Who wants to walk to Mordor with me?

660 miles. Orces, elves, giant spiders. How exciting does that sound?!

"WTAF is she talking about now?" you're thinking.

Well, like so many others I would like to get a bit fitter this year and I'm a sucker for gamifying everything (as you know), so I'm going to sign up for the Lord of The Rings challenge on The Conqueror  (it's about the cost of a Casio A100).

It's a virtual walk (or cycle, or swim or any exercise really, even yoga can count), so you add what distance you've done each day or week and it shows you your progress on a cool little app. The website explains it better than I do!

It looks like it takes you through the LotRs story as you go and you get a cool medal at the end of each section 🎉 (there are 5 sections I think and bare in mind you have to pay for each)

It can be done solo or people can join together as a Fellowship and all our miles count towards the total.

Obviously if you are someone who busts out 20 mile bike rides every day before breakfast we may have to nerf your numbers a bit 😉 and maybe we encourage wrists shots when you do your exercise.

I think us doing it as a team could help us all stay motivated and actually getting out walking will give us a much needed break from watch obsessing! 👍 We need to look after our mental health people! ❤️

The biggest problem is going to be which watch to wear to Mordor? 🤔 A watch roll may be in order.

There are loads of different virtual walks to take, up to the 2500 mile Pacific Crest Trail if people think 660 sounds too easy 😂

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EDIT: I have started my journey as of 7th Jan '23 🎉 

If you want to join us DM me and I can send you a code 👍

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So what's it gonna be?

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maybe this lol

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Unholy
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maybe this lol

Well I guess if you're going to be clever about it... Yes, that would be the smart choice 😋

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... except for the walking, running, and biking part.  Totally down to take wrist shots though!

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Hmmm… I did plan on getting my “Sexy Back!”… very very tempting

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"WTAF is she talking about now?" you're thinking.

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It's sounds awesome..

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Right I'm off to sports direct to get a mithril vest 

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Top idea the crunch fitness club💪💪💪💪🥵🥵🥵

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Insider: Richard Mille RM 26-02 Tourbillon Evil Eye. Perfectly Suited for  Halloween. — WATCH COLLECTING LIFESTYLE

The one watch to rule them all..

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Mr.Dee.Bater
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... except for the walking, running, and biking part.  Totally down to take wrist shots though!

So we need someone to volunteer to be your Hodor?

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Ichibunz

Hmmm… I did plan on getting my “Sexy Back!”… very very tempting

I'll let you be Aragon!

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thekris

"WTAF is she talking about now?" you're thinking.

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Sooooo many LotR GIFs at my disposal.

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moemoe
Insider: Richard Mille RM 26-02 Tourbillon Evil Eye. Perfectly Suited for  Halloween. — WATCH COLLECTING LIFESTYLE

The one watch to rule them all..

Facing the orcish hordes with a Richard Mille. Love it. 👌

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Mordor the dark land awaits your arrival 

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Yeah... that's me... a 100kg waif. Got the pointy ears too.

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What?  Elf is taken?

Crap.  Waify me will be stuck with Sméagol ☹️

I’m in a temporary no spending mode right now, so will abstain from an official paid membership.  

But I’m totally down to submit my mileage on bikes/running and swimming and join in with anyone doing this.  👍

today was an easy 6km jog and a harder 45km ride 

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Whitesalmon

Okay @Deeperblue  @Ichibunz @Fieldwalker @Stricko lets come up with a new goal. Even this small amount accountability and group support is a great motivator. Any Idea's?

I’m up for it!! For sure I need to be accountable for staying fit lol…

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Stricko
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As the ring slowly disappears into the hot belly of Mt doom the hero's of this tale do what hero's do (and it's bloody hot in there) and decide to go to the pub for a final stout of the week..

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But shock horror 😱😱😱 no stout available (had stern words with cellar meister). Yes it's a real beer, and the name...😅

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A fruity sour,so perfect for apres volcanic adventures 😋. Take care all.

