- Time of past OR future Camino
- Too many and too often!
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If you are going to do daft things like running a marathon or an ultra-marathon I suppose you have to think of somewhere to do it. Here in the UK Land's End to John O'Groats naturally springs to mind for challenge walks and runs. Though within the last week a UK man finished a 19,000 mile walk around the British coastline just a few miles from my house here in Wales. That is hardcore stuff! I imagine that if you are Spanish or Catalan then the Caminos have a similar iconic status and the mind naturally turns in that direction.Why?
Seems he spends a lot of time running up mountains or dodging the flight cost to Paris by running there instead. Presumably, with such a busy life, he could only spare 8 days for a Camino. Most would have started in Ponferrada but he wanted to do the "whole" CaminoWhy?
Thank you - I will make note of "highly motivated" for use in future when someone questions my movements!There is quite a community of highly motivated persons (others would say: "crazy") that do impressing feats when it comes to distance covered over time.
Why?Why?
Why?
Why not?
Running is as spiritual as walking, when the intention is there. And it is a joyful thing to be able to do.
I fail to understand the anti-running prejudice in Camino circles. If you haven't done it, please don't knock it.
Read the whole of my post again .. the one word.
Why? My God man... haven't you seen Forrest Gump?I didn't knock it I merely wrote "Why?" I feel the same about someone who runs from Lands End to John O'Groats .. I didn't mention spiritual, you did - why do you keep making assumptions about "what I mean" instead of just responding to "what I write"?
I don't understand running for pleasure .. 'fun run' seems an oxymoron to me, so I ask "Why?" - nothing more. Read the whole of my post again .. the one word.
But then I read "running"...
I was 28 at the time of my first Camino. Many of my days were around 40km then. Partly because accommodation was much more scarce then but mostly because I was much slimmer, fitter and more reckless about my body! These days 30km is a more comfortable daily distance and 40km is a fairly rare extravagance.My second Camino was pretty much a marathon a day for 44 days and from Paris to Santiago.
Absolutely could NOT do that now, but I was 29 years old at the time ...
I am genuinely surprised that I, too, so thoroughly misunderstood your one word in this one context.read the whole of my post again .. the one word.
I prefer it when things are less predictableI am genuinely surprised that I, too, so thoroughly misunderstood your one word in this one context.
You were seriously wanting to know a reason, it was inexplicable to you, you did not mean to question the whole endeavour? Which is of course what I and @VNwalking and presumably a few other readers understand it to mean when they see this one word in this one context.
When I saw the first post of this thread I even thought that it was inevitable that someone would eventually question the whole endeavour. I was right. Bingo in post #2, a mere 10 minutes after the appearance of post #1.
It's rather funny to see how predictable threads are.
Indeed we areIt took me nearly 8 hours to walk from las herrerias to O Cebreiro yesterday.. what can I say? Some of us are just made from special stuff!!
The scary thing is that I actually make myself look better in the blog!!Indeed we are. I had a peek on your blog about your current mini Camino … “When the going gets tough, the tough take plenty of breaks and fill themselves with sugar and caffeine”.
Why???I didn't knock it I merely wrote "Why?" I feel the same about someone who runs from Lands End to John O'Groats .. I didn't mention spiritual, you did - why do you keep making assumptions about "what I mean" instead of just responding to "what I write"?
I don't understand running for pleasure .. 'fun run' seems an oxymoron to me, so I ask "Why?" - nothing more. Read the whole of my post again .. the one word.
Apparently to raise money for the Spanish Autism Confederation. At least, that is what it says in the article.Why?
Do you think we need another rule ?I fail to understand the anti-running prejudice in Camino circles. If you haven't done it, please don't knock it.
Maybe it was rhetorical ?I am genuinely surprised that I, too, so thoroughly misunderstood your one word in this one context.
Yep !It's rather funny to see how predictable threads are.
And some from special puff!!!!It took me nearly 8 hours to walk from las herrerias to O Cebreiro yesterday.. what can I say? Some of us are just made from special stuff!!
It never used to be like that. But now days, it seems like many people take instant offense to even the most innocuous comments.It's rather funny to see how predictable threads are.
Lol he had to take one with him !On a lighter note, I doubt either runner made much of a Camino family.
This morning on Facebook I read about a man planning to mark his 69th birthday by running the 69 miles from Sarria to Santiago in 24 hours on
I could not have said it any betterI imagine that if you are Spanish or Catalan then the Caminos have a similar iconic status and the mind naturally turns in that direction.
LOL, I noticed only now that the word appears in the first post of the thread: Sergio Turull is a regular of the pruebas de fondo.gran fondo and ultra fondo
Inspiring.Maybe people like Sergio Turull are ... called?
Good luck8 days is close to what I have scheduled to do by bicycle in September - and which I'm secretly a bit worried about.
So the thread title gave me great comfort: this is doable! I'm not crazy after all.
But then I read "running"...
Buon Camino ! We all have our own things we wish to do, so, good luck !Sometimes similar stories seem to appear together. This morning on Facebook I read about a man planning to mark his 69th birthday by running the 69 miles from Sarria to Santiago in 24 hours on Thursday. Moments later I did my usual search for Camino-related news and found there is an article on the La Voz de Galicia website about a Catalan man who has just run from SJPDP to Santiago in 8 days, accompanied by his sister who rode a bike. Both extraordinary feats that I have no intention of imitating!
El Camino de Santiago desde Francia, corriendo y en nueve días: «Hice una media de 85 kilómetros por etapa»
El catalán Sergio Turull, asiduo a las pruebas de fondo, lo hizo para recaudar fondos para el autismo; un cardiólogo observó los cambios que se producían en su corazón durante la pruebawww.lavozdegalicia.es
You made your point and I could not agree more. However, in this case, Sergio Turull is not on the Camino. The news article is about one of his three Caminos. They are in his past, and like numerous posts on this forum can attest, he is not different from many of us who are happy to talk afterwards about our experiences including about at least some of the reasons why we were on the Camino (Francés), enjoyed being on the Camino and like to be on the Camino again. Quote from the article:The keyboards warriors who just can't resist asking that most intrusive of questions...
For those new to the Camino please; never, never ask the reason why.
If, along The Way, someone volunteers their motivation then listen, absorb and do not judge.
It is IMPORTANT for them, even if you can't see it, they have committed, so if you are not prepared to call them them out as as bonkers to their face, why imply it online ???
the runner's sister accompanied him by bike
8 days is close to what I have scheduled to do by bicycle in September
No need to worry at all. I met an american on bicycle a few years ago about halfway through the camino. He later phoned me with end result. 6 days - 130 km a day. He drove 5-7 hours every day.8 days is close to what I have scheduled to do by bicycle in September - and which I'm secretly a bit worried about.
So the thread title gave me great comfort: this is doable! I'm not crazy after all.
But then I read "running"...
Back in the early 90's my aunt (who was a competitive distance runner), ran the length of NZ. That meant averaging 80-90kms a day, she held the record for the fastest time by a woman for a few decades. She ran with another runner and they had a support driver with a campervan. They were also raising money for a charity. The logistics was challenging, but she loved running.Why?
Why not?
Running is as spiritual as walking, when the intention is there. And it is a joyful thing to be able to do.
I fail to understand the anti-running prejudice in Camino circles. If you haven't done it, please don't knock it.
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