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Arandiel
Grey Havens
Oct 6 2011, 6:02pm
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Walk to Rivendell and Beyond: There and Back Again Challenge!
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Another week, another set of milestones!
There and Back Again
Group Challenge Progress
Miles covered last week: 121*
Cumulative miles: 244.45
The Company has passed the Three-Farthing Stone and is on their way to Frogmorton.
*This includes 19 miles covered by my Elf (see below)
As for me, I'm heading for the Brandywine Bridge with Bilbo.
Arandiel
Miles covered this week: 8
Cumulative miles: 37
Goal: There and Back Again!
I told my 10-year-old daughter (my Elf) about the Challenge, and she would like to join in. At her age, I don't let her have any internet accounts, though, so I'd like to post her miles for her. Is that okay with other folks on the thread? If it's okay, her mileage looks like this:
My Elf
Miles covered this week: 19
Cumulative miles: 38
Goal: Group Challenge
The Scoop on the Walk
The TORn Walk to Rivendell thread meets right here on Main, on Thursdays.
Learn about TORn's There and Back Again Challenge: http://newboards.theonering.net/forum/...forum_view_collapsed;
Helpful activity conversion charts: http://newboards.theonering.net/forum/...so=DESC;
http://newboards.theonering.net/forum/...postatt_id=7271;
Walk to Rivendell's TORn-up Postcards (courtesy of grammaboodawg): http://newboards.theonering.net/forum/...sb=post_time;so=DESC;
Learn about the Walk to Rivendell/Éowyn Challenge: http://www.eowynchallenge.net
Éowyn Challenge Login Page to register miles: http://careydigitalstudio.com/...esdatabase/login.php
If you use the Éowyn Challenge site to track your progress, please update your mileage via the login page, and be sure to keep a backup record, in case Warg attack, Wizard-induced blizzard, or other fell calamity causes the Shields page to crash.
The Éowyn Challenge/Walk to Rivendell (and beyond) is a Middle-Earth-related fitness walk that began in March 2003, and has been going on with walkers around the world ever since. TORn's Walk is open to all people and healthy types of activity. Please visit the Éowyn Challenge site, especially the main page and the Walk page, for more information. Useful links, including mileage charts compiled by the late Karen Wynn Fonstad, are on the Tools page.
(This post was edited by Arandiel on Oct 6 2011, 6:11pm)
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Nightingale
Rohan
Oct 6 2011, 6:13pm
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that your elf wants to join in! I think 'the more the merrier' is the best policy here. I don't know about dwarves and wizards, but hobbits like walking in company!
My tally for this week is rather low I'm afraid, (I am a wheelchair user, so it's slow and steady here). Although the high winds where I am in the UK are making downhill easier  Let's hope there are more downhills on the way to Rivendell!
Miles this week: 5
Cumulative: 6
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Arwen's daughter
Half-elven
Oct 6 2011, 7:32pm
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The first is the original, with the wresting dancers. The last one is the Ministry of Silly Walks sketch from Monty Python. Hopefully the other activities are fairly clear, but feel free to ask if there are questions. Use them in your signatures if you want to help promote the walk. The more walkers we get, the less walking we all have to do to get there 
I had a busy weekend and a slow week of work-outs this week. Way too many days off!
Miles this week: 8.6
Miles since September 8th: 90.6
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NottaSackville
Valinor
Oct 6 2011, 7:46pm
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A little something for everyone.
Notta
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NottaSackville
Valinor
Oct 6 2011, 7:49pm
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Good for the elfling. The more the merrier!
As for myself, I've been knocked back with a nasty cold, so only a few miles for me this week.
3.4 miles this week
22 miles total
Notta
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NottaSackville
Valinor
Oct 6 2011, 7:50pm
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So good for you, and may the next wind be strong enough to blow you UP the hills (and then die down when you want to go against it...)
