Mile 195. Lou discovered the Murdock Canal Trail last night while walking up Battle Creek Drive in Pleasant Grove. Turns out it is fairly new, and already quite popular. So for today's walk, Tortoise parked his car at the Provo River trailhead at the intersection of Orem's 800 North and Provo's University Avenue. Or US 189 and State 52, if you prefer. This is now a trailhead for the Murdock Canal trail as well. Today's walk went 2 miles up the trail from there, then back. The first 0.8 miles are on an extra wide sidewalk on the north side of 800 North, then at 1100 East the trail heads mostly north and a little west. The picture above is maybe a quarter mile north of that point.
This evening's walking thought is by John Dickson. Lou hopes you enjoy his pictures ...
Cheerio!
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| First time Lou has seen a sign directed specifically to the many skateboarders who enjoy these trails. |
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| Junction with the Provo River Trail. These signs weren't here the last times Tortoise passed by this point on that trail: April 19, 2013 and April 4, 2014 |
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| Same point. This sign shows the way to where the Murdock Canal Trail leaves 800 North. |
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| Looking north as the trail leaves 800 North |
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| The canal was put in a pipe underground not long ago, and this trail built on top of it. Nice! |
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| The mileposts start at 1 and go every quarter mile thereafter. (None on the 800 North segment of the trail) |
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| Northbound view of the trail tunnel under Orem's 800 East street |
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| Today's turnaround point. If one was to keep going, they could reach the Jordan River Trail at Highway 92 in Thanksgiving Point in just 18 more miles ... (just think of all the fun walks ahead) |
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| Southbound view at the turnaround point |
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| Tortoise in his green shirt wishing you and yours a happy St. Patrick's Day |
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| The walking Tortoise has the right of way with bicyclists, but yields to equestrians on their horses. (And he stays well to the right to share the trail with the bicyclists.) |
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| Walking east on 800 North in the last half mile of today's route. |
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| Off the trail now getting a view of a deer before returning to the parked car. |
Today's walk was 4.04 miles and had a 5.3 tortoise rating earned by climbing 76 feet in the 2.02 mile uphill portion. Average elevation was 4847. This walk burned 638 calories in 65:40 minutes, a pace of 16:15 minutes per mile (Tortoise didn't turn off the clock for all those pictures.) It was Lou's twenty-eighth 5k walk of 2016.
Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:
195.74 miles walked, compared with Lou's goal for this date of 210.19 miles.
14,289 total feet climbed so far in 2016, compared to a year-to-date goal of 12,936. Lou hopes to climb more than the 61,316 feet he climbed in 2015 -- but in 16 minutes less each day than his 1:07:04 hour average in 2015. So far in 2016 Tortoise's walks have averaged 48:21 minutes each.
His average pace so far in 2016 has been 16:18 minutes per mile, slightly more tortoise like than his goal of 16:05 minutes per mile, but a noticeable difference from his 18:25 minute per mile pace in 2015.
Lou has walked 267 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, Overall he has walked on 370 of the 379 non-Sundays in 2015-16, a 97.63% 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 ...
"The gospel in Africa is going to a happy people, very unencumbered by the trappings that affect the lives of many in the West. They are not concerned about having endless material possessions.
"It has been said of Africans that they have very little of that which matters least and a great deal of that which matters most. They have little interest in enormous homes and the finest cars but great interest in knowing their Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, and in having eternal families. As a natural result of their faith, the Lord is lifting them in meaningful ways."
The tortoise is smiling!
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