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Mile 481.  Tortoise walked in a large loop of La Verkin as the sunset waned and the moon rose.  He was accompanied by a walking thought by Henry Eyring ...

Cheerio!

Today's walk was 3.97 miles, done in 1:13:33 hours at an average pace of 18:32 minutes per mile. This route had an average tortoise rating of 5.5, earned by climbing 129 feet in the 1.99 mile uphill portion.  Average elevation was 3202.

Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:

481.32 miles walked, compared with Lou's goal for this date of 468.15.

33,630 total feet climbed so far in 2016, compared to a year-to-date goal of 28,812.  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 per day average in 2015.  So far in 2016, Tortoise's walks have averaged 57:32 minutes each.

His average pace so far in 2016 has been 17:34 minutes per mile, compared with his 18:25 minute per mile pace in 2015.

Lou has walked 348 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, 2015.  Overall he has walked on 451 of the 460 non-Sundays in 2015-16, a 98.043% consistency rating.

One step at a time can lead to great things!

And now for today's walking thought ...

"Although His time is not always our time, we can be sure that the Lord keeps His promises.  For any of you who now feel that He is hard to reach, I testify that the day will come that we all will see Him face to face.  Just as there is nothing now to obscure His view of us, there will be nothing to obscure our view of Him.  We will all stand before Him, in person.  Like my granddaughter, we want to see Jesus Christ now, but our certain reunion with Him at the judgment bar will be more pleasing if we first do the things that make Him as familiar to us as we are to Him.  As we serve Him, we become like Him, and we feel closer to Him as we approach that day when nothing will hide our view."

-- Henry B. Eyring, "Where Is The Pavilion?", October 2012 LDS General Conference

The tortoise is smiling!