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Mile 1,003.  Tortoise did a bonus walk later in the day after walking his thousandth mile, so that he would have over two miles for the day and keep his consecutive walking streak alive at 173.  It was a short La Verkin loop, meaning the whole walk was done on one side of the state highways.  Today's walking thought is by Russell Ballard ...

Cheerio!

Today's walk was 3.33 miles and had a 4.8 tortoise rating earned by climbing 225 feet in the 1.67 mile uphill portion.  Average elevation was 3276.  This walk burned 495 calories in 1:03:56 hours.

Here are the overall stats so far for 2015:

1,003.44 miles walked which is 100.14% of Lou's 2015 goal.  On this day in 2014, Tortoise had walked 942.67 miles.  

309:04:29 hours walked which is 98.75% of the 2015 goal (which is to walk 1 hour a day on the 313 days other than Sunday in the year).  Said another way, Tortoise got his 1,000 miles done 4 hours quicker than he had hoped, while climbing more.  A good year.

54,447 total feet climbed, compared with 46,127 feet on this day in 2014.

150,615 calories burned.

91.05% of the year has passed.

Lou has walked 173 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, Overall he has walked on 276 of the 285 non-Sundays in 2015, a 96.84% consistency rating.  This compares with 272 days walked in the same period in 2014 (a 95.44% 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 ...

"If we keep our focus on the Lord, we are promised a blessing beyond comparison:  'Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men.  Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.'"

-- M. Russell Ballard, "Stay in the Boat and Hold On", October 2014 LDS General Conference

The tortoise is smiling!