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Mile 618.  After work, Tortoise found himself in Washington City running errands.  There had been a downpour in the afternoon, and looked like there would be more, so Lou found himself high ground to walk on rather than the river trail that was calling his name.  He took the "Mt. Everest/Cardiac Arrest" trail starting on Coral Canyon Dr. just off Telegraph.  The trail quickly climbs to the top of the ridge, after which Tortoise continued on the paved Highland trail which becomes an unpaved trail past the park.  When he had walked a little over a mile, the clouds became more intense and lightning in the distance pronounced.  Lou cut his planned walk short and hastily retraced his steps without getting wet and was thankful for safe passage!  Today's thought was by Todd Christofferson ...

Cheerio!

Today's walk was 2.50 miles, done in 44:06 minutes at an average pace of 17:38 minutes per mile. This route had an average tortoise rating of 3.8, earned by climbing 306 feet in the 1.25 mile uphill portion.  Average elevation was 3077.

Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:

618.30 miles walked, compared with Lou's goal for this date of 608.28. 

43,227 total feet climbed so far in 2016, compared to a year-to-date goal of 37,436.  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 58:05 minutes each.

His average pace so far in 2016 has been 17:56.6 minutes per mile, compared with his 18:25 minute per mile pace in 2015.

Lou has walked 392 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, 2015. Overall he has walked on 495 of the 504 non-Sundays in 2015-16, a 98.214% consistency rating.

And now for today's walking thought:

"As our Easter celebration approaches, I express my own witness that Jesus of Nazareth was and is the Son of God, the very Messiah of ancient prophecy.  He is the Christ, who suffered in Gethsemane, died on the cross, was buried, and who indeed rose again the third day.  He is the resurrected Lord, through whom we shall all be resurrected and by whom all who will may be redeemed and exalted in his heavenly kingdom.  This is our doctrine, confirming all prior testaments of Jesus Christ and state anew for our own time."

--  D. Todd Christofferson,  "The Doctrine of Christ", LDS General Conference, April 2012

The tortoise is smiling!