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  1. J

    SJPP --> Santiago Pacing

    I stayed at the Casa Paderborn. By the time I was processed, it was 9:15ish and was told lights out at 10pm. My choices were to shower or eat (no shower). I chose shower. I ate an energy bar I had on me for dinner. My feet were so swollen and hurt, I couldn't sleep from the pain. Eventually I...
  2. J

    SJPP --> Santiago Pacing

    Sorry, I I wouldn't recommend meant the 60km walk! LOVED Pamplona.
  3. J

    SJPP --> Santiago Pacing

    I (35 M) walked solo from SJPDP to Santiago April-May 2018 in 18 days. I followed Gronze.com and did double stages the entire way. I walked about ~40km/day with my longest being right at the start. The first day was short from SJPDP to Orisson (5km). The second day was a brutal ~60km walk from...
  4. J

    average daily distance

    I'd agree ~20km/day or a half-marathon is the perfect daily distance. That distance is just enough to feel like you've done something but not so much that you feel like the walking dead. I was also on a timeline and walked ~40-60 km per day. My longest stretch from Orison (5km outside SJPDP) to...
  5. J

    Weight Loss

    I walked the CF from sjpdp to Santiago in 18 days this April. Lost about 15 lbs., in total. No taxi, no buses, I walked ~25-35 miles a day and noticed I was losing about 5 lbs every day and decided it was too much too fast. Decided to eat double dinners for most of it for the calories ;) I'm...
  6. J

    Transport up and down the Pyrenees to SJPDP?

    Orisson overflow, aka Kayola, which is 1 km from Orisson is also an option... or maybe even some of the other albergues along the way before the steepest part of the climb are an option?
  7. J

    I'm a sandal convert!

    I wore Quechua sandals (looked like tevas) with athletic socks my for 95% of my camino that I bought as a last-minute item in Bordeaux. Initially, I wore normal sized boots and thought I'd wear sandals in the flat areas but I switched to sandals in Pamplona when my feet swelled so much that I...
  8. J

    Specific hot spots for blister. Looking for suggestions...

    Such as??? Compede, socks, and sandals worked like a charm for me.
  9. J

    Specific hot spots for blister. Looking for suggestions...

    Compede is the best! Blisters form from friction and wetness. I walked with compede on my hotspots, athletic socks, and hiking sandals for 80% of my Camino; the rest in hiking trainers. The sandals let my feet breathe so they were never sweaty. By the end of my Camino, I only used sandals and...
  10. J

    Sellos and rest day in the last 100 km?

    I experienced wind, hail, heat, and snow but, really, I had AMAZING weather. Couldn't imagine the heat coming off the streets of Burgos in the summer.
  11. J

    Sellos and rest day in the last 100 km?

    I recently completed the C. Frances from SJPDP in 18 days. I wasn't aware of the "2 sellos/day" rule in the last 100km until I'd already left Sarria. Up to this point, I was only getting one sello/day at the end of the day wherever I ended up sleeping. After realizing this, I made sure to get...
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