 miles walked, which is 6.83% of my 2015 goal. On this day in 2014, Tortoise had walked 69.84 year-to-date miles.  

20:16:38 hours walked, which is 6.48% of my 2015 goal (which is to walk 1 hour a day on the 313 days other than Sunday in the year)

2,764 total feet climbed, compared with 3,226 feet on this day in 2014.

10,251 calories burned

6.39% of the year has passed

I've walked 28 consecutive non-Sundays since my last missed day on December 22, and overall have walked on 318 of the 333 non-Sundays since the beginning of 2014, a 95.50% 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:

"Recently, we met with an executive of a large entertainment corporation. Among her many fine credentials, this corporate leader is of Jewish ethnicity. She obviously enjoyed a tour of our Family History Library and a demonstration of the Church’s commitment to the gathering and preserving of vital records from all over the world. As our meeting ended, she asked me a question, “Why is your church so interested in genealogy?”

"I responded, “Let me answer you by asking you the same question, why are Jews interested in their genealogy?”

"She answered, a little surprised by my query: “Why? It is of ultimate and profound importance. It is how we obtain and maintain our identity. It is how I know who I am. The history and lives of our ancestors are the glue that holds the entire Jewish community together.” She concluded, “How else would you know who you are?”

"I responded to her, “That is also one of the reasons why our church is interested in genealogy.”

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

The tortoise is smiling!