The Shire to Mordor (and back) Fellowship

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  • PrincessKittenpants
    PrincessKittenpants Posts: 144
    SO FUN!
  • marieamethyst
    marieamethyst Posts: 869 Member
    I just started it the other day! I have no problem returning back to Hobbiton to travel as a Fellowship though - count me in! :)
  • NapsAndNachos
    NapsAndNachos Posts: 80
    How about reporting on a weekly basis and doing a calculation based on that and seeing where we are based on the info from http://home.insightbb.com/~eowynchallenge/Walk/walk.html

    Knowing where we are at after each week would be quite fun.
  • doubleclick_darling
    doubleclick_darling Posts: 100 Member
    There's actually a full website based on this idea (it's known as the Eowyn Challenge). I started this month with just using tracked fitness walking (aka the miles I get when I walk for fitness, not accumulated miles throughout the day). Included is a spreadsheet that allows you to keep track of miles walked (and a team feature that adds together all group miles and ranks members by their distances). I started it this month so I have an actual goal with my walking.

    http://home.insightbb.com/~eowynchallenge/
  • mjterp
    mjterp Posts: 650 Member
    This sounds FABULOUS!!! But I am questioning my ability to get there and back within a year...is there a time limit?

    Let me know what I need to do to be added.

    THANKS!!!
  • tennisdude2004
    tennisdude2004 Posts: 5,609 Member
    I'm in but I'm not carrying Frodo!
  • KellySue67
    KellySue67 Posts: 1,006 Member
    So totally in for this. I agree that a combined effort would be good.
  • MissSarahAllison315
    MissSarahAllison315 Posts: 263 Member
    I'm in but I'm not carrying Frodo!


    You'd leave him behind!?!? *shocked look* Think of the preciousssss.
  • ElyseL1
    ElyseL1 Posts: 504 Member
    totally in! but according to Google one does not simply walk to/into mordor.
  • Bluepopsicle_25
    Bluepopsicle_25 Posts: 62 Member
    This idea is fun :)
  • StaceyJ2008
    StaceyJ2008 Posts: 411 Member
    I'm in but I'm not carrying Frodo!


    for shame
  • g0at1982
    g0at1982 Posts: 89 Member
    This sounds FABULOUS!!! But I am questioning my ability to get there and back within a year...is there a time limit?

    Let me know what I need to do to be added.

    THANKS!!!


    We are not going to travel individually, but as a GROUP, SHARED, COLLECTIVELY. We will combine all of our efforts and have some kind of status report on where we are in the journey. No time limit

    Oh and all you need to do is go here and add yourself to the group: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/19749-the-shire-to-mordor-and-back-a-fellowship

    :)
  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    totally in! but according to Google one does not simply walk to/into mordor.

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  • martiniconqueso
    martiniconqueso Posts: 27 Member
    Sounds like a blast! Count me in - Frodo began his journey on September 23rd, I am guessing we'll want to get moving sooner than that? :)
  • NapsAndNachos
    NapsAndNachos Posts: 80
    Sounds like a blast! Count me in - Frodo began his journey on September 23rd, I am guessing we'll want to get moving sooner than that? :)

    Hopefully :-) But it's a good point: when do we start?
  • shazbox1
    shazbox1 Posts: 175 Member
    In.... for Frodo!
  • uconnwinsnc
    uconnwinsnc Posts: 1,054 Member
    Can the eagles fly me?
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  • Butrovich
    Butrovich Posts: 410 Member
    I'm in. I'll simply report how many miles I have logged via FitBit and/or RunKeeper. At the end of the week. Do hobbits party on Fridays? If so, maybe that would be a good day to submit our results for a grand tally. Also, do we direct message them to the moderator and he/she tallies them up?

