|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Arandiel
Grey Havens
Mar 12 2015, 2:46pm
Post #1 of 31
(1059 views)
Shortcut
|
|
Walk to Rivendell - March 12 and 19!
|
Can't Post
|
|
Sorry about the unintended gap in the WtR threads last week - life got a bit wonky on me, and I'm still trying to untangle some of the projects.
But, hey, we're here, it's Thursday, Spring is arriving to this little corner of the world - maybe to yours, as well, or maybe you have the first stirrings of Fall - so how go your walks through Middle Earth? What's getting you to move?
My progress:
Miles covered this past two weeks: 30
Cumulative miles: 192
Goal: Bag End to Rivendell
My weekly numbers are down a bit from where I would like - having a lot of sitting to do didn't help. But our weather has made a dramatic turn to the warmer, and the snow is melting, so I've been able to resume walking outside. Beamer (my daughter) even joined me yesterday evening! I'm taking the chance while I can get it - March and April are traditionally our snowiest months!
And in Middle Earth, we're getting close to leaving those blasted midgies behind - can't come soon enough!
Arandiel
Resources
The Walk with the Fellowship Challenge
The Eowyn Challenge Useful links, including mileage charts compiled by the late Karen Wynn Fonstad, are on the Tools page.
grammaboodawg's awesome site includes helpful activity conversion charts, mileages for Bilbo's Hobbitty journey home, and the Walk to Rivendell's TORn-up Postcards
Notta's Super-Duper Walking-Equivalents Chart
Eowyn Challenge Login Page is useful for keeping track of mileage, though 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 Eowyn Challenge/Walk to Rivendell - and Beyond! is a Middle-Earth-related fitness group 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.
Walk to Rivendell: Walk with the Fellowship Challenge - grab a buddy and let the magic live on, one step at a time.
Join us, Thursdays on Main!
(This post was edited by dernwyn on Mar 20 2015, 2:21am)
|
|
|
BlackFox
Half-elven
Mar 12 2015, 4:17pm
Post #2 of 31
(1014 views)
Shortcut
|
Good to hear from you again. It is beginning to look like spring here as well. The snow is almost entirely gone and the first of snowdrops are blooming. And the days are continuously getting longer, offering more and more opportunity to spend time outdoors.
My progress:
Miles covered this past two weeks: 46
Cumulative miles: 195
Goal: Bag End to Rivendell
In Middle-earth, I'm, like you, close to leaving the Midgewater Marshes (and the neekerbreekers) behind me. Yay!
Happy walking, everyone! 
|
|
|
Dame Ioreth
Tol Eressea
Mar 13 2015, 12:56pm
Post #4 of 31
(985 views)
Shortcut
|
|
I have been cleared by my doctor to walk!
[In reply to]
|
Can't Post
|
|
Whoo Hoo!
As long as I do my stretches that is.
So I am starting this weekend. Can't wait! And the weather is finally melting the ice and snow so I can walk and not skate.
Packing my bag now. I think I will try for Rivendell! Elrond here I come. And don't worry, I like green food. 
.
Heed WBA when building blanket forts.
ITLs don't get enough FAS. :)
Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
|
|
|
BlackFox
Half-elven
Mar 13 2015, 4:04pm
Post #5 of 31
(963 views)
Shortcut
|
Glad to have you join us.
|
|
|
Arandiel
Grey Havens
Mar 13 2015, 7:23pm
Post #6 of 31
(943 views)
Shortcut
|
We're getting some stirring from the bulbs around here, but no blooms yet.
Spring is so motivating, I find. Enjoy!
Walk to Rivendell: Walk with the Fellowship Challenge - grab a buddy and let the magic live on, one step at a time.
Join us, Thursdays on Main!
|
|
|
Arandiel
Grey Havens
Mar 13 2015, 7:27pm
Post #7 of 31
(942 views)
Shortcut
|
As you often say, ZOOOMMMM!
Enjoy the break in the weather, gramma, and may the snows tribble you no more this season!
Walk to Rivendell: Walk with the Fellowship Challenge - grab a buddy and let the magic live on, one step at a time.
Join us, Thursdays on Main!
|
|
|
Arandiel
Grey Havens
Mar 13 2015, 7:30pm
Post #8 of 31
(940 views)
Shortcut
|
We're glad to have you here, and I hope you enjoy the journey - and the company!
Walk to Rivendell: Walk with the Fellowship Challenge - grab a buddy and let the magic live on, one step at a time.
Join us, Thursdays on Main!
|
|
|
BlackFox
Half-elven
Mar 13 2015, 7:42pm
Post #9 of 31
(937 views)
Shortcut
|
As much as I enjoy summertime, spring may very well be my favourite season of the year.
Hopefully you'll be seeing the first of blossoms soon as well.
|
|
|
BlackFox
Half-elven
Mar 13 2015, 9:10pm
Post #11 of 31
(930 views)
Shortcut
|
Same to you, gramma!
|
|
|
Arandiel
Grey Havens
Mar 14 2015, 2:21am
Post #12 of 31
(911 views)
Shortcut
|
No sooner had I written that the bulbs weren't in bloom yet, than I spied half-a-dozen of our purple crocuses, and one yellow one, in the front lawn. Show-offs.
Walk to Rivendell: Walk with the Fellowship Challenge - grab a buddy and let the magic live on, one step at a time.
Join us, Thursdays on Main!
|
|
|
BlackFox
Half-elven
Mar 14 2015, 10:05am
Post #13 of 31
(895 views)
Shortcut
|
Gotta love those first blossoms.
|
|
|
Angharad73
Rohan
Mar 16 2015, 4:15pm
Post #15 of 31
(840 views)
Shortcut
|
...as usual.
