Mile 220. Tortoise passed this fine view just west of city hall this evening on his way up the hill from his office the first time. Lou then continued in a loop near the middle school and back around to Dairy Queen, where he gathered with John, Austin, Julianne, Nicholas, Margaret, Andy, and his mother and father for an hour. We commemorated Glen's birthday ... Tortoise had a root beer float in his memory.
After the gathering ended, Lou climbed the hill a second time, this time by was of the new Ivy Wood neighborhood, and headed back to work. Walking thought was by Dieter Uchtdorf ...
Cheerio!
Today's walk was 3.89 miles and had a 5.0 tortoise rating earned by climbing 224 feet in the 1.95 mile uphill portion. Average elevation was 3285. This walk burned 616 calories in 63:25 minutes, a pace of 16:18 minutes per mile. It was Lou's thirty-third 5k walk of 2016.
Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:
220.23 miles walked, compared with Lou's goal for this date of 232.48 miles.
15,895 total feet climbed so far in 2016, compared to a year-to-date goal of 14,308. 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 49:10 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 274 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, Overall he has walked on 377 of the 386 non-Sundays in 2015-16, a 97.67% consistency rating.
One step at a time can lead to great things!
And now for today's walking thought ...
"We have all seen a toddler learn to walk. He takes a small step and totters.. He falls. Do we scold such an attempt? Of course not. What father would punish a toddler for stumbling? We encourage, we applaud, and we praise because with every small step, the child is becoming more like his parents.
"Now ... compared to the perfection of God, we mortals are scarcely more than awkward, faltering toddlers. But our loving Heavenly Father wants us to become more like Him, and ... that should be our eternal goal too. God understnds that we get there not in an instant but by taking one step at a time.
"I do not believe in a God who would set up rules and commandments only to wait for us to fail so He could punish us. I believe in a Heavenly Father who is loving and caring and who rejoices in our every effort to stand tall and walk toward Him. Even when we stumble He urges us not to be discouraged--never to give up or flee our allotted field of service--but to take courage, find our faith, and keep trying."
The tortoise is smiling!
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