Sorry I haven't been here in a while. I'm studying abroad for a semester, and it took me about a month to get out of vacation mode and realize I need to get back to eating right and exercising. Went on a trip with friends the other day and we wound up hiking up a hill. The views were spectacular and reminded me of Middle Earth which then reminded me of this challenge. The walk was about 2 miles bringing my total to 81 miles.

Another weekend trip in which hiking was involved. Two more miles brings me to 83 miles. Still on the path in the forest.

Well I started all over again, as I can't remember how far I got when I started 2 years :noway: ago, but I've been logging the miles walked since restarting in March this year and I'm up to just under 40 miles.

I'm on Day 2: 38 - 41 miles - Go on in twilight. Begin to sing.

It's never to late to join in the quest! I've been working on this since 2008. We welcome all walkers and encourage you along the way. The road goes ever on and on........

Hi! So I just started my own journey to Bag End to Rivendell Monday of this week (having come across the concept on a few blogs elsewhere last weekend). I'm blogging about it to (or trying to), but had the thought to see if there was an MFP group based on the Middle-earth treks. So glad that there is!! (And not just because it saves me the trouble of creating one myself :laugh:). I hope you don't mind me dropping in on this group for some extra motivation :flowerforyou:

My current goal is to make it to Rivendell before October 25th since 1. it's the date of the Council of Elrond and 2. it's also my birthday. I'm currently going about 20 miles a week (a good average based on where my body's at right now/my typical work out average) to reach my goal. And should anything come up between then and now to slow me down I'll still try to keep going until I reach Rivendell! It's all about the journey after all. I realize this is a walking group, but I'm also into jogging and biking so I hope that's ok too

Forgot to put my updates on here!

After a bit of training and two parkruns, I'm currently up to 48.2 miles, which is Day 3: 48 miles - Pippin realizes it is the Stock-brook. The banks are low enough now for them to cross. The land on its south bank is wet and reedy.

Getting lost and walking 5 miles to find a UNESCO World Heritage Site brings me to 88 miles total. I hope to start walking more now that I'm back from my semester abroad and am back into a more normal routine.

41.41 total today.

93 miles

97 miles