Walk to Mordor Update Weeks 39 through 41

Hello wonderful people! Today I am finally updating my Walk to Mordor. I have reformatted the way I'm posting so it makes a little more sense to me (as this is mostly for my own benefit as I look back at my posts later). Remember that last time we had just left Rivendell.

Week 39

Starting Weight	Current Weight	Goal Weight	Projected Goal Date	Week #/ Day
270	271.2	175	2017	39/ 1-2

Date	Activity	Total Miles this Week	Beginning Mileage	Ending Mileage
6/22-6/28	Walk and Hike	20.25	463.43	483.68

Location	Notes
At the Ford of Brúinen, turn south on ‘narrow paths among folded lands’. Continue walking through empty country. Barren and rough.	I walked over 20 miles this week, partly because we are in NC and hiking.

Week 40

Starting Weight	Current Weight	Goal Weight	Projected Goal Date	Week #/ Day
270	268.9	175	2017	40/2

Date	Activity	Total Miles this Week	Beginning Mileage	Ending Mileage
6/29-7/5	Walk and Hike	17.08	483.68	500.76

Location

Notes

Still in the rough and barren empty countryside, a small stream is crossed. Sleeping during the day and walking at night.

I hit 500 miles! I can now sing the song “I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more just to be the man that walked 1000 miles to fall down at your door”. I find it terribly exciting to know that I have hiked over 500 miles in under a year. This is why I decided to do this challenge: to find out what I can really do! I hiked some more this week as well as went shopping for groceries and clothes.

Week 41

Starting Weight	Current Weight	Goal Weight	Projected Goal Date	Week #/ Day
270	268.3	175	2017	41/2-4

Date	Activity	Total Miles this Week	Beginning Mileage	Ending Mileage
7/6-7/12	Walk and Hike	19.40	500.76	520.16

Location	Notes
Still walking at night and sleeping during the day, find a small stream and follow it west.	I hiked once this week, but mostly I lay in bed ill, so I think I did pretty well to have walked almost 20 miles. We were at Kanuga this week, so I had to walk a lot just to get up to eat food.

Because I am doing my trip posts since I am still in NC, you can check out a more detailed day to day log of what I've been doing. I hope you enjoyed this post!