Mile 234. The skies have cleared, the mountains have a fresh, clean dusting, and spring is still abloom. A fine evening for a walk! Today's thought is by Whitney Clayton ...
Today's walk was 3.29 miles and had a 4.8 tortoise rating earned by climbing 219 feet in the 1.65 mile uphill portion. Average elevation was 3285. This walk burned 541 calories in 51:36 minutes, a pace of 15:41 minutes per mile. It was Lou's thirty-seventh 5k walk of 2016.
Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:
234.10 miles walked, compared with Lou's goal for this date of 245.22 miles.
17,021 total feet climbed so far in 2016, compared to a year-to-date goal of 15,092. 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 49:53 minutes each.
His average pace so far in 2016 has been 16:24 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 278 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, Overall he has walked on 381 of the 390 non-Sundays in 2015-16, a 97.69% consistency rating.
One step at a time can lead to great things!
And now for today's walking thought ...
"Husbands and wives in great marriages make decisions unanimously with each of them acting as a full participant and entitled to an equal voice and vote. They focus first on the home and on helping each other with their shared responsibilities. Their marriages are based on cooperation, not negotiation. Their dinner hour and the family time that follows become the center of their day and the object of their best efforts. They turn off electronics and forego personal entertainment in order to help with household duties. To the extent possible, they read with their children every night and both participate in putting the little ones to bed. They retire to their bed together. As their duties and circumstances permit, husbands and wives work side by side in doing the most important work there is -- the work we do in our own homes."
The tortoise is smiling!
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