My Cosplay Pics

Found this cool app while scrolling through the lotr tag! Thanks to that post that introduced me!

We've got checkpoints that correspond with the books, a way to find friends and post updates. Record your distance traveled manually, as well.

Here's a link to the website and maybe I'll find time to add screenshots tomorrow.

So, in June I started a job that required a lot of walking. I also like lotr and want to make sure I stay active even when this job is done. Here's the plan!

I have calculated how far I traveled in the past three months by using the pedometer in my phone. I found online that a mile is about 2000 steps, so I just took the daily average steps for the month, divided by 2000 and multiplied the number of days in the month. I will do the same every day before I got to bed in order to get how far I went for the day.

It is very unlikely that I will finish this year given that I would need to walk about 10 miles a day or more! But, I can finish by December 31, 2022. That's about 5 miles a day. To incentivize myself a little, I'm going to listen to the books in audiobook format while I walk.

Now, why am I posting it to my cosplay blog? Well, besides being a nerdy thing, I've decided that at certain checkpoints I get to dedicate time and money to making a part of my cosplay (probably a fantasy suit of armor). When It is complete, I get to start going to cons in cosplay, so the sooner I get to Mordor, the sooner I get to go to cons!

It took Frodo and Sam five months walking all day and taking boats and horses occasionally and stopping at cities for weeks at a time. So, five miles a day sounds fine.