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until it got too many red cards from Wounded Duck and the Boredom Enforcement Committee ... now the tortoise's goal is to get to 10 red cards so he can get Big Dog to drive down and take a good long walk with the tortoise

P. S. This blog listens to its readers. We have the Benjamin Category Override for 5+ mile walks and now, it humbles Tortoise to say he has been named "Lou", by Doug Jr, in memory of Mr. Consistency himself, Lou Gehrig. Tortoise can hardly type the words to think he is in any way comparable to the noble Iron Horse. Thank you!


Friday, May 6, 2016

16-127


Mile 339.  Tortoise walked back to work this morning on his usual path up the 600 North hill.  Walking thought was by Robert Hales ...

Cheerio!




Today's walk was 3.05 miles, done in 49:18 minutes at an average pace of 16:10 minutes per mile.  This route had an average 4.7 tortoise rating earned by climbing 213 feet in the 1.53 mile uphill portion.  Average elevation was 3287.  This walk burned 494 calories. 

Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:

339.78 miles walked, compared with Lou's goal for this date of 347.13 miles.
  
24,309 total feet climbed so far in 2016, compared to a year-to-date goal of 21,364. Lou hopes to climb more than the 61,316 feet he climbed in 2015 -- but in less time each day than his 1:07:04 hour average in 2015.  So far in 2016 Tortoise's walks have averaged 51:38 minutes each.

His average pace so far in 2016 has been 16:33 minutes per mile, somewhat 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 310 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, Overall he has walked on 413 of the 422 non-Sundays in 2015-16, a 97.87% consistency rating.  

One step at a time can lead to great things!

And now for today's walking thought ...

"The Holy Ghost is central to the Restoration.  Regarding his boyhood reading of James 1:5, the Prophet Joseph recounted, 'Never did any passage of scripture come with more power to the heart of man than this did at time to mine.'  The power described by Joseph Smith was the influence of the Holy Ghost.  As a result, Joseph went into a grove of trees near his home and knelt down to ask of God.  The First Vision that followed was truly momentous and magnificent.  But the path to that in-person visitation of the Father and the Son began with a prompting from the Holy Ghost to pray
."


The Tortoise is smiling!

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