"The Blog Almost Too Boring To Be The Most Boring Blog in America ... for Over 5 Years!"

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!


Saturday, May 7, 2016

16-128


Mile 347.  Lou went to lunch with his mom to celebrate Mother's Day a day early, then took her on a drive to show her some of the places Tortoise walks, just because she wants to know what her son is doing.  Very nice.  Following this, Lou did a walk of the La Verkin Scenic Circle trail, this time starting at the La Verkin Creek trailhead in Confluence Park, heading from there to the La Verkin Overlook, then down the old road that used to go to Zion and through Wanlass Park and some La Verkin streets to return to his starting point.  There are lots of pictures here, so enjoy, mom!  Walking thought today is by Gerrit Gong ...

Cheerio!


































































Today's walk was 7.89 miles, done in 3:00:05 hours at an average pace of 22:50 minutes per mile.  This route had an average 2.4 tortoise rating earned by climbing 972 feet in the 2.53 mile uphill portion.  Average elevation was 3439.  This walk burned 1292 calories. 

Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:

347.67 miles walked, compared with Lou's goal for this date of 350.32 miles.
  
25,281 total feet climbed so far in 2016, compared to a year-to-date goal of 21,560. 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 52:46 minutes each.

His average pace so far in 2016 has been 16:42 minutes per mile, compared with his 18:25 minute per mile pace in 2015.

Lou has walked 311 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, Overall he has walked on 414 of the 423 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 Lord's hand in our lives is often clearest in hindsight.  As Christian philosopher Soren Kierkegaard put it: 'Life must be understood backward.  But...it must be lived forward
.'"

-- Gerrit W. Gong, "Always Remember Him", April 2016 LDS General Conference

The Tortoise is smiling!

No comments:

Post a Comment