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    Health Impact of Camino walk...

    One memory from the Camino is the few times when I had been walking for hours and still had a long hill to climb. I'd look up that hill and think, "I can't make this right now." Then I'd just keep walking and not looking up the hill and soon I'd walk over the top. Lessons for life. Just take...
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    Health Impact of Camino walk...

    I've been home from the Frances for just over a week. I had a doctor's appointment yesterday. He asked me about the Camino and checked my vitals. I'm 60. He said: "Your vitals are incredible". I've bounced off the edge of high blood pressure for years. My post Camino PB is 102/62. Pretty...
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    Home from the Camino

    I'm on day three back at work from walking the Camino Frances. I feel a bit homesick. I could have lived that life indefinitely I think. I wasn't ready for it to be over, when it was over. My wife said it best: "The Camino is what the church ought to be." Pilgrims being kind and helpful...
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    Pilgrim office

    We found it. Such an amazing day!!
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    Pilgrim office

    We walk into Santiago tomorrow. How do I find the pilgrim office?
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    a longer and slower day

    We stayed in Opedrouzo last night. At about 730 a pilgrim walked up and there was one bed left. We we told there were available beds in other places in town. Lots of pilgrims this night. But I think if you just need a bed somewhere you can be super flexible. We walked through some villages...
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    Busy? I’m alone at Luquin.

    We’re in Melide tonight. The pre-Sarria path was sparse. The day we walked by Cruz de Ferro we were alone. Since Sarria it’s been crowded mornings. School groups etc.
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    Overthinking this thing.

    HOKA Speedgoats is what we trained in and are wearing. My wife’s will be worn completely out when we get to Santiago. Mine were brand new when we arrived and are holding up well. They definitely show wear though.
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    Overthinking this thing.

    Absolutely!! We were walking 7.5 miles with packs around Salem lake once a week and 5 miles without packs every evening. The Pyrenees still kicked our tails. We made it but by the day after Pamplona we decided we needed to recalculate. The fun had run out. So we bough a duffel bag and put...
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    Overthinking this thing.

    My wife and I are on the Frances. We’re taking a rest day in Sarria. Before we left the US we read and watched videos, etc.. It occurs to me that a lot of us overthink this thing. On the night before we walked out of St Jean PDP we stopped in the church there to light a candle and pray...
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    6 Month Training & Weight Loss Plan for an Overweight/Plus Size Pilgrim

    We walked into Sarria this morning. In theory this is the easy part. We saw a guy we met in Pamplona when we first arrived. Glad you’re here!!
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    Walking to O Cebreiro from bus stop in Pedrafita do Cebreiro

    We tried to get a bus from Ponferrada to POC yesterday morning and it was full. We took a taxi from Ponferrada to Samos. It’s was 121 euros, and worth every penny. We had to cut some distance because we don’t have enough time off to make it all the way. We were in the lot of the bus station...
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    Albergue Etiquette

    Folks came into the albergue in Legrono last night partying like it’s 1999. Very loud. They quieted down about 1115 or so. Big celebration in town last night. Lots of drinking.
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    Rest day in SJPP?

    SJPDP is amazing. Pamplona is just another big city.
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    Ride from Los Arcos to Logrono

    The dude at our current hostel just told me about this and said I can just pay the driver. Cool!
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    Ride from Los Arcos to Logrono

    We want to bus from los Arcos to Logroño but there doesn’t appear to be such a thing. Also, Uber doesn’t serve that area. Where should we look for a ride next? What’s blablacar?
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    Help getting lodging past Sarria

    We’re currently on the Frances. We’re walking from SJPDP. We’re looking at our projected dates for Sarria to Santiago. When we try to find lodging it all looks sold out on booking.com. What should we do??
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    We’re here SJPDP

    It’s an amazingly beautiful place. Glad we stayed an extra day.
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    Is this a thing I can do?

    We’re here now with HOKA speed goats. I trained in a pair that I pretty much wore every mile and I probably could have brought them here and done well. Yes, they are getting slick now but, the new ones I’m using here will surely get me to Santiago and farther, based on my last pair.
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    Camino Francés - Pamplona to Burgos?

    I would urge you to not bring a check bag. The passport control at Madrid airport was like nothing I’ve ever seen. Literally a couple thousand people in a room all trying to do the same thing. Crazy.. We would have missed our connecting flight to Pamplona if we had a checked bag. And from...

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