LesBrass
Likes Walking
- Time of past OR future Camino
- yes...
Hi all, last night I was told that I would never make the Camino, that Im so out of shape there is no way to get in shap in 9 months to do the walk. I feel a little disheartened that someone would tell me that. I feel it in my heart that I can and that now that my children are grown I need to live my live and this journey is to find my purpose in life now that its just me and my mother.
Sorry, just venting, i feel I needed to share this with others that have done the Camino, others that may be seekers like me
@Cecy - dont let those negative thoughts get into your head!
I was 50 and I'm not at all a 'sportive' build, as a french lady told me! I had recovered from a bout of cancer a few years before and when I was feeling healthy and well and I wanted to walk... just because I could. (in that I mean I'm alive and I wanted to feel alive).
My husband was very suportive but a little concerned that maybe I'd given myself too big a challenge. I am not the kind of girl that goes walking. I don't like communal showers or shared dorms and I run from dogs and bees... I'm scared of most things, including the dark and I'm a tad picky with my food. Added to this I take drugs every day and had a few obstacles to ensure I stayed well... although nothing major.
Anyway, everyone else I knew thought I would fail or that I was mad. My french neighbours (who are lovely lovely people) invited me to dinner with friends and spent 2 hours telling me how irresponsible I was being. I sing in a band and the guys had a book running for when I would quit... no-one thought I would finish and several friends told me I was being selfish because of the health aspect. People really were not thrilled at the prospect of me going and most tried to put me off.
I tried to ignore it all. I started walking 9 months before, 2 or 3 times a week, walking first 4-5km and building up to regularly walking 10-15km. My biggest headache was shoes! (DONT GET ME STARTED).
I told my doctor and he made me have a health check before I left, before he would give me a 2 month prescription... but that went well. I went away a few weeks before with my husband walking and that didn't go too well and I panicked and changed my start from St Jean to Roncesvalles... but that was it... I was off.
And let me tell you, I had the greatest adventure! You can read about here if you want. (you need to scroll down to start at the begining) https://caminobrassblog.wordpress.com/
I'm now hooked on long distance walking, three of my friends are planning their own camino, I'm planning my third camino for september and we're now planning holidays on other trails... and even thinking of maybe taking a tent and going even more into the unknown!
@Cecy - bascially, walk your own walk... plan, prepare and learn and just go and walk and I hope you have an amazing time!