amado
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Hola, I am Amado, a 55 year old Filipino based in Davao City, Philippines. I have been in the ministry for 28 years, and for the last 15 years I have been teaching theology at the Redemptorist theological and mission institute as well as being involved in peace advocacy and Christian-Muslim dialogue. I am also a marathon runner, an ultra-long distance cyclist (I biked for peace around the Philippines covering 5,000 km in 56 days) and a mountaineer. Recently, I have become interested in ultra-marathon running.
I will be doing my sabbatical from May-October 2010. I plan to spend time as a hermit and a pilgrim during my sabbatical. I will be spending time in a hermitage on top of a mountain in Cebu. I am also thinking of making a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela following the Camino Frances. It will be a combination of meditative walking and gentle running which I plan to do in 21-23 days from the last week of June to the middle of July 2010. I know that this is unusual as most pilgrims walk the Camino in 30-35 days. But being an ultra-marathoner, I enjoy slow running (mixed with walking) which puts me in a state of flow. Running for me is not just a physical activity but a contemplative act. I have started serious training and I now run-walk for 6-8 hours once a week carrying my 13-lb backpack. The other days, I do a lot of walking, instead of using the car. This March, I will be run-walking for 8 days across Mindanao covering 390 km.
I hope to meet other pilgrims during my long walking breaks and also in the Refugios. But I won't be sleeping every night in the Refugios. Some nights, I would like to sleep under the stars, other nights on the porch or doorways of the church (this is what I did when I walked from Rome to Assisi in 1994).
After doing the Camino I will go back to Rome for a week, and then fly back to the Philippines where I will spend some time as a hermit. Then I have to be back in Davao in November 2010 to continue teaching theology to those preparing for the priestly ministry.
I am glad to be part of this forum, and I hope to learn from those who have made the pilgrimage. I hope to meet some of you, on the Camino.
for more information, visit my blogsite: http://www.amadopicardal.blogspot.com
I will be doing my sabbatical from May-October 2010. I plan to spend time as a hermit and a pilgrim during my sabbatical. I will be spending time in a hermitage on top of a mountain in Cebu. I am also thinking of making a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela following the Camino Frances. It will be a combination of meditative walking and gentle running which I plan to do in 21-23 days from the last week of June to the middle of July 2010. I know that this is unusual as most pilgrims walk the Camino in 30-35 days. But being an ultra-marathoner, I enjoy slow running (mixed with walking) which puts me in a state of flow. Running for me is not just a physical activity but a contemplative act. I have started serious training and I now run-walk for 6-8 hours once a week carrying my 13-lb backpack. The other days, I do a lot of walking, instead of using the car. This March, I will be run-walking for 8 days across Mindanao covering 390 km.
I hope to meet other pilgrims during my long walking breaks and also in the Refugios. But I won't be sleeping every night in the Refugios. Some nights, I would like to sleep under the stars, other nights on the porch or doorways of the church (this is what I did when I walked from Rome to Assisi in 1994).
After doing the Camino I will go back to Rome for a week, and then fly back to the Philippines where I will spend some time as a hermit. Then I have to be back in Davao in November 2010 to continue teaching theology to those preparing for the priestly ministry.
I am glad to be part of this forum, and I hope to learn from those who have made the pilgrimage. I hope to meet some of you, on the Camino.
for more information, visit my blogsite: http://www.amadopicardal.blogspot.com