TGP Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 Mile 32! we Hide from the Black Rider! :woot this is just the 1st one though.... the next encounter is more consequential- Frodo nearly puts the ring on and his is 'Rescued' by the Elves... THAT is at mile 41. its the Next big thing to look for.... [edit: with any luck I should arrive to that point by the end of the day. today SHOULD be a good day for mileage.] 1 Quote https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/116426-im-awake/ the "NEW" normal is good with me! as Life was Never really Normal anyways.... Link to comment
bker1370 Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 I'll make the first black rider today (only about 0.13 miles short LOL), but I don't think I'll make the 9 miles today to make the second one LOL. 1 Quote B'ker Level 1 Half-elf Ranger | STR: 3 DEX: 3 CON: 3 INT: 3 WIS: 2 CHA: 2 Bker Survives December Challenge Tracking Spreadsheet Walking to Mordor (2019) Spreadsheet MyFitnessPal | FitBit | Instagram Walking to Mordor 1879.44 miles/1779 miles Mini Challenge: Week 1: | Week 2: | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Link to comment
TGP Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 MILE 51 Stock-brook! this part of the tale- reminds me of myself... Wandering not that far from home and somewhat lost. After the elves, the Next day, the Hobbits begin to forget themselves and break into song... (before At mile 54, a shrieking cry reminds them why they have to be more careful) we'll Get there today For sure! and... hopefully we shall get to Farmer Maggot's fields; this one of the First BIG disappointment of the movie; Farmer Maggot is a good guy (in the book) who helps them out of tight spot. Unlike the movie the Movie Unfortunately seem to enjoy making major characters seems more stupid or evil than they were... 1 Quote https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/116426-im-awake/ the "NEW" normal is good with me! as Life was Never really Normal anyways.... Link to comment
Cataleya Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Oh man you guys are way ahead of me! I just hid from the black rider. XD 2 Quote Cataleya Tries to Regain Her Balance Instagram | MyFitnessPal Link to comment
TGP Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 don't worry Cataleya I (and I guess Cooldad is up here, too) got the unknown monsters distracted. you've got clear walking through your part of woody end. 3 Quote https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/116426-im-awake/ the "NEW" normal is good with me! as Life was Never really Normal anyways.... Link to comment
IslandGirl_Becks Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Yesterday I left Yaktrax in the park. It brought me back to when I first started running my freshman year of college... or to the attempted crossing of the Misty Mountains via the Pass of Caradhras. Any time your run involves 3 pairs of pants and ski goggles, you know it's going to be good! Onward! Edited to add: I saw a @Teancum joined. Is your username meant ironically? 2 Quote We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -Aristotle Arian, arian, zehetzen da burnia. -Basque proverb Frisian Shieldmaiden level 12 (STR:16) (DEX:16) (STA:23) (CON:22) (WIS:17) (CHA:15) Challenges: 11/12.14 - 1/2.15 - 2/3.15 - 15.4/5 - 15.6/7 - 15.7/9 - 16.1 - 16.3 - 16.4 - 16.5 - 16.10 - 16.11 - 16.12 - 17.1 - 17.2 2017 Goals: Maintain BW BS, 100kg DL - Muscle Up - 1/2 Marathon Condition - Abs Link to comment
TGP Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 Mile 71! decisive times have come for our little group of hobbits. within a few hours they would come to Frodo's new home at Crickhollow, and shock the Hobbit by revealing that they know - just about everything! After a bath, singing, and a good nap. they leave into the wilderness the Next morning- early. I'm there! lets head into the Old forest.... I'll try to given an update at Mile 98; at the house of most peculiar man Bombadillo BTW... its getting 2 weeks since the 2018 walk has begun. How are you guys are doing anyways? Has this gone about as well as you expected- worse? better? curious. As for Me I am Having A TON of fun tracking my mileage and shadowing the mighty mordor walk. I really think I'm going to make it ! if not there and back- I think I can make the cracks of doom by the fall. that's the goal. (Sept 15, specifically). I'm pretty sure I'm on pace. 1 Quote https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/116426-im-awake/ the "NEW" normal is good with me! as Life was Never really Normal anyways.... Link to comment