Ok - I’m still lurgy. WTF body, why is this dragging on. I’m still training of course but not doing anything I consider hard.

super cool medal - love the ring melting angle 👌

I’m not sure a fruit sour works when you were planning on a stout. That’s wrong on so many levels. Go back and do correctly when they fix their taps!

That fruity one also brags that it’s “vegan “…. Which had me thinking, do some beers contain meat 🥩? Isn’t it kind of a given? 😂

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Whitesalmon

Okay @Deeperblue  @Ichibunz @Fieldwalker @Stricko lets come up with a new goal. Even this small amount accountability and group support is a great motivator. Any Idea's?

@Deeperblue @Ichibunz @Stricko

Firstly - I’d say we start a new thread. make it a new post to encourage some more participation from the masses

Maybe each person covers their own assigned distance, or each has a leg of the whole equation.

Second - I was considering some kind of conversion system to equalize out hikes/runs/swims/bikes / etc . I’ll figure out some equivalency when I’m at my desk later.

Another thought: we could go distance OR calorie burn on this one. Some kind of watch related distance, or a food related calorie burn. Any preferences team?

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Fieldwalker

@Deeperblue @Ichibunz @Stricko

Firstly - I’d say we start a new thread. make it a new post to encourage some more participation from the masses

Maybe each person covers their own assigned distance, or each has a leg of the whole equation.

Second - I was considering some kind of conversion system to equalize out hikes/runs/swims/bikes / etc . I’ll figure out some equivalency when I’m at my desk later.

Another thought: we could go distance OR calorie burn on this one. Some kind of watch related distance, or a food related calorie burn. Any preferences team?

I say let’s go for distance and Burn!! Oh yeah!! 💪

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Fieldwalker

Ok - I’m still lurgy. WTF body, why is this dragging on. I’m still training of course but not doing anything I consider hard.

super cool medal - love the ring melting angle 👌

I’m not sure a fruit sour works when you were planning on a stout. That’s wrong on so many levels. Go back and do correctly when they fix their taps!

That fruity one also brags that it’s “vegan “…. Which had me thinking, do some beers contain meat 🥩? Isn’t it kind of a given? 😂

If its like my lurgy I feel for you, it can take a while to get rid, so best wishes of getting back to💯. Anyway went in last night

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Normal service resumed,nice n smoky.

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Oh I'm up for it, set a distance and do a some sort of levelling as to what activity and how many calories you burn, top stuff, and maybe at the end all buy a watch to celebrate (any excuse😉)

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Distance or calories would both work well, but I don't own anything to count them, so would have to fudge my figures a bit!

A combined goal for us all to work towards is a good motivator, but then it's also great if people can have their own individual goals too... Hmmm.... 🤔

Whatever we choose I think we need a new post for it 💪 I don't think I'll be able to do much of the organising, as the newsletter, photography club and organising the meetups takes a chunk of time, but happy to contribute where I can! 👍

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DeeperBlue

Distance or calories would both work well, but I don't own anything to count them, so would have to fudge my figures a bit!

A combined goal for us all to work towards is a good motivator, but then it's also great if people can have their own individual goals too... Hmmm.... 🤔

Whatever we choose I think we need a new post for it 💪 I don't think I'll be able to do much of the organising, as the newsletter, photography club and organising the meetups takes a chunk of time, but happy to contribute where I can! 👍

@Deeperblue @Stricko @whitesalmon @Ichibunz

my random idea page :

My Iphone automatically converts all activity it experiences into calories, which I think might be best and most relatable for people. Since an iphone does it I'll bet most other sorts of phones do this? When ever I do a workout my phone and my apps all seem happy to convert into calories so I don't think it'd be too hard. Or you can just enter your activity into google and it will convert to calories.

Pure distance isn't great since running or riding up a hill is much harder and more calories than a ride or run on the flat. Swim weights paddleboard etc, enter it in google and get a cal number. Or buy a 250 buck garmin and it will track everything and give a precise number.

