When I get to Rivendell, I may get a walking stick. JUST BECAUSE.
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When I get to Rivendell, I may get a walking stick. JUST BECAUSE.
I have signed up, too. :)
I'm also on the forums at Nerd Fitness.
[QUOTE=RaeVynn;914222]I have signed up, too. :)
I'm also on the forums at Nerd Fitness.[/QUOTE]
I'm there too, as dragonjax. :)
Did another 2.5 miles this morning. I'm a slow walker - it takes me about 45 minutes to do the 2.5 miles. My first goal is to work my way up to 5 miles. Maybe this will mean going walking twice in a day. Dunno. But I've got to get to Rivendell, gosh darn it!
Signed up using my fitbit data from 7/26 forward. Should be fun. Though, it feels kind of like cheating when you're over six feet tall....3,600 miles is a lot fewer steps to me than to a hobbit (thank you, stride length).
Can usually hit about 4,300 steps a day without any extra effort, and then I try to walk at nights to hit 10k or so. Hit 17,000 the other day (while golfing, of all things), personal high (on the tracker, anyway).
[QUOTE=cantare;913454]I've actually listened to the whole set of LotR and Silmarillion audiobooks in the process. Have to add it all up and see how far I've made it![/QUOTE]
Minor aside, do you get those from an online source, or borrow from the library? I listen to a bunch of podcasts, but books would be good too. Thx. (and, just to use google to answer my own question, booksshouldbefree.com is one option). Audible & audiobooks.com seem a bit pricey in the $ 15-25/month range. Not sure I 'need' it that badly...
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing it.
I did some math. It's 1779 miles from Hobbiton to Mount Doom.
To do it within a year, you would need to walk 148.25 miles per month, or 34.21 miles per week. That's 4.88 miles per day. It seems doable if you can stick with it!
[QUOTE=Dr. Bork Bork;915637]This is awesome! Thanks for sharing it.
I did some math. It's 1779 miles from Hobbiton to Mount Doom.
To do it within a year, you would need to walk 148.25 miles per month, or 34.21 miles per week. That's 4.88 miles per day. It seems doable if you can stick with it![/QUOTE]
It's going to take me MUCH longer...
Evidently I got shot in the head by a stray arrow at the beginning of the tale but managed to not die of infection, and was assigned to the "follow crew". :cool:
Man! I've been walking to and from work since March and I haven't even made it to Rivendell yet :( (approx. 360/458 miles)
I just started doing this on Friday. I've been walking 2.5 miles each day. I'm going to bump it up to 5 miles beginning tomorrow. Rah!
According to google maps:
Use caution--One does not simply walk into Mordor.
Search for directions from rivendell to Mordor, make sure to select walking directions
Hah! This sounds like fun and a good motivator for walking every day. I just might have to sign up for this.