Mile 627. It was beautiful, clear, and 98 degrees sunny at 7 pm this evening. Wounded Duck was en route from the land northward for a visit and due to arrive at 8:30. Tortoise sent him a text and set off for home for the first time from his new Hurricane workplace, to enjoy the beauty and to see if he could make it in time to greet Duck upon his arrival. The picture above shows the view after the first mile. Walking thought was by Tom Perry ...
Cheerio!
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Today's walk was 5.33 miles, done in 1:31:05 hours at an average pace of 17:o5 minutes per mile. This route had an average tortoise rating of 5.2, earned by climbing 24o feet in the 2.67 mile uphill portion. Average elevation was 3288. Its over 5 mile length qualifies it for a Benjamin Category Override to a 5.0 tortoise rating.
Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:
627.44 miles walked, compared with Lou's goal for this date of 614.65.
43,696 total feet climbed so far in 2016, compared to a year-to-date goal of 37,828. 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 58:18 minutes each.
His average pace so far in 2016 has been 17:56.0 minutes per mile, compared with his 18:25 minute per mile pace in 2015.
Lou has walked 394 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, 2015. Overall he has walked on 497 of the 506 non-Sundays in 2015-16, a 98.221% consistency rating.
And, if you were wondering, Wounded Duck beat Tortoise home by 5 minutes.
And now for today's walking thought:
"A dominant theme of the Book of Mormon is expressed in the final verse of the first chapter of 1 Nephi. Nephi writes, 'But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance.' (1 Nephi 1:20)"
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