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Walking the Camino with knee bursitis
All the advice above re medical opinion + factor 1-2 rest days into your planning in case you need them. Ice cubes from a local bar wrapped in a wet tea (drying) towel at the end of the day also brings relief. Tea towel weighs almost nothing, dries quickly in the outside of your pack.- DBC
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Training plan help - 10weeks from starting!
Not a problem. Last year I walked with a man who had 2 new hips, one new knee and a quad bypass all done in the preceding 5 years. My plan was to avg. 20 km a day. He he did 20km on his good days and only 10km on his bad days, but at his pace and not ours.- DBC
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Training plan help - 10weeks from starting!
Unless you are planning 35-40km every day you don’t need to train as if it’s a marathon. Ease off, recover, walk /train 5 days out of 7, only train with a bit of weight every second day once healed. Your body needs rest days to heal and build the new or stronger structures. You can also choose...- DBC
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Your Ideal First Aid Kit for the Camino
See my updated comment re Compeed.- DBC
- Post #18
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Your Ideal First Aid Kit for the Camino
Walked in May/June this year. Blister plasters. Compeed are great blister plasters but almost unobtainable in the USA. Stock up when you arrive. Note: they are not meant to be changed every day, if your feet are clean and dry when you apply them and your showers are quick then they should last...- DBC
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Overweight on the Frances?
If possible avoid the extreme heat of July and August. Everybody trains legs and body for uphills and steps, but it’s the downhills that will test and strain your joints, and more so for the “big and talls” so factor that into to your training. I started at 220lbs and lost about 20lbs over the...- DBC
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