Okay I've done the math for the Camino Frances and decided on the following:
The Camino is approximately 500 miles so if I want to finish the way in 30 days I will have to walk at least 17 miles a day. I've been "training" and considering the amount of hours a day I will be walking I'm guessing I can walk 3 miles in 1 hour. Is 3 miles per hour realistic?
If I start at 7 am and walk until 3pm this will give me enough time to have a 1 hour lunch, 5.5 hours of walking and still have 1.5 hours for rest stops, laundry, longer lunch or maybe even end the walking at 2 pm.
Okay all you veteran Camino pilgrims....is this reasonable? I don't want to make this pilgrimage a mechanical journey but I want to be sensible and realistic as to how much walking per day is involved. I'm guessing depending on the distance between towns I would be walking more on some days...less on others.
To sustain this pace for 30 days is somewhat an overwhelming thought. Did anyone take off Sundays for rest?
The Camino is approximately 500 miles so if I want to finish the way in 30 days I will have to walk at least 17 miles a day. I've been "training" and considering the amount of hours a day I will be walking I'm guessing I can walk 3 miles in 1 hour. Is 3 miles per hour realistic?
If I start at 7 am and walk until 3pm this will give me enough time to have a 1 hour lunch, 5.5 hours of walking and still have 1.5 hours for rest stops, laundry, longer lunch or maybe even end the walking at 2 pm.
Okay all you veteran Camino pilgrims....is this reasonable? I don't want to make this pilgrimage a mechanical journey but I want to be sensible and realistic as to how much walking per day is involved. I'm guessing depending on the distance between towns I would be walking more on some days...less on others.
To sustain this pace for 30 days is somewhat an overwhelming thought. Did anyone take off Sundays for rest?