Mile 704. One of the many excellent hills available to climb in Lou's habitat can be found by climbing the first mile or so of the Hurricane Rim Trail from the trailhead near highway 59. Tortoise headed there early this evening and made his doctor happy with a solidly heart pumping walk. To see a few more of his pictures and a map, followed by details of the walk and the day's walking thought by Gérald Caussé, please click below to continue reading ...
Cheerio!
This was a 3.07 mile walk, with a 3.4 tortoise rating earned by climbing 419 feet in the 1.54 mile uphill portion at an average elevation of 3653. The walk burned 457 calories in 1:01:28 hours.
Here are the overall stats so far for 2015:
704.96 miles walked, which is 70.36% of Lou's 2015 goal. On this day in 2014, Tortoise had walked 702.13 year-to-date miles.
215:46:29 hours walked, which is 68.94% of the 2015 goal (which is to walk 1 hour a day on the 313 days other than Sunday in the year)
36,212 total feet climbed, compared with 33,094 feet on this day in 2014.
105,740 calories burned.
67.41% of the year has passed.
Weigh-in: 225.2. There was a 13 pound rise and fall over the past 10 months, with a net result basically even (a drop of 0.2) from my last weigh-in on November 5, 2014.
Lou has walked 99 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11. Overall he has walked on 202 of the 211 non-Sundays in 2015, a 95.73% consistency rating. This compares with 199 days walked in the same period in 2014 (a 94.31% 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 ... for him, it is what it takes to be consistent. And Tortoise feels much more vibrant when he is consistent. He hopes you find what works for you)
And now for today's walking thought, dedicated to Jacob, Hilary, Maude, and Jack:
"Dad, it's absolutely shameful! We've lived here all our lives, and we have never been to the Eiffel Tower!
"There are so many wonders in this world. However, sometimes when we have them constantly before our eyes, we take them for granted. We look, but we don't really see; we hear, but we don't really listen.
"During His earthly ministry, Jesus said to His disciples:
"'Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
"'For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.' (Luke 10:23-24)"
The tortoise is smiling!
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