Mile 159. Today featured a loop walk originating from Hafen Trailhead Park. It included part of the Virgin River Trail, and was done in between work appointments in Mesquite. For more pictures and details, along with a walking thought by Mack Lawrence, please click below to continue reading ...
Cheerio!
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| Tortoise could have stayed on city trails for the entire loop, but cut the walk short to keep on his work schedule by taking Mesquite Blvd. part of the way ... where he discovered this fine monument to tortoisedom! |
Tortoise completed today's 3.53 mile walk in 53:41 minutes. Tortoise rating was 6.2, based on 61 feet climbed in the 1.77 mile uphill portion (average elevation 1579). 583 calories were burned along the way.
Tortoise's walking map provider, www.mapmyfitness.com, has changed formats and the maps haven't transferred to this blog as well since. (Lou keeps trying without success.) Instead of embedding the map, let's try this link and see if that works better for you to see where he walked today:
And here are the overall stats so far for 2015:
159.90 miles walked, which is 15.96% of Lou's 2015 goal. On this day in 2014, Tortoise had walked 151.98 year-to-date miles.
46:49:05 hours walked, which is 14.96% of the 2015 goal (which is to walk 1 hour a day on the 313 days other than Sunday in the year)
7,890 total feet climbed, compared with 7,837 feet on this day in 2014.
23,922 calories burned
13.74% of the year has passed
Lou has walked 51 consecutive non-Sundays since his last missed day on December 22, and overall has walked on 341 of the 356 non-Sundays since the beginning of 2014, a 95.79% 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 1996:
"A truly converted follower of Christ—one who merits the designation of disciple or Saint—could not be casual or complacent in his or her approach to service in the Church nor in keeping covenants and commandments. Such a one would surely follow the Lord’s admonition to “learn his [or her] duty, and to act … in all diligence” (D&C 107:99).
To watch, listen to, or read this message in full, please visit https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1996/04/conversion-and-commitment?lang=eng #ShareGoodness
The tortoise is smiling!
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