"The Blog Almost Too Boring To Be The Most Boring Blog in America ... for Over 5 Years!"

until it got too many red cards from Wounded Duck and the Boredom Enforcement Committee ... now the tortoise's goal is to get to 10 red cards so he can get Big Dog to drive down and take a good long walk with the tortoise

P. S. This blog listens to its readers. We have the Benjamin Category Override for 5+ mile walks and now, it humbles Tortoise to say he has been named "Lou", by Doug Jr, in memory of Mr. Consistency himself, Lou Gehrig. Tortoise can hardly type the words to think he is in any way comparable to the noble Iron Horse. Thank you!


Thursday, September 15, 2016

16-259


Mile 725.  Given that this was to be a mean, nasty deadline day, Tortoise got in his walk first thing.  This made sure he would in fact take a walk today.  The route today was his classic double hill loop near his home.  Walking thought was by Dieter Uchtdorf ...

Cheerio!





Today's walk was 2.26 miles, done in 38:07 minutes at an average pace of 16:52 minutes per mile. This route had an average tortoise rating of 5.0, earned by climbing 126 feet in the 1.13 mile uphill portion. Average elevation was 3218.

This met Tortoise's 2 mile minimum to be count this as a day walked, but was less than 5k and so he is not counting it towards his 52 Hike Challenge is what is left of the year.

Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:


725.81 miles walked, compared with Lou's goal for this date of 707.01.

Tortoise has climbed a total of 50,526 feet so far in 2016, compared to a year-to-date goal of 43,512.   Lou hopes to climb more than the 61,316 feet he climbed in 2015 -- as a way to get the 125 heart rate his doctor suggests for these walks.  So far in 2016, Tortoise's walks have averaged 58:58 minutes each, compared with his daily average of 1:07:04 hours the previous year.  He enjoys seeing what he can do in an hour and change each day!

His average pace so far in 2016 has been 18:02.2 minutes per mile, compared with his 18:25 minute per mile pace in 2015.

Lou has walked 423 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, 2015. overall he has walked on 526 of the 535 non-Sundays in 2015-16, a 98.318% consistency rating.

Today's walking thought was "Providing in the Lord's Way", by Dieter F. Uchtdorf. from the October 2011 LDS General Conference

"Too often we notice the needs around us, hoping that someone from far away will magically appear to meet those needs.  Perhaps we wait for experts with specialized knowledge to solve specific problems.  When we do this, we deprive our neighbor of the service we could render, and we deprive ourselves of the opportunity to serve.  While there is nothing wrong with experts, let's face it;  there will never be enough of them to solve all the problems. ...

"The Lord's way is not to sit at the side of the stream and wait for the water to pass before we cross.  It is to come together, roll up our sleeves, go to work, and build a bridge or a boat to cross the waters of our challenges."

The tortoise is smiling!

2 comments:

  1. You can do anything but you can't do everything.

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  2. True! Maybe I should do a better job of choosing my battles. :-)

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