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Mile 498.  A late night loop around La Verkin for Tortoise, accompanied by the inspiring words of Jeffrey Holland ...

Cheerio!

Today's walk was 3.93 miles, done in 1:05:19 hours at an average pace of 16:37 minutes per mile. This route had an average tortoise rating of 5.2, earned by climbing 190 feet in the 1.97 mile uphill portion.  Average elevation was 3204.

Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:

498.16 miles walked, compared with Lou's goal for this date of 480.89.

34,577 total feet climbed so far in 2016, compared to a year-to-date goal of 29,596.  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 58:14 minutes each.

His average pace so far in 2016 has been 17:39 minutes per mile, compared with his 18:25 minute per mile pace in 2015.

Lou has walked 352 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, 2015.  Overall he has walked on 455 of the 464 non-Sundays in 2015-16, a 98.060% consistency rating.

One step at a time can lead to great things!

And now for today's walking thought ...

"To all within the sound of my voice the voice of Christ comes ringing down through the halls of time, asking each one of us while there is time, 'Do you love me?'  And for every one of us, I answer with my honor and my soul, 'Yea, Lord, we do love thee.  And having set our 'hand to the plough' we will never look back until this work is finished and love of God and neighbor rules the world ... "

-- Jeffrey R. Holland, "The First Great Commandment", October 2012 LDS General Conference

The tortoise is smiling!