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I totally agree with this advice. Especially about the shoes. Your feet could be just fine after a long hike one day, but the true test of your shoes comes from multiple consecutive days of high mileage walks.My guess is that you are already fitter than you need to be for the Camino. Anyone who is contemplating a half marathon has their cardio and leg strength in order. Does your workout include any hills? If no, that would be the only thing to add into what you have already.
The real issue for you to consider is getting used to shoes. Do you have a shoe that you like over long distances? Have you done several back-to-back days over 10K in it? If yes, I'd say you're good to go. If not, September is too late to be trying to find a shoe/sock combo that doesn't give you blisters.
Buen Camino!
You're good to go! Buen Camino!
(But do get the sock / shoe combo sorted - there's a lot written elsewhere about that, and it may or may not be what you use to run in, depending on the time of year / season).
The last time I walked the Camino was in 2013. I prepped by doing a lot of hikes with a full backpack.
I'm going back in October. I've recently lost 127 pounds, and I'm focused mostly on maintaining my workout regimen: 4 days of weight lifting, 3 of running, and 1 of doing whatever I want (resting, swimming, kayaking, light hiking) each week. I'm really in the best shape of my life. I'm thinking about doing a half marathon a couple weeks before the Camino, thought I'm a bit worried about a last minute injury.
It's miserably hot where I live this time of year, and I'm concerned about breaking my exercise routine. On Sundays, I just don't have the appetite for a long hike in the humidity, and I'm concerned that at a certain point, my body is going to break down under those demands. But I will if that's what I need to be comfortable on the Camino in October.
So I'm looking for some advice. Can I keep up my routine until mid-September when it's not so hot (still pretty hot here) and do some practice hikes (4-6) and be in good shape for the Camino, or should I start practice hikes now and adjust my workout schedule t accommodate it?
don't train and I'm back again this year to do Burgos - Santiago as I missed some of it because I had too much fun staying in beautiful places for too long and ran out of time and had to RUN for my plane in Madrid to get home.
I wore Injinji toe socks on my first Camino. Perfect for avoiding blisters. I'd like to wear trail runners, but I think they're too narrow for distance hiking. I'll probably have to settle for boots since my shoe width is 6E.
Arrrgh... that is what I dislike about a lot of the athletic shoe manufacturers; they seem to believe that no one with wide feet runs, hikes, or trail walks.
The last time I walked the Camino was in 2013. I prepped by doing a lot of hikes with a full backpack.
I'm going back in October. I've recently lost 127 pounds, and I'm focused mostly on maintaining my workout regimen: 4 days of weight lifting, 3 of running, and 1 of doing whatever I want (resting, swimming, kayaking, light hiking) each week. I'm really in the best shape of my life. I'm thinking about doing a half marathon a couple weeks before the Camino, thought I'm a bit worried about a last minute injury.
It's miserably hot where I live this time of year, and I'm concerned about breaking my exercise routine. On Sundays, I just don't have the appetite for a long hike in the humidity, and I'm concerned that at a certain point, my body is going to break down under those demands. But I will if that's what I need to be comfortable on the Camino in October.
So I'm looking for some advice. Can I keep up my routine until mid-September when it's not so hot (still pretty hot here) and do some practice hikes (4-6) and be in good shape for the Camino, or should I start practice hikes now and adjust my workout schedule t accommodate it?
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