It's been two busy weeks for me, lots of appointments and events that required running to and fro, and I still have two more relatively busy weeks ahead, but maybe without quite so much running around. The weather has also taken a turn for the better, so I have managed to get out a bit and take a few walks in the forest. Last weekend we finally got to meet our future dog - she is the cutest little puppy imaginable, and she'll be coming home to us at Easter or the week after.
Here is my progress for the last two weeks:
Miles covered: 72
Cumulative miles: 280
Goal: To Rivendell and beyond
So, I am past Weathertop now...
|
|
|
Arandiel
Grey Havens
Mar 17 2015, 4:50pm
Post #17 of 31
(804 views)
Shortcut
|
|
I say, if it works for Wizards, it works for us -
[In reply to]
|
Can't Post
|
|
'A TORn Walker is never late'; we arrive precisely when we mean to.
Wonderful news about your puppy, but, oh, the wait! I hope it goes well and quickly for you, Angharad73!
Walk to Rivendell: Walk with the Fellowship Challenge - grab a buddy and let the magic live on, one step at a time.
Join us, Thursdays on Main!
|
|
|
Arandiel
Grey Havens
Mar 20 2015, 2:00am
Post #18 of 31
(757 views)
Shortcut
|
|
Thread post for Thursday, March 19
[In reply to]
|
Can't Post
|
|
I'm grabbing the chance while I can - our internet connection is acting up this week, and it's been especially bad today. The cable tech comes tomorrow to find out what's going on. Fun times...
So, how go your journeys this week?
My progress:
Miles covered this week: 13
Cumulative miles: 192
Goal: Bag End to Rivendell
A slow week for me, as I spent a lot of time trying to make progress on a rather sedentary project. But I also got in some time on my core strength exercise, so it wasn't a complete loss.
Arandiel
Walk to Rivendell: Walk with the Fellowship Challenge - grab a buddy and let the magic live on, one step at a time.
Join us, Thursdays on Main!
|
|
|
BlackFox
Half-elven
Mar 20 2015, 10:03am
Post #19 of 31
(745 views)
Shortcut
|
I hope you get your connection fixed as quickly as possible. Until then, hang in there!
Fantastic weather and lots of errands have had a nice impact on my mileage.
My progress:
Miles covered this week: 38
Cumulative miles: 233
Goal: Bag End to Rivendell
In Middle-earth, I'm following a path south towards Weathertop. *gulp* On a more cheerful note, I'm now closer to Rivendell than I am to Bag End. Yay!
Happy walking, everyone!
|
|
|
NottaSackville
Valinor
Mar 20 2015, 12:27pm
Post #20 of 31
(746 views)
Shortcut
|
Well - it's been a long hiatus for me from this thread - 4.5 years according to my logs. In the meantime, I've had some periods of good exercise and some, er, uh, well, not so good.
But - I'm starting a new effort to drop a few pounds and focus on getting more exercise so i decided to pick up the Walk again. Thanks, Arandiel for faithfully keeping this thread going all these years!
When last I was seen in these parts, Gandalf & Pippen were atop Shadowfax on their way to Minas Tirith, and I gotta say, that's one boorrrrrrinnng stretch of the Walk. So I've decided to start over and try out this new-fangled Hobbit walk...quest....thing.
So far I've logged 10 miles. We've caught up with the Dwarves (and no wonder - Bilbo ran 2-minute miles on the way there! You can know everything there is to know about Hobbits, and they still find some way to surprise you....) passed the Three Farthing stone and are about to make our first camp. Hopefully there are no dangerous and foul beasts around like Tooks or talking foxes...
My progress:
Miles covered this week: 10
Cumulative miles: 10
Goal: Dragons, and TREASURE!
*Note - I convert my exercise activities into calories and calories into miles walked. In addition, since I'm trying to cut out snacks, every time I skip my normal snack time, I convert those calories I DIDN'T eat into miles walked as well. After all, a calorie not-eaten is the same as a calorie spent when it comes to meeting my weight-loss goal.
Notta
 Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
|
|
|
BlackFox
Half-elven
Mar 20 2015, 12:45pm
Post #21 of 31
(739 views)
Shortcut
|
What's wrong with talking foxes?
[In reply to]
|
Can't Post
|
|
Welcome (back) on board! And thank you for that awesome walking-equivalents chart -- it's been of much use to me.
|
|
|
NottaSackville
Valinor
Mar 20 2015, 2:44pm
Post #23 of 31
(733 views)
Shortcut
|
I didn't mean YOU! It's those curious foxes that show up once and then never again that I don't trust.
And glad the chart has been handy!
Notta
Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
|
|
|
BlackFox
Half-elven
Mar 20 2015, 3:55pm
Post #24 of 31
(728 views)
Shortcut
|
Alright, I'll take your word for it.
(This post was edited by BlackFox on Mar 20 2015, 3:56pm)
|
|
|
Angharad73
Rohan
Mar 20 2015, 4:24pm
Post #25 of 31
(727 views)
Shortcut
|
It's been a good week for me. Lots of nice weather and sunshine (except on the day the town had they Summer Day parade, of course), and I have been able to go for a decent walk in the forest almost every morning. My legs do hurt a bit at the moment, but that's just because I was so very lazy over the winter and I'm not used to regular exercise anymore. It'll get better, I suppose.
My progress this week:
Miles covered: 38
Cumulative miles: 318
Goal: Rivendell and onwards
|
|
|
|
|
1
