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[QUOTE="Pathfinder075, post: 1052057, member: 45712"] Use Gronze and build you own stages based on your own fitness level. I walk 15-25 miles per day on camino, and am in my late 40s. My fitness level is average. If you want to walk 15-20 miles a day you need to stay on top of the condition of your feet. You need poles, maybe knee supports if you have weak knees and you need to have experience walking those types of distances. But after a week, it just becomes one foot in front of the other. On mountain days and big hill days, you won't be doing 25 miles. So Astorga to Foncebadon is a good day, if you want to push it a bit further El Acebo is possible, but you might be arriving at dusk. I think Rabanal to Ponferrada is probably possible, but would be a hard day, but if there was any water in the river at Molinaseca, you might be able to get a swim/bathe/float there, while en route. The key is to listen to your body. As others have mentioned, if you get to Santiago early, hit another route. Ourense to Santiago is sweet and the hot therms at Ourense are worth a bus ride and a day of chilling out in those hot waters. :) It's just a number. I walk 12-14 hours per day on Camino (or off) with a 20kg pack. Physically it's maybe 25-40%, the rest is mental. If you are mentally strong, anything is possible. The first couple of days are hard, but with time comes muscle memory and by the end of week one you don't even consider it particularly hard. If I walk for 8 hours and have had enough then that's what I do. Some parts of the camino lend themselves more to longer days. Arzua to Santiago is one of them. In fact most of the last 100km can be done as long stages. When I left Sarria I was at Portomarin by 1200 (had a lunch break for an hour at the empty swimming pool) and at Gonzar by 1600, I could have easily made it to Palas de Rei that day if i'd wanted. Next time i'm on Frances, i'll probably try it. I think the last 100 should be easily possible in 3 days. Similarly on the last 100 of the VdlP, you can easily do Ourense to Dozon in 12 hours, with breaks and a bad level of fitness. Dozon to Bandeira and Bandeira to Santiago. It's just numbers. [/QUOTE]
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