Teancum Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 On 09/01/2018 at 9:12 PM, IslandGirl_Becks said: Edited to add: I saw a @Teancum joined. Is your username meant ironically? I don't think so? Haha. It's the name of an ancient Assassin and warrior (pronounced tee-ANG-cum) 2 Quote "You can have what you want, or you can have something better" Character Page Current Challenge Spoiler Previous challenges: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 PACT challenges: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 To set an example for my patients and my family. To no longer feel inferior or held back because of my weight. To gain more confidence and be proud of my appearance. Starting Weight: 290 lbs Main Quest: Reach my Ideal Body Weight of 190 lbs Link to comment
TGP Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 woot! we were Lost and Now are saved- trapped and outwitted by a tree; a fun little miracle occurs Tom Bombadil What a mysterious yet wise and fortuitous meeting! and Yet, so fun they simply can't include him into the Movie. Pippin I think says this better... Oh well. BTW I made myself a schedule given my current pace. assuming today's pace (and I do intend to go further ,per day, in the spring)... 135 Bree 1/21/2018 179 Midgewater Marshes 1/28/2018 241 WeatherTop Mountain and the attack 2/6/2018 358 LastBridge 2/24/2018 393 the OldTrolls 3/1/2018 458 Rivendell 3/11/2018 690 Hollin 4/15/2018 750 the Top of Redhorn Pass 4/24/2018 798 the Doors of Moria 5/2/2018 839.3 Durins Deep Bridge, Moria 5/8/2018 861 Blindfolded in Moria 5/11/2018 920 Caras Galandin, Lothlorien 5/20/2018 930 Lunch with Galadriel 5/22/2018 1063 North Undeep 6/11/2018 1142 South Undeep 6/23/2018 1210 Emyn Muil Begins 7/3/2018 1267 Sarn Gebir 7/12/2018 1288 statues of Argonarth 7/15/2018 1309 Parth Galen (break Fellowship) 7/18/2018 1383 Capture Gollum 7/30/2018 1411 Enter Deam Marshes 8/3/2018 1427 See Dead faces 8/5/2018 1433 End Marsh 8/6/2018 1475 the Black Gate 8/13/2018 1523 Campfire at Ilthien 8/20/2018 1533 Henneth Annun 8/21/2018 1590 Crossroads 8/30/2018 1599 Top of the Stairs Minas Morgul 9/1/2018 1612 Shelob's Lair/Cirith Ungol 9/2/2018 1680 Water @ Morgai 9/13/2018 1700 End of forced march 9/16/2018 1755 Dreadful Nightfall 9/24/2018 1779 Mount Doom 9/28/2018 I will strive to make a picture post at each of these milestones. Happy Journey and don't forget to share how your Mordor walk is going. (and speaking of that Congrats to @AthenaMM who has just finished the how journey in a little more than 2 years. Woot!) See You guys in Bree! 4 Quote https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/116426-im-awake/ the "NEW" normal is good with me! as Life was Never really Normal anyways.... Link to comment
AthenaMM Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Happy Journey and don't forget to share how your Mordor walk is going. (and speaking of that Congrats to@AthenaMM who has just finished the how journey in a little more than 2 years. Woot!) See You guys in Bree!Thanks!! My goal was to finish by the end of 2017 and I was on schedule to make it. Then I messed up my Achilles tendon in November and that slowed things down. Still finishing a little more than a week into 2018 isn't too bad. 4 Quote Battle Log Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Fitbit, Epic Quest Character Link to comment
Diadhuit Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 Updated the spreadsheet... And while there, inspired by @TGP I did a bit of estimates: if I keep my current Dublin pace (in Italy I have a car, so I am slower, that affected the first week in January) I can reach Mordor by end of December 2018. Aiming for: Rivendell - 5/4/2018 Lothlorien - 9/6/2018 Rauros - 26/9/2018 Mordor - 31/12/2018 I put the dates on my calendar, as a reminder 3 Quote Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Link to comment
