BeatriceKarjalainen
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I've just finished the VdP and I had a great time.I will most probably not get any vacation until October so I'm thinking of going back to Spain and do VdP then. First I thought that I could only get a couple of weeks off but now it looks like I can have 5 weeks. I might be lucky and be able to go on vacation in September instead will have to talk to the project manager. Otherwise I guess I'll start around October 4th and be in SdC 4-5 weeks later. Now I just have to go back to my normal training at home and walk walk and walk... to prepare. I have been so lazy since my last camino 2016 :-/
Well as my normal stages are 35-40 km I guess I have to gets the feet a little bit ready to avoid blisters (and break in a new pair of sandals). And so have had a injury in my thigh that made the leg weak. I did some of my caminos with almost no training and my body doesn’t care about flat or hilly but when 60 % of the leg strength is gone I should take care of it before I do a long hike again so I don’t get injuried again.I've just finished the VdP and I had a great time.
The beginning of the VdP is so flat I'm not convinced any training is necessary. I'd never experienced those wide open landscapes before, I loved them.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Yes you know me. A year of the Camino was a very long time but as least my leg seams to be better now."Hi, my name is Beatrice, and I am a Caminoholic".
Buen camino.
I will most probably not get any vacation until October so I'm thinking of going back to Spain and do VdP then. First I thought that I could only get a couple of weeks off but now it looks like I can have 5 weeks. I might be lucky and be able to go on vacation in September instead will have to talk to the project manager. Otherwise I guess I'll start around October 4th and be in SdC 4-5 weeks later. Now I just have to go back to my normal training at home and walk walk and walk... to prepare. I have been so lazy since my last camino 2016 :-/
You know your body so you know what you should do. I started doing shorter stages and ended up doing 30km and more stages. This wasn't planned it's just what happened.Well as my normal stages are 35-40 km I guess I have to gets the feet a little bit ready to avoid blisters (and break in a new pair of sandals). And so have had a injury in my thigh that made the leg weak. I did some of my caminos with almost no training and my body doesn’t care about flat or hilly but when 60 % of the leg strength is gone I should take care of it before I do a long hike again so I don’t get injuried again.
Good advice! Thanks for the input.Beatrice, if you plan to walk the Via de Plata, maybe consider staying with your October start date, rather than trying to change your time off to September. From what I often read here on the forum, September can still be quite hot.
I will most probably not get any vacation until October so I'm thinking of going back to Spain and do VdP then. First I thought that I could only get a couple of weeks off but now it looks like I can have 5 weeks. I might be lucky and be able to go on vacation in September instead will have to talk to the project manager. Otherwise I guess I'll start around October 4th and be in SdC 4-5 weeks later. Now I just have to go back to my normal training at home and walk walk and walk... to prepare. I have been so lazy since my last camino 2016 :-/
Thanks!Great to see you back, Beatrice. As you think about your route, you might want to consider starting with the Mozárabe in Almería and carrying on on the Vdlp after the Mozárabe merges with it in Cáceres. I walked from Almería to Salamanca this year in 32 days. I do walk longer distances than many, but not at your level, so you would probably be there a lot sooner. And then from Salamanca, Gronze lists 16 days, but those are not Beatrice-length stages either. Anyway, I found the Mozárabe to be both challenging and beautiful. There are a few days of walking on stony riverbeds that are a bit of a challenge, but the route goes through Granada and Córdoba, two amazing places to see. Buen camino, Laurie
Don't you think your body is trying to tell you something? Sounds like it does care, to me. Enjoy shorter days and take it easy, no?Well as my normal stages are 35-40 km I guess I have to gets the feet a little bit ready to avoid blisters (and break in a new pair of sandals). And so have had a injury in my thigh that made the leg weak. I did some of my caminos with almost no training and my body doesn’t care about flat or hilly but when 60 % of the leg strength is gone I should take care of it before I do a long hike again so I don’t get injuried again.
I just mean that I have more or less the same speed/distance regardless of the type of nature without pressing my self. My feet just walk.Don't you think your body is trying to tell you something? Sounds like it does care, to me. Enjoy shorter days and take it easy, no?
Hi PatI've just finished the VdP and I had a great time.
The beginning of the VdP is so flat I'm not convinced any training is necessary. I'd never experienced those wide open landscapes before, I loved them.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
I am planning VdlP for late September. I am hoping for some solitude also after busy caminos. I absolutely love meeting people and have been very lucky to have shared time with some of the very best. But sometimes I need uninterrupted time to process. Thanks for all the informative contributions. JamesI just mean that I have more or less the same speed/distance regardless of the type of nature without pressing my self. My feet just walk.
