Hi Kathy, my first trip I trusted my son Ben who had walked 5 months ahead of me and told me I could walk to Roncesvalles in one go 'no problem'!
We walk together frequently in the Lake District and while it's true I have no problem making it up and down some very steep hills I did not train even half enough with a full backpack. The day took me 9 hours, I am small with short legs and simply cannot walk fast, I did not overtake anyone unless they were sitting down! Everyone overtook me! But having said that I wouldn't have missed it for the world, the sense of achievement was wonderful and I recovered incredibly quickly.
However I promised myself that next time (for I already knew I would want to walk the camino more than once) I would either send my pack by transport or stay in Orisson. It's the latter that I'm going to do when I return in 62 days time!
Hope this helps, Buen camino
Sarah