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[Stefania Rodgers]

I am beginning to plan another Camino. My only Camino frances was in 2014. During that trip I injured my Achilles tendon and got shin splints. Regardless, the next year I hiked the John Muir trail in England. That trip I broke my foot! It was a stress fracture near the end of the trail.
So 8 years later I really want to get back to the Camino. This time I am going to do just a couple weeks before returning home in an effort to reduce my risks of leg/foot problems.
My decision is do I start at Sarria and do the slow paced 2 weeks or do I start further back and just plan on returning for a few years? I will be nearly 68 by next fall and want to go in September if possible. I live in a very flat part of the USA. So walking up and down stairs or using a stair climber are my only choices for hill training.
Sorry for the long post. Thank you in advance for any help or encouragement.

 

[SabsP]

I am beginning to plan another Camino. My only Camino frances was in 2014. During that trip I injured my Achilles tendon and got shin splints. Regardless, the next year I hiked the John Muir trail in England. That trip I broke my foot! It was a stress fracture near the end of the trail.
So 8 years later I really want to get back to the Camino. This time I am going to do just a couple weeks before returning home in an effort to reduce my risks of leg/foot problems.
My decision is do I start at Sarria and do the slow paced 2 weeks or do I start further back and just plan on returning for a few years? I will be nearly 68 by next fall and want to go in September if possible. I live in a very flat part of the USA. So walking up and down stairs or using a stair climber are my only choices for hill training.
Sorry for the long post. Thank you in advance for any help or encouragement.

Hi and welcome here!
Btw not a long post at all...you should see other ones...
I think that a slow paced Camino from Sarria on sounds very feasible! And if you are able to walk more kilometers than maybe the epilogue to Finisterre might be doable also?

Happy preparations!

 

[xin loi]

Do it right! Start at SJPDP and take your time! Lot of people with leg/foot problems walk the whole Camino. Might take a couple years to finish but that is very common. Age--did SJPDP to Finisterre at 69 and did the Primitivo this year at 74. While walking the Primitivo in May at least 30% of walkers were over 70. Hills? --I do NOT think you can really train for a Camino--it is the day after day after day that wears you down. Recall meeting a man who trained by walking 20 Km each day for 30 days in a row--he could have just walked the Camino!

 

[SabsP]

Do it right! Start at SJPDP and take your time! Lot of people with leg/foot problems walk the whole Camino. Might take a couple years to finish but that is very common. Age--did SJPDP to Finisterre at 69 and did the Primitivo this year at 74. While walking the Primitivo in May at least 30% of walkers were over 70. Hills? --I do NOT think you can really train for a Camino--it is the day after day after day that wears you down. Recall meeting a man who trained by walking 20 Km each day for 30 days in a row--he could have just walked the Camino!

There is no such thing as a " whole " Camino.

And certainly no right or wrong.

 

[Theatregal]

Do it right! Start at SJPDP and take your time! Lot of people with leg/foot problems walk the whole Camino.

By consciously walking a slow paced two weeks from Sarria and taking care of her body, the OP is "doing it right". She will certainly be walking a whole camino.

I do NOT think you can really train for a Camino

This kind of blanket statement doesn't make sense to me. Of course you can train - with research, practical and physical preparation, all based what we individually know about our own bodies.

 

[Stefania Rodgers]

I am beginning to plan another Camino. My only Camino frances was in 2014. During that trip I injured my Achilles tendon and got shin splints. Regardless, the next year I hiked the John Muir trail in England. That trip I broke my foot! It was a stress fracture near the end of the trail.
So 8 years later I really want to get back to the Camino. This time I am going to do just a couple weeks before returning home in an effort to reduce my risks of leg/foot problems.
My decision is do I start at Sarria and do the slow paced 2 weeks or do I start further back and just plan on returning for a few years? I will be nearly 68 by next fall and want to go in September if possible. I live in a very flat part of the USA. So walking up and down stairs or using a stair climber are my only choices for hill training.
Sorry for the long post. Thank you in advance for any help or encouragement.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts, I appreciate it.

 

[Theatregal]

Thanks everyone for your thoughts, I appreciate it.

Slow and steady and traveling light. Wishing you a wonderful year ahead, planning and preparing!

 

[basquelady]

I am beginning to plan another Camino. My only Camino frances was in 2014. During that trip I injured my Achilles tendon and got shin splints. Regardless, the next year I hiked the John Muir trail in England. That trip I broke my foot! It was a stress fracture near the end of the trail.
So 8 years later I really want to get back to the Camino. This time I am going to do just a couple weeks before returning home in an effort to reduce my risks of leg/foot problems.
My decision is do I start at Sarria and do the slow paced 2 weeks or do I start further back and just plan on returning for a few years? I will be nearly 68 by next fall and want to go in September if possible. I live in a very flat part of the USA. So walking up and down stairs or using a stair climber are my only choices for hill training.
Sorry for the long post. Thank you in advance for any help or encouragement.

Just to clarify, the John Muir Way in the UK is in Scotland, NOT England! There is a big difference.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Just to clarify, the John Muir Way in the UK is in Scotland, NOT England! There is a big difference.

And just to clarify, there is another relatively famous John Muir Trail, 200+ miles in California, USA...absolutely beautiful and a big difference to the others, ending at Mt. Whitney, elevation 14,400 ft.!