TGP Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 big Number days; as I've had some real nice walks this weekend. so I'm PROBABLY at Bree and lest I walk right by it, without stopping... I look for and find the Prancing pony. Hey wasn't Gandalf suppose to meet me here? good thing there is a ranger around. It appears we shall have to trust him.... he really knows he way around 1 Quote https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/116426-im-awake/ the "NEW" normal is good with me! as Life was Never really Normal anyways.... Link to comment
TGP Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 "you know Walking to mordor is VERY LONG, quiet and Tired Work...." "shut it, pippin!".... Merry says, Quite annoyed, at hearing pippin grumble (yet again!) on the long walk out of chetwood. ---- Just letting you guys knows I'm alive and still walking. not likely to see anything cool for awhile though. End of the week Midgewater marches (prolly)- but I'll have to be fast paced indeed to get to Weather top by the end of the NEXT week. 2 Quote https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/116426-im-awake/ the "NEW" normal is good with me! as Life was Never really Normal anyways.... Link to comment
bker1370 Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Made it to Old Man Willow today, not sure of total miles for today but only need 0.69 to get there and have almost 5 miles in. 2 Quote B'ker Level 1 Half-elf Ranger | STR: 3 DEX: 3 CON: 3 INT: 3 WIS: 2 CHA: 2 Bker Survives December Challenge Tracking Spreadsheet Walking to Mordor (2019) Spreadsheet MyFitnessPal | FitBit | Instagram Walking to Mordor 1879.44 miles/1779 miles Mini Challenge: Week 1: | Week 2: | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Link to comment
Cataleya Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 I really need to update whoops 2 Quote Cataleya Tries to Regain Her Balance Instagram | MyFitnessPal Link to comment
TGP Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 good steady progress, then. Tom bombadillo is like one of my favorite characters in LOTR. and Treebeard! but I suppose he is a LONG ways down the road.....(and down a different path) 1 Quote https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/116426-im-awake/ the "NEW" normal is good with me! as Life was Never really Normal anyways.... Link to comment
shy Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 OMG! Hi!! I've only JUST stumbled upon this!! So you just record your miles on the spreadsheet? You don't need a FitBit, right? I've been using MapMyWalk app on my iPhone. What do I need to do to join in?! This sounds like fun! Are there rewards...? (Like a high five or a "way to go" or a gift card? lol) *nudge* Update: I went ahead and began filling it out but do I need to save or what exactly? (Super sorry, just not famliar with spreadsheets.) I started my journey from the day before yesterday, hope that's ok. 2 Quote Start Weight: 226.5 | Goal Weight: 180 | Current Weight: 220 Shy Takes A Second Walk To Mordor And Back Again 2018 Note to self.. check out Darebee!! Other cool stuff to check out, Zombies! Run! Link to comment
TGP Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Sure. hi ! join along. in fact, you can begin back at Jan1 if you can figure out how much mileage you've made. at any rate; this kind of journey is one of patience and long marches in the wilderness ; along with perhaps a few artistic posts (if you feel like it) I'm definitely the loud one of the bunch; but I LOVE lotr and I'm getting a huge kick of vicariously sharing their walk. mm. another milepost is about ready to bust. : excuse me... 2 Quote https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/116426-im-awake/ the "NEW" normal is good with me! as Life was Never really Normal anyways.... Link to comment