Notta
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Arandiel
Grey Havens
Oct 6 2011, 10:34pm
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I remember visiting a few windy spots in Britain
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"windy" being an understatement - at Avebury, the wind was strong enough my friends and I could stay upright even when we threw all our weight into it!
And I'd say wheeling takes a lot more stamina than walking!
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Arandiel
Grey Havens
Oct 6 2011, 10:37pm
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Oh, wow, those are great! Now,
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I just need to figure out what the directions for posting pics in footers actually mean!
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Arandiel
Grey Havens
Oct 6 2011, 10:38pm
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Get well soon, Notta - nassty coldses!//
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Arandiel
Grey Havens
Oct 6 2011, 11:05pm
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Volleyball and dance, plus a two-mile charity walk on Saturday...
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... keeping up with her and her brother gets interesting, to say the least!
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grammaboodawg
Immortal
Oct 7 2011, 12:01pm
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I'm here at my Mom's for till Sunday, so I know I'm not going to get much walking or activities in... unless we can figure the mileage for trips to the kitchen and working the tv remote ;) But I did get some mileage in before leaving. I also messed up on my mileage added to the Eowyn Shields page, so I won't be updating that this week.
Had a GLORIOUS time at Lake Michigan last Friday! Storms and winds and waves kicking up as high as 15 feet!! AWESOME!!
Gotta fly now... but I'm delighted that my Elf ;) (nickname? *snigger*) has come on board! *waves madly* I'll come visit everyone's walks when I get home on Sunday!
Till then... keep on truckin' everyone!! and have a GREAT weekend :)
Miles covered this week: 8
Cumulated miles: 38 [since first started challenge. forgot to post before :( ]
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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HappyHobbitess
Rohan
Oct 7 2011, 8:13pm
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Being sick is no fun!
"Yes, but what about SECOND breakfast?"
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grammaboodawg
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Oct 10 2011, 1:21am
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I hope you're feeling better :} I'm impressed... If it was me, I don't think I'd even have moved 3 feet let alone 3 miles!
Take care :)
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grammaboodawg
Immortal
Oct 10 2011, 1:25am
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You got me *sniggering* at the vision of your chair rolling down the hills with a tailwind. I envisioned you rigging a sail to get you up the hill ;)
*high five* YOU ROCK!
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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grammaboodawg
Immortal
Oct 10 2011, 1:29am
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You have really outdone yourself with these excellent variations! I can't stop laughing at that outrageous walkers set!
Most excellent! DANKA!!
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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Nightingale
Rohan
Oct 10 2011, 10:43am
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I have considered a sail once or twice  Thanks for the encouragement, sorry I didn't spot this post sooner, (I am rather a newbie round here, so excuse any obvious board errors).
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Alassëa Eruvande
Valinor
Oct 10 2011, 9:59pm
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Well, with the kitchen remodel going on at my house,
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I made it to the rec center exactly once last week, and did not even walk on my road. Bleh. These people are testing my patience. Today the sheet rockers came and left it tragically dusty, plus, they left my front door wide open when they left! Fortunately, we live out in the country on a somewhat un-busy street, but still! Needless to say, we are spending the night tonight with Grandma and Grandpa Eruvande to avoid the dust. Grrr! 
So put me down for a grand total of 7 miles.
Cumulative miles 87.
I'm just keeping my eyes on the prize: a new fabulously awesome kitchen. Soon, soon, soon. 
And suddenly the Tornadoes saw afar off a greenlight, as it were a cloud with a living heart of flame;
and they knew that this was no vision only, but that PJ had made a new thing: The Hobbit, the Film that Is.
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Nightingale
Rohan
Oct 11 2011, 9:38am
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We have just had our bathroom redone. A much smaller job than your kitchen I am sure, but with many of the same problems. It will be worth it in the end, honestly! Hope it's all looking bright and shiny soon.
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Arandiel
Grey Havens
Oct 13 2011, 3:59pm
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As diverse a group as we TORnFolk are...
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we have this in common: we've all been new here. You're doing great!
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