Mile 598. Tortoise got some colorful pictures of the sunset enhanced clouds while climbing up the hill after work. Lou is now dividing his time between an office in Hurricane and one in St. George. Change is hard after 15 years working in one place, but hey, there will be new places to walk!
The thought this evening was by Dieter Uchtdorf ...
Cheerio!
Today's walk was 3.2o miles, done in 1:03:32 hours at an average pace of 19:51 minutes per mile. This route had an average tortoise rating of 5.1, earned by climbing 19o feet in the 1.6o mile uphill portion. Average elevation was 2637.
Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:
598.63 miles walked, compared with Lou's goal for this date of 585.99.
40,683 total feet climbed so far in 2016, compared to a year-to-date goal of 36,064. 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 58:10 minutes each.
His average pace so far in 2016 has been 17:52.9 minutes per mile, compared with his 18:25 minute per mile pace in 2015.
Lou has walked 385 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, 2015. Overall he has walked on 488 of the 497 non-Sundays in 2015-16, a 98.189% consistency rating.
And now for today's walking thought [and yes, Lou has purposely used " ... " repeatedly in this quote to point out that he believes this thought applies to all service]:
"... we all have lists of what we could and should do ... The what is important in our work, and we need to attend to it. But it is in the why of ... service that we discover the fire, passion, and power ...
"The what of ... service teaches us what to do. The why inspires our souls.
"The what informs, but the why transforms ."
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