In the fall of 2023, I walked from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela for about 30 hours.

[camino8004]

First marker starting from Albergue Monasterio de la Magdalena in Sarria (113.460 km)

Start: 2023.9.29 07:22
Arrival: 2023.9.30 13:18

walking time : 26 hours 47 minutes
rest time : 3 hours 8 minutes


This is the camino I walked last fall.

start​	end​	camino​	start​	end​	km​
2023-09-08​	2023-09-26​	Camino Olvidado	Bilbao	Villafranca del Bierzo	561​
2023-09-27​	2023-10-30​	Camino Francés	Villafranca del Bierzo	Santiago de Compostela	183​
2023-10-03​	2023-10-12​	Camino Primitivo	Melide	Oviedo	266​
2023-10-13​	2023-10-14​	Camino Francés	Leon	Sahagún	55​
2023-10-15​	2023-10-29​	Camino de Madrid	Sahagún	Madrid	343​
	​			Total	1408

 

[DoughnutANZ]

Why?

 

[camino8004]

Why?

A day when I just wanted to walk. And the 100km walking challenge.

 

[Corned Beef]

We all walk our own Camino, don't we?

 

[SabsP]

A day when I just wanted to walk. And the 100km walking challenge.

Bravo!
That is the essence really : because you wanted to walk!

That is the glorious thing about walking a Camino! There are no rules about walking daily distances.
As long as we stay kind to each other when meeting, nothing else matters!

There have been some other threads here about walking long days. If I would have the stamina I would certainly try it out too.

 

[Vacajoe]

I have a similar goal of seeing how far I can walk in 24 hours…just because.

 

[woody66]

My goal is just to be able to walk!!!

 

[Robo]

I have a similar goal of seeing how far I can walk in 24 hours…just because.

Been there, done that. 80 kms in the Military.

I prefer the 'smell the Roses' approach these days

But I get it.........kind of..........I think............

 

[Bradypus]

Been there, done that. 80 kms in the Military.

There was some talk last year about letting civilian teams join in the annual BRILAT challenge on the Portugues. For old times sake perhaps?

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/brilat-tui-to-santiago-military-challenge-28-june-2023.81544/#post-1153622

 

[lt56ny]

Why?

You took the words right out of my mouth! But I ask why about bungie jumpings and hang gliding too! haha

 

[Kathar1na]

Woah, @camino8004, you walked 1400 km in 50 days - that's 28 km daily on average. It would have taken me much longer. Were you already used to long-distance walking before you started your Camino combination?

I see that you sometimes walked against the usual flow of Camino peregrinos: from Melide to Oviedo and Leon-Sahagún-Madrid. I guess that you did not meet many pilgrims coming towards you on the Camino to Madrid in October?

 

[CWBuff]

IIRC the longest I ever walked was about 38 km. I did it in 9 hours which incl maybe 1 hr of breaks. totally flat ground. Walked it I did but boy-oh-boy was I tired afterwards
BTW - this was during my preparation for Camino and it sort of didn't do me too much of good as I set different expectations of myself based on that result and found out very fast that 38km on flat ground in Pennsylvania = about 5km in Pyrenees

 

[Tingeling]

First marker starting from Albergue Monasterio de la Magdalena in Sarria (113.460 km)

Start: 2023.9.29 07:22
Arrival: 2023.9.30 13:18

walking time : 26 hours 47 minutes
rest time : 3 hours 8 minutes


This is the camino I walked last fall.

start​	end​	camino​	start​	end​	km​
2023-09-08​	2023-09-26​	Camino Olvidado	Bilbao	Villafranca del Bierzo	561​
2023-09-27​	2023-10-30​	Camino Francés	Villafranca del Bierzo	Santiago de Compostela	183​
2023-10-03​	2023-10-12​	Camino Primitivo	Melide	Oviedo	266​
2023-10-13​	2023-10-14​	Camino Francés	Leon	Sahagún	55​
2023-10-15​	2023-10-29​	Camino de Madrid	Sahagún	Madrid	343​
	​			Total	1408

Hi, I am impressed, and I guess and hope you felt good while walking. You seem to have walked a bit more than 4 km/h, right? (Sarria-Santiago) At that pace you can really take in the surroundings and I have found that pace to be the least associated with injuries on the Camino, although I prefer to walk faster 'at home' (5-6 km/h). It is a wonderful feeling to experience the body strength, without getting injuries. I wish you the best for future Caminos. And thank you for sharing.

 

[andrewpilgrimbooks]

There was some talk last year about letting civilian teams join in the annual BRILAT challenge on the Portugues. For old times sake perhaps?

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/brilat-tui-to-santiago-military-challenge-28-june-2023.81544/#post-1153622

Rosa Mota took it easy over six days. I always liked to think she wouldn't run it even though she certainly could. https://www.jn.pt/arquivo/2006/rosa-mota-vai-correr-nos-caminhos-de-santiago-531050.html/amp/