Everyone can get an injury mine isn’t related to walking and it doesn’t get worse by walking now but I have been doing rehab for a year. I can’t walk slow then my body hurts (slow people can’t really understand that but it’s the same if I should force them to walk in 6-8 km/h their body’s will not like it). And if I walk short distances I’m normally at the albergue before they even open. Boooring. We are all different I enjoy walking and photography. Others enjoy sniffing the flowers, drinking coffee in all cafés and chatting with other pilgrims over a glass of wine. I enjoy the feel of movement, solitude and see what is around the next hill.
I prefer the company of other people in the albergue, sharing a meal in the evening, breakfast together but the walk is for me "Bea time" time to contemplate, have my internal discussions with my self or just let the head go blank for a while after a stressful work year.I am planning VdlP for late September. I am hoping for some solitude also after busy caminos. I absolutely love meeting people and have been very lucky to have shared time with some of the very best. But sometimes I need uninterrupted time to process. Thanks for all the informative contributions. James
See you on the trail....doing VLDP again this Sept, walking out of Seville on Sept 11th. In 2016 did it April /May, looking forward to seeing it in the fall. Hopefully it will be a bit drier!I will most probably not get any vacation until October so I'm thinking of going back to Spain and do VdP then. First I thought that I could only get a couple of weeks off but now it looks like I can have 5 weeks. I might be lucky and be able to go on vacation in September instead will have to talk to the project manager. Otherwise I guess I'll start around October 4th and be in SdC 4-5 weeks later. Now I just have to go back to my normal training at home and walk walk and walk... to prepare. I have been so lazy since my last camino 2016 :-/
"Hi, my name is Beatrice, and I am a Caminoholic".
Buen camino.
I prefer the company of other people in the albergue, sharing a meal in the evening, breakfast together but the walk is for me "Bea time"
I will most probably not get any vacation until October so I'm thinking of going back to Spain and do VdP then. First I thought that I could only get a couple of weeks off but now it looks like I can have 5 weeks. I might be lucky and be able to go on vacation in September instead will have to talk to the project manager. Otherwise I guess I'll start around October 4th and be in SdC 4-5 weeks later. Now I just have to go back to my normal training at home and walk walk and walk... to prepare. I have been so lazy since my last camino 2016 :-/
Thanks! Will read.Did it in September/October a couple years ago. You may find our blog helpful . . .
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/via-de-la-plata-and-the-camino-sanabres.41690/
2 vinos for you then as I don't drink alcohol but I take your agua. Yes Santiago will be fine. We just have to walk there first ;-)Could we not form a breakaway group where we get together, sit down over a vino tinto or two and try and talk each other out of EVER walking another Camino, EVER again?
We could meet somewhere convenient, say Santiago?
Three days off the Camino and my knees are getting stiff . . .
I usually walk away from people I have met before. But now and then I do meet other people doing long stretches. But that is fine I get to meet new people and new stories every day.The Vdlp is perfect for this. I walked from salamanca earlier this year. Easy to walk alone, with no sight of anyone else for hours then arrive at the albergue or bar to meet all of the lovely other people you have been seeing for the last week.
Better idea, let's meet in Seville, drink some wine then find the bus station!Could we not form a breakaway group where we get together, sit down over a vino tinto or two and try and talk each other out of EVER walking another Camino, EVER again?
We could meet somewhere convenient, say Santiago?
Three days off the Camino and my knees are getting stiff . . .
As you know I always hike on my own and is usually to fast to get a camino family but I'll have company this time, her name is Ariel and you can find her here: http://instagram.com/arielonadventures, unfortunately she can't join here.
Thanks!You’ve found your perfect companion.
I see you and Ariel will definitely find no fault in each others’ pace and ideas on stopping places.
Buen Camino Bea & Ariel
Wish I was planning again ..... definitely thinking hard.
Ps. Surprised to read you say that you get lazy about walking when not ‘on’ camino. I thought I was unique there. Glad I’m not.
Annie
He he I think Ariel won't do much walking by her self. As she said "My shoes are not made for walking"OMG, there are TWO super-pace-mega-camino-walkers then?
Walking with a partner is quite a different experience, but a good one - if it's a nice partner, of course!
I love how you are comfortable with long stages and still enjoys everything about the rout. Hope you two have an awesome time at VdlP!
He he I think Ariel won't do much walking by her self. As she said "My shoes are not made for walking"
She is more of a wedge heel girl. I'm a sandal person my self.Her credential is covering it, is she a boots or rail runners 'person'? C'mon, pretty sure she will nail many 40km days!
My previous caminos:5 weeks, 1,400kms - 40km/day! Wow! Buen Camino!!!!!!!
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