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Mile 884.  Country road, take me home ... the long way.  Tortoise decided to go farther south in Hurricane than he had ventured before, basically a loop walk passing by the Intermediate School.  For more pictures, a map with a hill climbing chart, other details, and the day's walking thought by Randall Bennett, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!

The hill came at the very end this time

Today's walk was 5.21 miles and had a 5.6 tortoise rating earned by climbing 119 feet in the 2.6 mile uphill portion.  The over 5 mile distance qualifies this walk for the Benjamin Category Override to a 5.0 tortoise rating.  Average elevation was 3250.  This walk burned 772 calories in 1:32:36 hours.

Here are the overall stats so far for 2015:

884.83 miles walked which is 88.31% of Lou's 2015 goal.  On this day in 2014, Tortoise had walked 861.61 miles.

270:54:38 hours walked which is 86.55% of the 2015 goal (which is to walk 1 hour a day on the 313 days other than Sunday in the year).

47,329 total feet climbed, compared with 42,320 feet on this day in 2014.

132,616 calories burned.

82.43% of the year has passed.

Lou has walked 146 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11.  Overall he has walked on 249 of the 258 non-Sundays in 2015, a 96.51% consistency rating.  This compares with 245 days walked in the same period in 2014 (a 94.96% consistency rating).

The purpose of the percentages is to have a higher percentage of both distance and of 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 walking record up until 2013 with 2014 or 2015 ... for him, it is what it takes to be consistent.  He hopes you find what works for you).

And now for today's walking thought ...

"When we perceive a gap between who we are now and who we desire to become, many of us are tempted to choose to lose faith and hope. Because 'no unclean thing can dwell with God,' (1 Nephi 10:21; see also Moses 6:57) in order to live with Him again we will need to be cleansed of sin and sanctified.  If we had to do this alone, none of us would make it. But we are not alone.  In fact, we are never alone.  We have heaven's help because of Jesus Christ and His Atonement.  The Savior said, 'If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me.' (Moroni 7:33) When faith is exercised, faith increases."

-- Randall Bennett, "Your Next Step", October 2015 LDS General Conference

The tortoise is smiling!