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    40km+ a day burgos to leon diet?

    I ran the Camino back in May, averaging 45 to 60km a day. Food choices were based on what I enjoyed eating, I needed for energy, was easily available, and what I could digest with ease and still run a little while later. Not saying this is a good diet, just what worked for me. B - huge bowl...
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    Maintaining strength training on Camino.

    Writing from the perspective as a hybrid athlete (ultra runner and lifter) and as one who is close friends with two competitive powerlifters that have done the Camino multiple times each: don't worry about it, the break will do wonders for your body and your lifting. We all worried about it...
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    Let's run the Camino from SJPP to Santiago

    I ran by the Boston Marathon Finish Line this morning. The street was shut down. I was the sole runner in the middle of the road. Plenty of people rushing to get their cafes and pastries on the sidewalks. There was a single bagpiper, playing in remembrance of the event two years ago today. I...
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    Irish solo female travelling 21st April

    For my first Camino, I used a combination of a friend's old smart phone and my iPad Mini as a camera. It was a good combo, great resolution, though I'll just be using the iPad the second time around even if it's a little harder to pull out. Shipping from Spain is expensive. Most people I met...
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    Let's run the Camino from SJPP to Santiago

    I'll be leaving SJPP on the 12th! Happy early birthday if we don't meet on the road. That's an amazing way to celebrate life, health, and happiness. I yet to run an ultra so it's a little nerve wrecking to think about the practical staying healthy, eating enough kind of stuff. For the last 3...
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    Let's run the Camino from SJPP to Santiago

    *There's a little emotion in this post relating to some of the above, as well as a general attitude that I've experienced on the Camino and from others in this forum. I didn't quite mean for it to come off so strongly. I had intended to write something along the lines of "hey, I'm running too...
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    Camino del Norte in April/May 2015?

    Re: fitbit I walked the Camino With a FiBit Zip two years ago. I thought that it was great because it was a easy way to estimate how far Id come and how much walking I had let without pulling out the map or the information overload that you wold get from using a GPS. It helped me keep that...
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    * BEDBUG ALERT * June 2013 (and quickly dealt with)

    Oodles of bed bugs were found in An albergue on June 4th. The hosts were great in shutting down the Alb. ASAP but folks should be warned for the rest if the Fisterra route that they're out in abundance, especially since so many beds were infected.
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    Large pdf with a list of albergues from SJPP to Finisterre

    Los Albergues: Casa de Peregrinos Emaús Cost: five euros with meals as donativo Hostel San Anton Abad Cost: five, eight, and ten euro beds
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    Large pdf with a list of albergues from SJPP to Finisterre

    Updating the municipal albergues in zubiri. Now eight euros.
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