Simply Walk Into Mordor Challenge

• Registration
  • Download our Middle Earth Spreadsheet!
  • Find a green tab at the bottom that reads “Fellowship #”.  These are open for the taking.
  • Change the “Fellowship Name #” (cell B2) to the name of your Fellowship. Do not change the tab name however!
  • Invite friends to track their steps and activity over the year and include them in your fellowship to work together and beat Frodo and Sam on their quest
  • Alternatively add them to a different Fellowship and track your activity against each other !
• Your Fellowship’s Tab
  • In your tab use your HEALTH APP on your phone to calculate your steps for the week. It’s easiest to use the daily average and multiply by 7.
  • Enter this number into the “Hobbit 1 Steps” cell for the corresponding week.
  • The mileage of these steps are automatically calculated beside it under “Steps Traveled” and added to your “Adventure Tab” miles.
  • “Other Miles” is used to enter in miles that you ran/walked/biked outside of your daily steps.
  • Both “Hobbit 1” and “Hobbit 2” steps/other miles are added to your total and adventure mileage.
  • If you have more than 2 participants in your fellowship just keep adding their miles to either of the Hobbit’s steps/miles.
• The Adventure Tab
  • DO NOT ENTER DATA INTO THIS TAB
  • This tab will show you how your fellowship is progressing through the LOTR books.
  • As you progress through your adventure click on the location links to learn about the lore and landscape you pass by.

The easiest way to keep track of all your casual steps is to reference your phone’s Health App that keeps a daily log of your steps.  You can even retroactively add them to your spreadsheet if you miss a few days.

The best way to keep track of your long distance workouts is to use Strava!

We have a Strava Club called “MIT Simply Walks To Mordor” here is the link.  https://www.strava.com/clubs/787841

Strava will allow you to post your workouts, see others workouts, and be a social tool for us all to stay motivated along our Journey!

Absolutely, Frodo and Sam didn’t do it on their own!  You can split the mileage between up to 9 people just like the fellowship.  Keep track of your groups mileage and enter it into our spreadsheet to easily see where you are!

• Register your name on our imleagues.com registration page.
• Join our Strava to see runs / workouts others are doing.

As long as you are associated with MIT you may partner with anyone to complete the “Simply Walk to Mordor Challenge”.

Any that that are not motorized!  As long as you are being active you can count walking, running, biking, skating, swimming, or any other activity.

No, you can combine your miles any way in order to reach 1,800 miles!

No, we have made the spreadsheet so you only need to log your miles once a week.  You can also easily retroactively log your miles.

Check your health app on your phone.  It is easiest to look back at the previous week’s average mileage and multiply that number by 7.  You can then directly enter that number into your “Hobbit 1 Steps” counter.

A special prize awaits those who dare to trek the 1,800 miles to Mount Doom in under 6 months and 3 days.

However, you may only achieve this combined mileage with ONE ALLY in your fellowship.  This means your fellowship may only be you and one other friend.

Good news!  We have a team on the free app Charity Miles called “MIT simply walks to Mordor“.

You will be able to get organizations or people to pledge a certain amount of money per mile you complete and you will be able to choose what organization your money raised goes to.

If you have downloaded the app but can’t find the team reach out to njewell2@mit.edu in order to be invited.