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Mile 85.  A beautiful afternoon to sneak in a walk in between rain showers shortly after arriving in southern California for a working weekend.  This one was a minimum 2.03 miler (minimum because Tortoise won't count a day walked if it is less than 2 miles) on the Pacific Electric Trail both directions between Sultana and Tokay while passing a well marked crossing of old Route 66 in Fontana.  For more on this walk, featuring several more pictures and today's walking thought by Janette Hales, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!

 

Today's walk lasted 36:22 minutes.  Average tortoise rating was 6.4 on the 1.02 mile "uphill" segment of this walk, based on 24 feet climbed. 296 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/623980110

Here are the overall stats so far for 2015:

85.22 miles walked, which is 8.50% of my 2015 goal. On this day in 2014, Tortoise had walked 89.04 year-to-date miles.  

25:20:37 hours walked, which is 8.10% of my 2015 goal (which is to walk 1 hour a day on the 313 days other than Sunday in the year)

3,291 total feet climbed, compared with 4,807 feet on this day in 2014.

12,721 calories burned

8.31% of the year has passed

Lou has walked 34 consecutive non-Sundays since his last missed day on December 22, and overall has walked on 324 of the 339 non-Sundays since the beginning of 2014, a 95.58% 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 March 1995:

" ... the scriptures have become a permanent resource to her—a resource that will always be with her. She has learned that our Heavenly Father will not fail her. The scriptures have blessed others. Many of you have read the book The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom. The scriptures were an answer for her in a time much more bleak than most of us will ever have to face."

To watch, listen to, or read this message in full, please visit https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1995/04/ye-shall-feast-upon-this-fruit?lang=eng #ShareGoodness

The tortoise is smiling!