Renewing the Eowyn Challenge

[pegkerr]

Aragorn - What do you fear, my lady?" Eowyn - "A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire." The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

I have decided to renew my commitment to the Eowyn Challenge. I finished the Walk to Rivendell last year (458 miles)-- in fact, I recorded 600 miles last year. Now I am going to take the Long Challenge, and see how many miles I can rack up between last December 25 and next October 20. I'll start with the goal of getting from Rivendell to Lothlorien (477 miles), but hope to extend that on to Rauros (another 389 miles) and maybe, if I really hoof it, to Mount Doom itself (another 470 miles, for a total of 1336 miles).



In other news, I have worked out for 16 of the last 20 days.

Let me know if you'll be doing the challenge, too.

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

I'm still working my way to Rivendell, in the sense of "I haven't actually walked since the 19th of December, but I'm going to tonight," which isn't inspired by your renewed dedication, although that doesn't hurt. :) My plan is to get to Lothlorien by the end of the year. :)

[kayre]

I'm on the road to Lothlorien, with a personal goal of 600 miles for the year (Lothlorien by 9/22, I hope, just because it's such a Tolkien-esque date).

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

What a clever idea! Perhaps I will start keeping track of my mileage, and go there and back again as well.

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Hmm ... tempting ... I wonder if I'd actually do it. I so desperately need exercise.

[vass]

I'll be doing it too, as soon as I finish getting to Rivendell (I'm less than 20 miles away now.)

I'll be going for Lothlorien this year, but my personal goal is to walk *at least* 2.6km per day, and log it. That's not very much, but the problem for me is getting started and keeping it regular, not just doing nothing for days then a whole lot to catch up.