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meisterbalogna said:Thank you both for the info!
I won't have any opportunity to do any weeklong walks before I leave but will try to do the 16k (i need to learn the conversions!) on weekends as much as possible.
Is there anything more one can do to train? I'm so nervous! Excited too :wink:
Rebekah Scott said:"first thing when planning your camino schedule: most people/guides/maps/waymarks are measured in kilometers. You´ll have to do the math. "
Just returned from Spain and never did learn "true" conversions, but I remembered a 10K is equal to 6 miles, thus 20K 12 miles, 15K 9 miles, etc.
Also, can't stress enough to train on hills. Even in the "flat" meseta, you get a major hill or two every day, e.g., Hontanas. I remember at first being so pleased when I hit a downhill section, then after awhile realized that meant there was an uphill coming...
And one last thing: I learned that pain in your heel may not mean anything is wrong with your heel, but rather the muscle that attaches there is shortened and needs to be stretched, massaged, whatever. I saw immediate healing when this technique was used.
falcon269 said:To four significant digits:
100 km = 62.1371 mi.
20 km = 12.4274 mi.
jeff001 said:I think the need for long term conditioning is overrated and could actually be counterproductive. All you really need to be able to do is walk 20-25K with your pack for the first week at the most. After that you will have worked yourself into condition to do it every day. Starting to train too soon will just put more wear and tear on the feet and knees and will do nothing significant to improve your conditioning. More important than walking would be losing that extra 10-15 lbs that you are currently carrying.
kays?on average 25 kays per day
depends on so many factors.....
on the vdlp i did shortest day 16 kays
and longest 50 kays (out of major stupidity) (twice !)
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remember
the 25 kays in the first week of your walk is longer and more difficult
than the 25 kays in the second, 3rd, etc week
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so if you can walk the first week before leaving home, youll be fine
Kilometerskays?
KilometersActually, if your from the States, try switching what ever you use to measure your training hikes, to km. It helps get your head wrapped around the distances you'll be walking and talking about in Spain. IMHO!
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16 C equals 61 F
28 C equals 82 F
40 C equals 104F
Lots of good information on this thread. I agree that it's important for everyone to listen to their own body and not overdo it.......After that camino, I changed my daily routine -- started riding my bike to work, doing a daily hour of cardio on a machine at my gym, walking wherever possible, etc. I now do no special pre-Camino training at all and have not had a problem. ............The camino brings many blessings and one of them for me has been an overall increase in my fitness and energy level.........
You know, ksam, I am now at the point where I cannot compute my daily walks in miles. I know my kms, and have no idea how many miles it is without dividing by 8 and multiplying by 5. Now if I could only Internalize the temperature the same way. I’m embarrassed to admit that I keep three equivalencies in my head and then just approximate.
16 C equals 61 F
28 C equals 82 F
40 C equals 104F
That's the way I do it too. And 5 miles = 8 km.I just do the km to miles rough conversions in 5 km = 3.1 miles increments. Or, 6.2 miles = 10 km.
This is all such incredible information! And there are obviously different schools of thought on training but the one thing that shines through it all to me is that this is "your camino" and you're the one walking it. It will be different for me than for anyone else.
As far as training for me, I am fairly limited by work and responsibilities for how many days in a row I am able to walk to train for this but what Laurie said really makes sense to me. As long as I can bring my overall fitness level up I'm hoping that I will be fine.
A large part of this for will certainly be letting go of the fear of the physical. When I first started learning to really run and was training to do my first 5k my boyfriend told me, "just turn your head off and do it. Your body knows how to do this. Let it". I think that will apply here as well!
I still plan on walking every weekend as much and as far as possible (yes, with my full pack on and on hills in New England) but will also bring training into my everyday by walking everywhere I can and also adding some stretching into my life.
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