Then we all try to compile the most beer and pizza every week. slice pizza 200 cal and 1 beer 150 cal. Or generally, a whole pizza is 2000 cal and a sixpack is about a 1000 cal

the season goal is one, or both of these:

Pie in the Sky Pizza Shack = 100 pizzas = 200,000 cal

Tipsy Taps Liquor store is 200 sixpacks = 200,000 cal

If you finish one or both - you win! buy a watch (and a beer and pizza)

OR....

Run/walk = 1:1 distance

Swim = distance in km x 5

bike = distance / 4

And we try to go from Biel Bienne to Geneva - 160km

Or ambitious go from London to Geneva - 570km

finish one or both - buy a watch! (and a croissant with cheese and glass of red)

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Think about, discuss, make other suggestions - all good, cheers!

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DeeperBlue

Distance or calories would both work well, but I don't own anything to count them, so would have to fudge my figures a bit!

A combined goal for us all to work towards is a good motivator, but then it's also great if people can have their own individual goals too... Hmmm.... 🤔

Whatever we choose I think we need a new post for it 💪 I don't think I'll be able to do much of the organising, as the newsletter, photography club and organising the meetups takes a chunk of time, but happy to contribute where I can! 👍

You are a force to be reckoned with! You forgot to mention work, fam, dance goddess, oh you really should sleep once in awhile as well.😂

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I'm ok with anything. I did have an idea for a round the world trip using various horological hotspots as markers ie Japan grand seiko, New York bulova museum, Paris baltic, China pagani design😄 and of course Switzerland but its fiendishly difficult to like make an app up (the shifts tech genius tried and failed,as myself having the tech acumen of road kill wouldn't even attempt it) so whatever the group decides I'm in. Definitely need a new thread as this ones getting huge, so wether pizza slices,miles,pagani design factory or calories all good with me. And if I can help anyway yep I'm cool with that also 😎 .

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Stricko

I'm ok with anything. I did have an idea for a round the world trip using various horological hotspots as markers ie Japan grand seiko, New York bulova museum, Paris baltic, China pagani design😄 and of course Switzerland but its fiendishly difficult to like make an app up (the shifts tech genius tried and failed,as myself having the tech acumen of road kill wouldn't even attempt it) so whatever the group decides I'm in. Definitely need a new thread as this ones getting huge, so wether pizza slices,miles,pagani design factory or calories all good with me. And if I can help anyway yep I'm cool with that also 😎 .

A round the world trip sounds amazing!

We could have little mini challenges each week, like climbing a certain number of steps, or doing pushups or something....

OH! I just remembered something!

A while ago I remember an app called something like Zombie Run, where you were in a post apocalyptic world and had to run around your neighborhood picking up resources for your team/base.

I wonder if something like that could be possible??

Zombie apocalypse and we have to run around the world saving all the watches!

Too much? 🤣🤣🤣

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I think having a fresh weekly post would be a good idea, as posts can't be 'revived' and are buried within a week.

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Last thing!

I could easy put it in the newsletter too and convince WC to do a badge for it if we come up with a good plan of how to earn it 💪

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DeeperBlue

A round the world trip sounds amazing!

We could have little mini challenges each week, like climbing a certain number of steps, or doing pushups or something....

OH! I just remembered something!

A while ago I remember an app called something like Zombie Run, where you were in a post apocalyptic world and had to run around your neighborhood picking up resources for your team/base.

I wonder if something like that could be possible??

Zombie apocalypse and we have to run around the world saving all the watches!

Too much? 🤣🤣🤣

Zombie apolypse sounds fun ( bit like Retford on Friday nights)😄😄, we'll get our thinking caps on over the weekend and see what we can come up with, I've seen some graphic builder apps might download a couple and see what comes out. Probably an acropolis 😖

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I'm trying to think of a way to make it team work, watch related and perhaps a bit competitive... 🤔