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    Nutrition

    My advice was learned over years of long distance running (and training daily for running), long distance bicycling, and mountain climbing. The thing that most folks don't factor in is that a Camino is more like training for a half marathon over a one month period. Most long distance runners...
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    Holy Year

    I am tentatively planning on my second Camino in 2021. Since I have done the CF, I am thinking of a different one. I did the CF in the Holy Year of Mercy and it was crowded, but not impossible. I encountered a few villages where the Albergues were full, and the inexpensive hotels were full...
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    My first Camino Portugués - newbe questions

    I am contemplating a Portuguese Camino in 2021, but when reading about the ocean boardwalk route out of Porto, was told to be extremely careful if it has rained as the boardwalk can be very slippery. I would appreciate you comments or the comments of others. Part of me would like to follow...
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    Walking The Camino Without Training. Fool's Errand?

    Joe: Congratulations! Well done. I like your blog/post over hear https://findpenguins.com/joesgoes/trip/the-camino I think that you were very wise to both use a rental bicycle (Honey Badger) and your feet as a way of balancing the stress on your body and keeping to your schedule. You also...
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    First Lesson Learned.....

    Not at all! They are designed to breathe. I own two pair and took both with me on my Camino and last summer on my Coast to Coast bike ride across England. I use my CWX tights for skiing, running, hiking, mountain climbing and long distance biking in all kinds of weather.
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    Walking The Camino Without Training. Fool's Errand?

    I am 69. I use to run half marathons, and still do 100 mile bike rides and 5 to 10K runs plus hiking. One of the things I learned as a "master runner (old foggy)" was that as you get older the amount of human growth hormone and other hormones decline. These are the things that allow you to...
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    Why are people and some pilgrims so rude in the cathedral?

    I did my Camino for multiple reasons: religious, tourism, athletic challenge, contemplation as I was not with others I knew. This is an interesting topic. For me the experience of Confession just prior to the start of the Mass followed by the Mass was one of the most moving religious...
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    Riding a Bicycle on Camino Portugues

    I did a bicycle Camino Francis in May 2016, (Papal year of Holy Mercy) Pamplona to Santiago. I am now 69 and thinking about doing another Camino during the Holy Year 2021 again by bicycle. For a 200 km bicycle Compostela, Porto to Santiago is about 215 to 226 km depending on whether you take...
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    Senior Thesis Research on Pilgrim Motivation(s)

    Nice survey
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    Cycling Roncesvalles to Santiago in 36 hours!

    To each their own. I did a bike CF in May 2016. A big part of my memories were taking time to talk to people and fellow pilgrims, picnic, attend mass at all the cathedrals, do tourist sight seeing at towns and cities.
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    Medical first aid kit

    OK, since the OP is a doctor, this is for pilgrims, who are not healthcare professionals. If you have a smartphone, take it with the US Red Cross first aid application loaded on it. On my Camino, when I am a tourist where a terrorist attack could happen, and on MTB bike trips where I could be...
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    What are the chances of me cycling the camino de santiago?

    13 days is doable, but doesn't give you much in the way of rest/recovery days or days where you stay put due to very bad weather. The point is that if you run into trouble and need to keep to your completion date, you will have 3 options. (1) give up. (2) figure out where you can bus or train...
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    Cycling - Frances vs Norte/Camping vs Not/Road vs actual route

    My 2 cents. I did a bike CF in May 2016 Pamplona to Santiago with a train trip from Leon to Ponferrada because of horrible rain that turned trails to mud and had water running over roads. Ponferrada is 200+ km from Sanitago so you can still get a Compostella. Mine was for religious...
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    Comment by 'Older Guy' in media 'Picasso in Pamplona'

    The original is in Madrid and something worth seeing as the exhibit puts everything in context.
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    Looking for past pilgrims

    Actually, I have two post graduate degrees and helped/watched my wife earn her doctorate. She is now a Director at a nationally ranked University. What I have seen is that a PhD is suppose to advance the field of learning and be publishable at a major conference or Journal. My extended family...
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