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[QUOTE="JaneI, post: 310295, member: 46173"] The only thing I'd worry about would be breaking in your boots/shoes - could you get them now & walk to work (or even wear them at work!) maybe? Or wear them to walk to the shops, half an hour round the block every night - you don't have to be doing major hikes to start to loosen them up. My husband and I walked the camino Ingles three weeks ago; we decided to do it ten days earlier, following a painful and unexpected bereavement; and our only preparation was that we have dogs that we walk for about an hour every day. I too am overweight, I'm in my fifties and have a dodgy knee, my husband is 60 and has a bad back, and to be honest if I'd thought about it for any more than a week I'd have convinced myself that I could never do it. But I did! And it was - in so many ways - much easier than I expected. The walking wasn't - there were a couple if days when I found the walking HARD! - but the camino carries you along. There is masses of information and support, there are other people doing the same thing, it is extremely well trodden and well signposted, and above all, the spirit of what you are doing really does give you wings when you need them. If your heart is telling you to do it, then do PS Most of our stages were about 20 - 25kms, and I found that surprisingly do-able - tired legs and a few blisters, but nothing a good night's rest and a blister plaster couldn't fix. One day was, for logistical reasons, over 30kms long with very few stopping points AND tough hills. That was too much, it was a very hard day and more to the point I paid the price the next day in pain & exhaustion levels. Don't be afraid to break up your camino into shorter stages, or even give yourself occasional rest days if you want to. It's not a race! [/QUOTE]
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