"Eowyn Challenge" Group on SparkPeople
Mar. 31st, 2009 07:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosThe road goes ever on and on. . .
Three weeks or so ago, I joined SparkPeople.com, and it's been a wonderful tool for improving my eating and fitness habits. Not only are the tools for setting and tracking goals easy to use, the overall site is perfect for an introvert. I don't necessarily want "workout buddies" and I practically broke out in hives when I tried attending Weight Watchers meetings, but I'm enjoying their robust community forums where I can share thoughts and feelings on my own terms. I also appreciate their extensive articles on all kinds of health and fitness topics and their workout videos. And it's free. If you're looking to make some fitness-related changes, I highly recommend it.
This morning I found that a SP friend had joined a group called "The Eowyn Challenge" -- and being an LOTR fan I had to click over and find out what it involved. It turned out to be a "Walk to Rivendell" group. According to the Atlas of Middle Earth it's 458 miles from Hobbiton to Rivendell. Participants in the group use the Fellowship's journey and landmarks as inspiration and goals to fuel their walking. There are many smaller landmarks along the way, detailed here, and the group now has the entire mileage of the trilogy broken out into segments. Anyone want to travel 786 miles with Aragorn from Isengard to Dunharrow through the Paths of the Dead to Minas Tirith? (Of course he and the companions were riding for some of that. . .
There are all kinds of reasons why this is a wonderful challenge for me. First, I often listen to the Lord of the Rings soundtracks when I walk and sometimes imagine myself with the Fellowship. Second, one of my goals is to get outside more often, and while there are no rules about being outside to do the challenge I can imagine it will be more emotionally satisfying to be out in the woods or along a beach when communing with the Fellowship. Third, one of the challenges I have in "going for a walk" is that I hate walking with no specific destination/purpose -- and I imagine that being able to imagine walking to the next Fellowship milestone may help offset that.
I've also joined the "Island County" SparkGroup, which is for residents of the San Juans, including Whidbey. I'm hoping to get some ideas about island walking adventures and events, since I want to spend more time there.
And yes, I'm losing weight. . . down 7 pounds so far, and only one drive-through meal the entire time.
The original Eowyn's Challenge group is not affiliated with SparkPeople. You can find more info here: http://home.insightbb.com/~eowynchallenge/index.html
Three weeks or so ago, I joined SparkPeople.com, and it's been a wonderful tool for improving my eating and fitness habits. Not only are the tools for setting and tracking goals easy to use, the overall site is perfect for an introvert. I don't necessarily want "workout buddies" and I practically broke out in hives when I tried attending Weight Watchers meetings, but I'm enjoying their robust community forums where I can share thoughts and feelings on my own terms. I also appreciate their extensive articles on all kinds of health and fitness topics and their workout videos. And it's free. If you're looking to make some fitness-related changes, I highly recommend it.
This morning I found that a SP friend had joined a group called "The Eowyn Challenge" -- and being an LOTR fan I had to click over and find out what it involved. It turned out to be a "Walk to Rivendell" group. According to the Atlas of Middle Earth it's 458 miles from Hobbiton to Rivendell. Participants in the group use the Fellowship's journey and landmarks as inspiration and goals to fuel their walking. There are many smaller landmarks along the way, detailed here, and the group now has the entire mileage of the trilogy broken out into segments. Anyone want to travel 786 miles with Aragorn from Isengard to Dunharrow through the Paths of the Dead to Minas Tirith? (Of course he and the companions were riding for some of that. . .
There are all kinds of reasons why this is a wonderful challenge for me. First, I often listen to the Lord of the Rings soundtracks when I walk and sometimes imagine myself with the Fellowship. Second, one of my goals is to get outside more often, and while there are no rules about being outside to do the challenge I can imagine it will be more emotionally satisfying to be out in the woods or along a beach when communing with the Fellowship. Third, one of the challenges I have in "going for a walk" is that I hate walking with no specific destination/purpose -- and I imagine that being able to imagine walking to the next Fellowship milestone may help offset that.
I've also joined the "Island County" SparkGroup, which is for residents of the San Juans, including Whidbey. I'm hoping to get some ideas about island walking adventures and events, since I want to spend more time there.
And yes, I'm losing weight. . . down 7 pounds so far, and only one drive-through meal the entire time.
The original Eowyn's Challenge group is not affiliated with SparkPeople. You can find more info here: http://home.insightbb.com/~eowynchallenge/index.html
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Date: 2009-03-31 03:22 pm (UTC)It's been fun to come back to SparkPeople and find even more tools than when I left. I'm slowly finding my way back to some fierceness in my fitness life through it.
You rock
Date: 2009-03-31 03:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-03-31 04:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-03-31 05:17 pm (UTC)And congrats on your success!
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Date: 2009-03-31 05:29 pm (UTC)