Mile 756. It's great to live in LaVerkin! Lou walked to the end of Center Street, then took the Cactus Cliff Trail down to the bottom of the hill, and back, all while the oil was being changed in his fine jalopy. Where else can you get a view like this in such a short jaunt. Thanks, Roadrunner!
Walking thought this morning was by Dallin Oaks ...
Cheerio!
Today's walk was 3.25 miles, done in 1:00:10 hours at an average pace of 18:31 minutes per mile. This route had an average tortoise rating of 4.6, earned by climbing 261 feet in the 1.63 mile uphill portion. Average elevation was 3123.
This was #hike11 of Lou's 52 Hike Challenge.
This was #hike11 of Lou's 52 Hike Challenge.
Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:
756.96 miles walked, compared with Lou's goal for this date of 738.85.
Tortoise has climbed a total of 52,991 feet so far in 2016, compared to a year-to-date goal of 45,472. 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 59:04 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 18:06.0 minutes per mile, compared with his 18:25 minute per mile pace in 2015.
Lou has walked 433 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, 2015. overall he has walked on 536 of the 545 non-Sundays in 2015-16, a 98.349% consistency rating.
Today's walking thought was "Teachings of Jesus", by Dallin H. Oaks from the October 2011 LDS General Conference.
The tortoise is smiling!
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