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Mile 51.  Tortoise essentially repeated yesterday's walk, but then, no two days are ever the same even if one goes to the same places and does many of the same things.  Just look at that vista!

Lou quickened his pace this evening, for the second time in 2016, he managed to average under 15 minutes per mile.  It was a good walk, accompanied by a thought by Henry Eyring ...

Cheerio!

Lou also got these nice sunrise shots earlier today.

If you haven't been to the middle school in the while, perhaps this family
health center built next door will interest you.

Or this pocket park across the street might as well.

Today's walk was 3.01 miles and had a 4.7 tortoise rating earned by climbing 210 feet in the 1.51 mile uphill portion.  Average elevation was 3285. This walk burned 526 calories in 44:24 minutes, a pace of 14:45 minutes per mile.

Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:

51.70 miles walked which is 7.57% of Lou's 2016 goal of 683 miles.  His goal for this date is 41.33 total miles.

13:43:41 hours walked which is 6.56% of the 2016 goal (which is to walk 40 minutes a day on the 314 days other than Sunday in the year).  

3,995 total feet climbed in 2016. Wounded Duck has challenged Tortoise to climb more than the 61,316 feet climbed in 2015 -- but in 40 minutes, rather than an hour daily.  To accomplish this, Tortoise needs to climb an average of 196 feet on each of the 314 walking days in 2016  ... assuming he misses no days at 6 days per week all 52 weeks (definitely quite an assumption!).  But playing along with Wounded Duck, this would mean climbing 3,724 feet in the 19 walking days so far in 2016.  So far, so good, but stay tuned.  This is a tough goal.

8,417 calories burned.

6.05% of the year has passed.

Lou has walked 220 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, Overall he has walked on 323 of the 332 non-Sundays in 2015-16, a 97.29% 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.  And of course, he also wants to keep the Boredom Committee supplied with plenty of boring numbers so those good folks will be happy ...

And now for today's walking thought ...

"You may have had an earthly parent who thought that you could be better than you thought you could be.  I had such a mother.

"What I didn't know when I was young was that my Heavenly Father, your Heavenly Father, sees greater potential in His children that we or even our earthly mothers see in us.  And whenever you move upward on that path toward your potential, it brings Him happiness.  And you can feel His approval."

-- Henry B. Eyring, "Daughters in the Covenant", April 2014 LDS General Conference

The tortoise is smiling!