Mile 258. Is this a pretty place for a playground or what? This was about a mile and a quarter into Tortoise's walk up the 870 West hill, and beyond, this evening. Walking thought was provided by Henry Eyring ...
Cheerio!
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| Lou thought he would mix up the map background for you this evening. :-) |
Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:
258.97 miles walked, compared with Lou's goal for this date of 267.52 miles.
18,480 total feet climbed so far in 2016, compared to a year-to-date goal of 16,464. 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 50:43 minutes each.
His average pace so far in 2016 has been 16:27 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 285 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, Overall he has walked on 388 of the 397 non-Sundays in 2015-16, a 97.73% consistency rating.
One step at a time can lead to great things!
After his walk, Tortoise headed over to Special Needs Activity Night. Tonight they had Steve Gifford volunteering as a DJ for their 50s sock hop. One of the songs reminded me of Put Put Charlie, not to mention Mitt Romney's father, George ...
If you want to know about Put Put Charlie, please ask for this piece of your narrator's history from another lifetime. (Put Put happened around '63, the song came out in '58. Family car at that time was a green '58 Chevy station wagon, the front of which looked just like the front of the pictured Caddy, with the bowtie Chevy logo in place of the Caddy V. Had the old stick shift on the column. When you put it in overdrive it would fly up the Grapevine without breaking a sweat. Which you were ready for after twenty seemingly endless miles trapped behind Put Put.)
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| Ours didn't have the bug guard. |
And now for today's walking thought ...
"Where and when we feel the closeness of the Savior depend on each of us. He gave this instruction: ... 'Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.'
" ... During His mortal ministry, the Savior gave us the parable of the seed and the sower. The seed was the word of God. The sower was the Lord. The survival of the seed and its growth depended on the condition of the soil ... the heart of the person who receives the seed."
The tortoise is smiling!
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