Walk to Rivendell....and beyond!

Finding Frodo

Finding Frodo

Tol Eressea
Hello, fellow travelers! I hope your walks are going well. My exercise class is on hiatus and I haven't had time to go biking for almost a week, but I have been walking every day. I have just been over to eowynchallenge.net to see where I am, but my record-keeping has been so poor I can only assume that Frodo and Sam are still inching their way to Mt. Doom. It can't be far now! In real life, I'm inching my way toward the first day of school, putting up bulletin boards, making seating charts and lesson plans. "I can go on," said Frodo. "I must." That's all I have for a quote, since I don't feel like getting up off my couch to grab the book, but it's a good one in many situations. Have a good week, everyone!

Don’t forget to update your mileage on the Shields page. Be sure to keep a paper record of your miles, as there is always the potential for the
Shields page to crash (again). And see you in Rivendell!!!!

Explanatory note: The Eowyn Challenge/ Walk to Rivendell (and beyond) is a LOTR-related fitness walk thingy that began in March 2003, and that has been going on with walkers around the world ever since. The idea is to keep track of your mileage as you walk, and soon you will find yourself traversing the 458 miles to Rivendell. The walk is open to all. Keeping a goal date in mind can be useful for some, others are happy taking the scenic route and getting to Rivendell eventually. The website for the Walk explains things far more coherently than I can; please check out the link below, especially the main page and the Walk page. Lots of useful links, including wonderful mileage charts compiled by the late Karen Wynn Fonstad, can be found on the Tools page.

The TORn Walk to Rivendell thread can usually be found right here on Main, on Thursdays or Fridays.

Walk to Rivendell: http://www.eowynchallenge.net
 
Hi FF,

I started out almost three weeks ago, and made good progress to start with, sneaking my way to Bree quite happily.
Now I find though (what with the summer holiday coming to its end) that my initial goal date was too ambitious and will have to be abandoned.
The plan was to reach Rivendell by the full moon of september 4th, but walking 15 miles a day proved just too time consuming.

Just leaving the marshes of Midgewater behind me, I'm glad to say. Good luck with your climb!
 
Sneaker, you had a goal of 15 miles a day? The only way I can imagine doing that is if I were walking for transportation like one of the Fellowship or a pioneer or something. Congratulations on covering so much ground already. Enjoy slowing down (to what -- 10 miles a day?)[laugh]
 
And a big howdy-doooo Finding Frodo! It's amazing how fast this summer has passed. I just packed of the g'kiddies (Sunday) and our annual gramma visit is over. We had hours of playing what we call badminton where we've killed off 11 of the 28 birdies I'd accumulated for our game. Totally decapitated 3 of them! There are more laughs and misses than actualy volleys, but it's great fun swinging at and chasing those poor aims and bad serves. I miss them already.

School already!? *sigh*

Cheers to one and all! Keep on truckin'... and thanks for taking such good care of us FF! :D
 
15 miles is WAY WOW! I found that goals are great motivators, but are often hampered by RL!

You hang in there :D *still wide-eyed impressed*
 
I really appreciate finding out about this. I have bookmarked the page and will get started say on the 22nd of September!

Hobbiton to Rivendell seems perfect.
 
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