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  1. John Crawford Howell

    Advice needed: Am I getting enough hill training?

    Stina: your positive attitude will get you over, around, down, and through all that the Camino places in your way. And along that way will be many helping hands.
  2. John Crawford Howell

    Sprained ankle before Camino Frances - also any cocktail recommendations?

    Chief among them, Huelva, which is an old Roman and laid back mining town (Rio Tinto), not far from where Columbus launched his 1492 voyage across the Atlantic from Palos de la Frontera.
  3. John Crawford Howell

    Sprained ankle before Camino Frances - also any cocktail recommendations?

    Larios y tonica con hielo!
  4. John Crawford Howell

    Severe joint and muscle pain post Camino Frances

    Yes, Mike, should you care to share, please let us know how you are doing.
  5. John Crawford Howell

    Darn those downhill stretches suck - some ideas to strengthen your body for downhills

    A man who knows of what he speaks. Getting the backpack "load-lifters" just right helps immensely.
  6. John Crawford Howell

    Darn those downhill stretches suck - some ideas to strengthen your body for downhills

    Excellent point, Trecile!
  7. John Crawford Howell

    Darn those downhill stretches suck - some ideas to strengthen your body for downhills

    There is a one-way single lane loop road that meanders up and down through the forest park adjacent to our home. Before 10:00 a.m. it is closed to vehicles. People with whom I may be walking know that at a certain point I peal off to go onto a root/rock gnarly trail for some distance. I refer to...
  8. John Crawford Howell

    Weight loss

    Each of us will find the right balance between daily distance, time allotted to do the Camino of choice, alcohol intake, carb loading, and hydration. If weight loss or gain is involved, it's probably a result of our unique physiologies, age, and metabolism. Or something . . .
  9. John Crawford Howell

    Weight loss

    Very well said, Lhollo.
  10. John Crawford Howell

    Weight loss

    I lost 28 pounds from SJPdP to Santiago. I started out with food poisoning I contracted in Bayonne (my fault) which curtailed my appetite. I had little desire to eat much of anything along the way, but knew I had to. I also could not drink so much as an entire beer. Me—a WSU Cougar! My constant...
  11. John Crawford Howell

    CPAP Machines and Albergues

    Compared to the basso profundo snorer I encountered in Belorado in 2017, who managed to hit the lowest register of the Notre Dame's massive organ, a CPAP machine's gentle sound represents pure sublimity.
  12. John Crawford Howell

    Update on Anniesantiago

    Thank you, Annie, for sharing with your Camino friends something so personal. You've recognized we are all in this together. Positive thoughts headed your way. John
  13. John Crawford Howell

    Food Poisoning in Carrion de los Condes.

    I rarely consumed bottled water on the Frances. I filled up from Albergue taps, Hostal taps, town fountains, fountains on the edge of towns, and was almost seduced by a particularly attractive cattle trough with cold water streaming into it high on the slopes leading to O'Cebreiro. In "Vulture...
  14. John Crawford Howell

    Food Poisoning in Carrion de los Condes.

    It's why many of us hiking the trail in 2017 referred to it as "Vulture Town." In the same way we referred to Zariquiegui (before Alto del Perdón) as, simply, "Z Town." All seemed to understood what was being referenced.
  15. John Crawford Howell

    Severe joint and muscle pain post Camino Frances

    So, Mad Mike, don't know where you are geographically, but if you are in the USA, I send greetings for a Happy Thanksgiving. Cheers!
  16. John Crawford Howell

    Severe joint and muscle pain post Camino Frances

    It shall be, brother.
  17. John Crawford Howell

    Severe joint and muscle pain post Camino Frances

    Oh, yes! It's called wine. Preferrably a nice Rioja which will be vicariously offered up in your direction as you cross the Rio Ebro into Logroño...
  18. John Crawford Howell

    Severe joint and muscle pain post Camino Frances

    We belong to the same club...:D
  19. John Crawford Howell

    Severe joint and muscle pain post Camino Frances

    Awesome, Mike! You are an inspiration. From time to time, please keep your Camino family advised of your movement.
  20. John Crawford Howell

    Severe joint and muscle pain post Camino Frances

    You continue in my thoughts, Mike. You're going to beat this! John

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