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[QUOTE="zakosdad, post: 149707, member: 21201"] Hi Serena - we are 67 & 68 doing our first camino - leave in another week. We are giving ourselves 40 days - going to walk at a moderate pace - with backpacks at 6 & 7 Kg we feel comfortable walking 12 - 15 miles a day. We started on the tredmills ( 3mph for 1 - 2 hours)) and with better weather went outside. We have been walking with our packs fully loaded since March so that means about 6 months training. We started at 2½ miles and quickly moved up to 5 & 6 mile walks 3 times a week. We then added in 8 then 10 and 12 miles walks. We never did manage to walk two long hikes in a row but we did 13 miles with only minor issues which weere quickly resolved. The mantra about drink water - should be drink water with electrolytes! When we attacked our first 16 mile trek we did it in 3 two hours shifts. Our biggest was 17 miles in a little over 6 hours - our pace is pretty steady at 2.75mph so that puts us at a medium pace according to the Brierly book. Our plan is to walk untilour body says enough - then we either stop and rest or call it quits for the day. We are very comfortable at 2 hour stretches so we will attempt to maintain that - with a max of 6 hours walking a day. It is not a race and we are open to whatever arises - we don't want to walk 500 miles with our heads down - we want to really take in all that the camino is. You have youth on your side - you should do very well. [/QUOTE]
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