TGP Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 177.3 and the marsh is all around us! we seemed to enter in during our noon-day run but Strider tells me it will get much more intense in the next couple miles. which is fine except for these awful relatives of the cricket. Sam dubbed them "neekerBreakers"- How are we even spose to sleep with all that racket? walking to Mordor IS uncomfortable ( says pippin for the umpteenth zillion times; everyone is too sick of it and their own moody thoughts to even yell at him) 1 Quote https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/116426-im-awake/ the "NEW" normal is good with me! as Life was Never really Normal anyways.... Link to comment
shy Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Should I include walks taking my daughter to and from school or just purposeful exercise? 1 Quote Start Weight: 226.5 | Goal Weight: 180 | Current Weight: 220 Shy Takes A Second Walk To Mordor And Back Again 2018 Note to self.. check out Darebee!! Other cool stuff to check out, Zombies! Run! Link to comment
TGP Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 all the rules are yours to decide but i have DEFINELY included any steps the watch says I did. (whether purposeful exercise or not) IMHO. 1779 miles is a Long ways; don't take any of your well deserved mileage away from you. 3 Quote https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/116426-im-awake/ the "NEW" normal is good with me! as Life was Never really Normal anyways.... Link to comment
shy Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 10 minutes ago, TGP said: all the rules are yours to decide but i have DEFINELY included any steps the watch says I did. (whether purposeful exercise or not) IMHO. 1779 miles is a Long ways; don't take any of your well deserved mileage away from you. Thanks!! 2 Quote Start Weight: 226.5 | Goal Weight: 180 | Current Weight: 220 Shy Takes A Second Walk To Mordor And Back Again 2018 Note to self.. check out Darebee!! Other cool stuff to check out, Zombies! Run! Link to comment
Scaly Freak Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 7 hours ago, TGP said: all the rules are yours to decide but i have DEFINELY included any steps the watch says I did. (whether purposeful exercise or not) IMHO. 1779 miles is a Long ways; don't take any of your well deserved mileage away from you. This. I let my Fitbit count my steps through the day. The following day, I scroll backwards and it has turned the step count into a number of miles. That's what I log. Seems both the easiest and most consistent method. 3 Quote The Great Reading Thread of 2024 “I've always believed that failure is non-existent. What is failure? You go to the end of the season, then you lose the Super Bowl. Is that failing? To most people, maybe. But when you're picking apart why you failed, and now you're learning from that, then is that really failing? I don't think so." - Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020. Rest in peace, great warrior. Personal Challenges, a.k.a.The Saga of Scalyfreak: Tutorial; Ch 1; Ch 2; Ch 3; Ch 4; Ch 5; Ch 6; Intermission; Intermission II; Ch 7; Ch 8; Ch 9; Ch 10; Ch 11; Ch 12 ; Ch 13; Ch 14; Ch 15; Ch 16; Ch 17; Intermission III; Ch 18; Ch 19; Ch 20; Ch 21; Ch 22; Ch 23; Ch 24; Ch 25; Intermission IV; Ch 26; Ch 27; Ch 28; Ch 29; Ch 30; Ch 31; Ch 32; Ch 33; Ch 34; Ch 35; Ch 36; Ch 37; Ch 38; Ch 39; Ch 40; Intermission V; Ch 41; Ch 42; Ch 43; Ch 44; Ch 45; Ch 46; Ch 47; Intermission VI; Ch 48; Ch 49; Ch 50; Ch 51; Intermission VI Link to comment
Cataleya Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 This. I let my Fitbit count my steps through the day. The following day, I scroll backwards and it has turned the step count into a number of miles. That's what I log. Seems both the easiest and most consistent method.Same. 1 Quote Cataleya Tries to Regain Her Balance Instagram | MyFitnessPal Link to comment
shy Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Ya'll with your fancy Fitbits.. 1 Quote Start Weight: 226.5 | Goal Weight: 180 | Current Weight: 220 Shy Takes A Second Walk To Mordor And Back Again 2018 Note to self.. check out Darebee!! Other cool stuff to check out, Zombies! Run! Link to comment
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