    Mike
  • LJMiller0587
    LJMiller0587 Posts: 5 Member
    This is such a fantastic idea! I'd love to join in too, how are we going to log progress?
  • NapsAndNachos
    NapsAndNachos Posts: 80
    I'm in. I'll simply report how many miles I have logged via FitBit and/or RunKeeper. At the end of the week. Do hobbits party on Fridays? If so, maybe that would be a good day to submit our results for a grand tally. Also, do we direct message them to the moderator and he/she tallies them up?

    Mike

    OK, this is my suggestion:

    We start tomorrow (Saturday, 15th of February 2014) and log our walks/jogs/runs throughout the week.
    We start a new thread for each week in the group and report our totals for that week by the end of Friday (we just need to agree on timezone).
    This way there's no one person in charge and the whole thing can continue without too much effort from one particular person. We can all see how much the totals are and then figure out where we are according to the Eowyn challenge website.

    Oh, and anyone can join us at any time to add to the efforts. Then we'll see how fast we get to different places.

    If we want, we can have extra challenges throughout the week, different ones for each week.
  • handyrunner
    handyrunner Posts: 32,662 Member
    I'm in. I'll simply report how many miles I have logged via FitBit and/or RunKeeper. At the end of the week. Do hobbits party on Fridays? If so, maybe that would be a good day to submit our results for a grand tally. Also, do we direct message them to the moderator and he/she tallies them up?

    Mike

    OK, this is my suggestion:

    We start tomorrow (Saturday, 15th of February 2014) and log our walks/jogs/runs throughout the week.
    We start a new thread for each week in the group and report our totals for that week by the end of Friday (we just need to agree on timezone).
    This way there's no one person in charge and the whole thing can continue without too much effort from one particular person. We can all see how much the totals are and then figure out where we are according to the Eowyn challenge website.

    Oh, and anyone can join us at any time to add to the efforts. Then we'll see how fast we get to different places.

    If we want, we can have extra challenges throughout the week, different ones for each week.

    thats a good idea...so someone could tally it each weekend..and place us with in the world.
  • NapsAndNachos
    NapsAndNachos Posts: 80


    thats a good idea...so someone could tally it each weekend..and place us with in the world.

    Yes, and that someone doesn't have to be one particular person, because God knows how long this will take :-) Technically, anyone could add up all the reports and look from the website where we are.
  • handyrunner
    handyrunner Posts: 32,662 Member


    thats a good idea...so someone could tally it each weekend..and place us with in the world.

    Yes, and that someone doesn't have to be one particular person, because God knows how long this will take :-) Technically, anyone could add up all the reports and look from the website where we are.

    your just full of the ideas smiles

    yes that makes sense so its not anyones burden..and people can come and go without it losing momentum (hopefully)
  • g0at1982
    g0at1982 Posts: 89 Member
    Sounds good Sounds good


    Collective effort

    Log your efforts

    Tabulate on Saturday

    Where are we in the world?
  • NapsAndNachos
    NapsAndNachos Posts: 80
    We just have to decide when does Friday end for all of us. Is that +12h GMT? ....which is by the way in New Zealand, where the movies were filmed :-) Then we can add up everything the next day.
  • g0at1982
    g0at1982 Posts: 89 Member
    We just have to decide when does Friday end for all of us. Is that +12h GMT? ....which is by the way in New Zealand, where the movies were filmed :-) Then we can add up everything the next day.

    You're so smart :)

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1202276-the-journey-begins
  • _TastySnoBalls_
    _TastySnoBalls_ Posts: 1,298 Member
    This sounds like fun, but it'd take me around 5 years or so on foot. I'm hitching a ride on a Nazgul, I'll be there in no time.
  • JohnsElan
    JohnsElan Posts: 81
    Chime in, tell us we're crazy, tell us you want to join the fellowship, say hi!! :)

    You are all crazy! I want to join the fellowship! And hi!

    I call dibs on being Fredegar Bolger!
  • shutterbug282
    shutterbug282 Posts: 588 Member
    This idea is awesome!

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