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Ha thanks guys, to be honest I was in a pretty bad way by the end though -- definitely more hill training next time! (Not easy in Cambridge, UK -- it's totally flat here...) My legs were completely ruined for days -- and all those hills, steps and cobbles in Santiago to walk down with the family...
I did the last 100km+ of the Via de la Plata as a one-day ultramarathon last summer, during a family holiday at SdC; I have a bit about the kit I used in this video, and on the webage:
http://www.wartnaby.org/running/camino/index.html
But that's a bit different because I didn't need any...
Good idea! I'm on my second one from www.iceid.co.uk (is it bad form to mention the name?). I first wanted one when I was doing fell-running in sometimes rather lonely mountain places -- so they'd know who to call if my bloated corpse was found in a ravine or something ;-). It's useful for...
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