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Mile 87.  Had a most pleasant lunch and discussion with four old friends, from left to right above, Mike Arlen, Brad Bobbs, John Stern, and Brian Krantz.  Then later did a short walk with John and also a Terreeeblay treadmill walk later.  For more on these walks and today's walking thought by M. Russell Ballard, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!


Today's walks totalled 2.30 miles, done in 53:35 minutes.  Average tortoise rating was 5.0 on the 1.66 mile "uphill" segment of this walk, based on 351 feet climbed. 262 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/workout/861731011

Here's the picture of the treadmill as that walk ended:

And here are the overall stats so far for 2015:

87.52 miles walked, which is 8.73% of my 2015 goal. On this day in 2014, Tortoise had walked 92.79 year-to-date miles.  

26:14:12 hours walked, which is 8.38% of my 2015 goal (which is to walk 1 hour a day on the 313 days other than Sunday in the year)

3,642 total feet climbed, compared with 4,961 feet on this day in 2014.

12,983 calories burned

8.63% of the year has passed

Lou has walked 35 consecutive non-Sundays since his last missed day on December 22, and overall has walked on 325 of the 340 non-Sundays since the beginning of 2014, a 95.59% 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 October 1995:

"During the past several weeks of physical recovery, I have found myself with more time on my hands than I am accustomed to, with an unscheduled opportunity to think, to ponder, and to pray. I do not recommend the course of action that brought this gift of time to me, but I believe all of us would benefit from time to ponder and meditate. In the quiet moments of personal introspection, the Spirit can teach us much."

To watch, listen to, or read this message in full, please visit https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1995/10/hyrum-smith-firm-as-the-pillars-of-heaven?lang=eng #ShareGoodness

The tortoise is smiling!