Mile 516. The Boredom Committee will be pleased to learn that the picture above was taken just past the turnaround point of this morning's walk. It is the same walk Tortoise has taken each morning this week. He is pleased simply to have the opportunity to walk once again, this time accompanied by a thought from Daniel Johnson ...
Cheerio!
Today's walk was 3.32 miles, done in 58:46 minutes at an average pace of 17:42 minutes per mile. This route had an average tortoise rating of 5.3, earned by climbing 137 feet in the 1.66 mile uphill portion. Average elevation was 3250.
Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:
516.80 miles walked, compared with Lou's goal for this date of 500.00.
35,393 total feet climbed so far in 2016, compared to a year-to-date goal of 30,772. 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 58:13 minutes each.
His average pace so far in 2016 has been 17:41 minutes per mile, compared with his 18:25 minute per mile pace in 2015.
Lou has walked 358 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, 2015. Overall he has walked on 461 of the 470 non-Sundays in 2015-16, a 98.085% consistency rating.
One step at a time can lead to great things!
And now for today's walking thought ...
"Our discipleship will be developed and proven not by the type of trials that we are faced with but how we endure them. As we have been taught by President Henry B. Eyring, 'So, the great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life. It is not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage. And the tragedy of life is to fail in that test ...' "
-- Daniel L. Johnson, "Becoming a True Disciple", October 2012 LDS General Conference
The tortoise is smiling!
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