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Mile 720.  Tortoise chose a southern loop from his office this evening.  Pictured above is the view up Gould's Wash about halfway through the walk.  To see another picture, a map, along with today's stats and walking thought by Rafael Pino, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!

Looking at a cinder cone to the west about a mile into the walk

This one was about as flat as you can get.  Less than a 1% average grade.

Today's walk was 3.58 miles, with a 5.7 tortoise rating earned by climbing 67 feet in the 1.79 mile uphill portion at an average elevation of 3245.  The walk burned 526 calories in 1:01:47 hours.

Here are the overall stats so far for 2015:

720.89 miles walked, which is 71.95% of Lou's 2015 goal. On this day in 2014, Tortoise had walked 719.36 year-to-date miles.   

220:26:30 hours walked, which is 70.43% of the 2015 goal (which is to walk 1 hour a day on the 313 days other than Sunday in the year)

36,790 total feet climbed, compared with 34,075 feet on this day in 2014.  

108,085 calories burned.

69.01% of the year has passed.

Lou has walked 104 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11. Overall he has walked on 207 of the 216 non-Sundays in 2015, a 95.83% consistency rating.  This compares with 204 days walked in the same period in 2014 (a 94.44% 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 ...

"The perspective with which the sculptor saw that block of marble was different than that of the boy who was watching him work.  The artist's vision of the possibilities encased in the stone allowed him to create a work of art.

"The Lord knows what He wants to accomplish with each one of us.  He knows the kind of reform He wants to achieve in our lives, and we do not have the right to counsel Him.  His thoughts are higher than our thoughts."

-- Rafael Pino, "The Eternal Perspective of the Gospel", April 2015 LDS General Conference

The tortoise is smiling!