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Writing, walking, and stuff
Things I'm hoping to do this year:
1. Prepare a novel for publishing
2. Walk 1,000 miles (in the Walk to Rivendell challenge, that will put me well past Rivendell, and on my way down the Anduin towards the falls of Rauros)
3. Open an Etsy shop
4. Start a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days, and make good progress on it
5. Read 75 books
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Awesome Sauce! My goals include: coming up with a good plot for this year's nanowrimo, finding a new job after my last one died (Hastings closed and I have to find something new) lose those pounds (hopefully 2 pounds a week and end up at 10 months!), read the books that are ACTUALLY on my shelves! I'll join you on the walk thing! LOL.
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Awesome things across the board - good luck!!!
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Good luck. Hey, I might join you in the walk to Rivendell challenge.
My goals also include getting published this year, and hopefully, start my writing career.
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Well, if we are talking NaNo year, not calendar year... I plan to be well into the submission process by next November.
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That's how I took it. I doubt I'll be published by the end 2011.
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Could you explain (or provide a link that explains) the Walk to Rivendell challenge to me, please? It sounds intriguing.
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http://home.insightbb.com/~eowynchallenge/Walk/walk.html
If you can't click, just copy and paste. It should work.
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Oh, this is good motivation to exercise! Thanks for sharing! :)
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I'm going to try to walk to Rivendell, hopefully before 2013 begins... That would mean about 25 minutes every day. ^^
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The Walk is great fun, and a wonderful motivation to exercise. A few years ago, I made it pretty far, but decided to start over recently after losing track of where I was.
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I told my parents, and my dad seems to like it. Maybe he will join me on this! :) Fun, fun for everyone~
How does one keep track of the distance? I can only think to guess and go by minutes, but that means there is quite the margin for error. Are there any apps one can download? Or do you go on the same trail- one that you know the distance of- every day?
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I have a pedometer, and I know how many steps I walk in a mile, so it's a simple matter of conversion. I think there are pedometer apps as well, but I'm not sure. You can also measure distances on mapmywalk.com or Google Earth.
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How did you figure out how many steps you take in a mile? Just from repeated experiances? :) That sounds like the best way of doing it.
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Because of an orienteering class I teach in the summer, I know how many steps I walk in 100 feet. Then it's just math. Probably the easiest thing to do would be to measure out 10 feet and count your steps for that. Then you multiply the number of steps times 5280, and divide that by 10.
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Ah. Makes sense. ^^ Well, thank you! That should help quite a bit! :)
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You could use an app on a smart phone. It is way easier. It tells you the duration, miles and calories. It even keeps records of it all.
I use http://www.endomondo.com/login
You just download it to you phone and there you go!
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I really like this Walk to Rivendell thing, thanks for sharing! I didn't have a car this weekend so I walked everywhere and found I really enjoyed it... Now I have even more of a reason to save on gas :) Takes me about 20 minutes to walk 1.3 miles, so I guess I'm looking at about 2 1/2 hours of walking per week (if I did the Math right). I think I can accomplish this :)
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Before trying to walk to Rivendell, go to Google Maps and get directions for walking from Rivendell to Mordor...
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BAHAHAHAHAHAH "Use Caution - One does not simply walk into Mordor"
I was in stiches! :D
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Is anyone walking to Rivendell in true Hobbit fashion? That is... barefoot?
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Not me. I have problems walking in the house, barefoot. I never developed feet that are tough enough to handle walking without sandals, slippers or shoes.
Distance, on the other hand, isn't too much of a problem. I cruise at three miles an hour and can do a bit over four miles an hour for a couple of hours. (I just have to remember to stay hydrated.)
I should consider it as an exercise plan though. An hour a day, at speed, perhaps with a digital recorder for story 'writing' would get me to a thousand miles in less than a year.
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I did part of my Walk to Rivendell barefoot (that was in... 2009, I think). I even did some (very short) parts barefoot in the snow. I want to walk barefoot more this year, maybe I should give it a shot again...
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I started the walk to Rivendell a couple of weeks ago, because I just couldn't wait any longer. I've been doing about a mile or so each morning, and I'm finding that it's a great way to start the day.
Tonight, I'm going to have a great bit of fun walking, and seeing some the beginning results of my morning walks. I have a friend who has a pet donkey, and we're going to take him for a nice evening time hike. We usually hear owls and coyotes, and there's some great ocean views along the way, and I'm looking forward to it. Oh, and the donkey carries the beer...
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The donkey walk was a lot of fun last night. We saw a couple of owls, had a really nice sunset with clouds rolling in across the ocean below, and the donkey really seemed to have fun. We let him walk untethered most of the time, and he decided to take a shortcut. By the time we reached the bench where we take our beer break, the donkey was waiting, ready to be tethered before getting a feed bag full of sweet grains.
Because of the donkey's shortcut, we wound up doing about 2.5 miles.
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I think I might do the one that corresponds with The Hobbit and see if I can make it to Rivendell in time for the movie to come out in December.
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I'll join you with that time goal! *calculates* If I walk about 3 miles every weekend, and 1 mile every weekday, then I should be make it. ^^ That's not bad at all.
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I hadn't considered that. I may have to postpone my journey with the Fellowship and run about with Bilbo instead.
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Did another donkey walk, about 4 miles this time. I'll take a donkey over a hobbit pony anytime.
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I'll be passing the Three Farthing Stone during my walk today and heading towards Frogmorton. Pretty excited to be reaching the first milestone on my journey, even if it's taking me a lot longer than it took Bilbo and the dwarves.
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Now I've gone and done it. I've gone and volunteered to represent the library on the city 5k walk race team on Superbowl Sunday. How is walking a race?
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For the Walk I've just past mile 47 where I get to see: "A deep-banked stream below the hill cuts across their path. Looking back, they see a Black Rider on the hillcrest where they had camped. They force through the bushes alongside the stream."