BiggBlue
Robin
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 17 Frances 18 Portuguese,
19 Primitivo 22 Norte
I set off from SJPP last September, and as many before me I went too far too fast and before I knew it after 7 days I had reached the end of the 9th day on the Guide Book I was using. I rested a day in Burgos then got back into my Camino. I started getting an ache in my leg which I thought was tendonitis, but it was the beginning of shin splints, which simply got worse. I reached Terradillos de Los Templarios and after sending a photo of my leg to the doctors in my family I was immediately told it could be an infection and I had to go to hospital immediatley, so off I went to Leon by taxi, where tendonitis was (as it turns out misdiagnosed). I rested up for three days and restarted (I was still one day ahead of schedule), but by Molinesca I was limping. So I had to fly the flag and return home to London where I was diagnosed with a stress fracture on my tibia.
I discovered a severe pronation on my right foot was to blame and now have orthotic, I am returning on the 4th April to pick up at Terradillos de Los Templarios (which getting to is a bit of a logistical exercise in itself), walking the three days into Leon, then getting a bus to Molinesca and start out again for Santiago then Muxia. I suspect this part of the route will be much quieter than when I did it in Sept/Oct where there was a race for beds, as it was (I was told) the busiest it had ever been.
I have learned to slow down rest up and take my time, it's not a race and if I need to come back again to finish it due to injury or other factors, I can easily do so. It's not going anywhere.
I discovered a severe pronation on my right foot was to blame and now have orthotic, I am returning on the 4th April to pick up at Terradillos de Los Templarios (which getting to is a bit of a logistical exercise in itself), walking the three days into Leon, then getting a bus to Molinesca and start out again for Santiago then Muxia. I suspect this part of the route will be much quieter than when I did it in Sept/Oct where there was a race for beds, as it was (I was told) the busiest it had ever been.
I have learned to slow down rest up and take my time, it's not a race and if I need to come back again to finish it due to injury or other factors, I can easily do so. It's not going anywhere.