Demoralizing
I was feeling really good about the 17 miles I’ve walked this month, until I looked up a reference in the Atlas of Middle-Earth.
In one month’s travel from Bag End to Rivendell, Frodo & Co. walked 450 miles!!!
Okay, they walked all day everyday, and were motivated by Black Riders on their tail. But still… I’m not quite so proud of myself.
Tags: exercise
don’t forget
Don’t forget… being halflings their legs are shorter too… so they would probably take 2 steps or 1 1/2 for every 1 you take.
But to make you feel better… umm it’s just a story… they didn’t actually walk that far… you actually walked 17 miles. So you should still feel good.
Re: don’t forget
Good point!
But I think now one of my long-term goals is to “walk to Rivendell”, so to speak. That will give me a good goal after I’m comfortable walking more than five miles every week.
Ok, some points here
*grinning*
Your points are excellent! I will stop worrying about it.
I guess I was just a bit startled to see those figures – I figured that 17 miles would at least get me halfway to Bree and “The Prancing Pony”. As you say, these guys obviously walked a lot.
Re: *grinning*
Think about the 17th and 18th century around here… Getting from the Draper’s Meadow settlement into Roanoke town for a beer would have involved at least one night of camping, each way, unless you happened to have a horse. Then it was just an overnighter… That’s why sw va and w va families are so interbred – when it’s a three day trip to the next bloodline, you end up marrying your second cousin. Or worse.
Ok — no more atlases for you when you’re tired. 🙂