"The Blog Almost Too Boring To Be The Most Boring Blog in America ... for Over 5 Years!"

until it got too many red cards from Wounded Duck and the Boredom Enforcement Committee ... now the tortoise's goal is to get to 10 red cards so he can get Big Dog to drive down and take a good long walk with the tortoise

P. S. This blog listens to its readers. We have the Benjamin Category Override for 5+ mile walks and now, it humbles Tortoise to say he has been named "Lou", by Doug Jr, in memory of Mr. Consistency himself, Lou Gehrig. Tortoise can hardly type the words to think he is in any way comparable to the noble Iron Horse. Thank you!


Friday, March 6, 2015

15-65



Mile 213.  Tortoise's walk took him back to work using the more direct route along the highway, starting with a nice view of the snowcapped Pine Valley Mountains.  For a map, other details, and the day's walking thought by Wm. Rolfe Kerr, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!





































Tortoise completed today's 3.09 mile walk in 49:28 minutes.  Tortoise rating was 5.3, based on 123 feet climbed in the 1.55 mile uphill portion (average elevation 3236).  484 calories were burned along the way.  

And here are the overall stats so far for 2015:

213.54 miles walked, which is 21.31% of Lou's 2015 goal. On this day in 2014, Tortoise had walked 191.26 year-to-date miles.  

61:58:54 hours walked, which is 19.80% of the 2015 goal (which is to walk 1 hour a day on the 313 days other than Sunday in the year)

10,820 total feet climbed, compared with 10,081 feet on this day in 2014.  

32,158 calories burned

17.89% of the year has passed

Lou has walked 64 consecutive non-Sundays since his last missed day on December 22, and overall has walked on 354 of the 369 non-Sundays since the beginning of 2014, a 95.93% 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 1996:



"When the Savior invited the multitude to behold their little ones, was He speaking in the collective sense of a group of little children? Or was He drawing their attention, and ours, to the individual nature and importance of each of those little ones—each of those little individuals?"

To watch, listen to, or read this message in full, please visit

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1996/10/behold-your-little-ones?lang=eng #ShareGoodness

The tortoise is smiling!

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