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Thanks @good_old_shoes Yes, I do mean hike, not walk. Apologies for my sloppy description. At the moment I'm wearing my day rucksack when I go out, probably about half my normal camino weight. I wait until the week before flying out before I go up to full camino pack weight.Do you carry your fully loaded backpacks when doing your training walks?
I find that really helps. Up- and downhill sections included when possible.
I try to do more hikes and less "going for a walk". 10km with a daypack in a park and all flat is nice to do but not the best training.
So I go for shorter walks often, but try to add the longer, full day, more challenging hikes whenever possible on days off work. The backpack goes with me even for the shorter, easier walks in the park.
It's strange to walk around with a 70l backpack in pilgrim clothes when everyone else around you is dressed nicely for their sunday walkI get funny looks all the time, but I don't care anymore.
I'm still always a bit sore on my first Camino days. I guess it's simply very difficult for most people to replicate 20-30km day after day in all kinds of terrain with the kind of training that is possible to do at home.
I think you're already doing great with several 12km walks per week!
I should probably mention that in addition to the walks, I also go to the gym three times a week for 60-70 mins of aerobic exercise (each visit)from a fitness stand, you should be doing 12km everyday, however if want to do 20km everyday on your Camino you should train with a 15lb pack 25km everyday, its just my opinion
What is the logic for practicing with half your Camino weight?Thanks @good_old_shoes Yes, I do mean hike, not walk. Apologies for my sloppy description. At the moment I'm wearing my day rucksack when I go out, probably about half my normal camino weight. I wait until the week before flying out before I go up to full camino pack weight.
I don't mind the looks when I have my full pack on as I know why I do it
I get the strange looks now (in an area where people exercise regularly), especially when it's cold and I have a Buff covering my face and a hoodie over my beanie along with carrying my pack. I get the feeling folks think I'm scouting for houses to rob.It's strange to walk around with a 70l backpack in pilgrim clothes when everyone else around you is dressed nicely for their sunday walkI get funny looks all the time, but I don't care anymore.
Hi @Jeff Robinson It worked for me when I trained to walk the CF last year, so I'm sticking to a working formula.What is the logic for practicing with half your Camino weight?
Mine isn't a fitness program - really more of an obsession.Goodness me! There's some serious fitness programmes being suggested here!
I can't remember who it was who said this on here but it rings true.....
There's no need to walk to Santiago before you walk to Santiago
Planning, dreaming, waiting,,,,"What do you do in between caminos?"
Planning...
I'm curious - what is this based on?from a fitness stand, you should be doing 12km everyday
With the exception of about a week... I have walked between between 5 and 12 km every day for the last two years... There have been days when I haven't wanted to, but I'm always happy that I did when I finished.
I find it easier to have a weekly target of at least 50 km from Sunday to Saturday. I note my distances on a paper calendar. This gives me more flexibility, but still a clear expectation. Every single week in 2021 (even through the heat bomb and the deluge) I walked at least 50 km on outdoor walks. I am continuing that plan for 2022.I'm afraid that if I take one day off it will be much easier to take two - then three, four
True, but... I am glad that I have been able to make my walking an activity that is not solely intended as training for the Camino. I view it as essential to my health in old age.There's no need to walk to Santiago before you walk to Santiago
That may be true but if you keep walking between caminos when you get to that ripe old age when you have time to walk when you want and where you want you sure will have the ability to walk alot of caminos.Goodness me! There's some serious fitness programmes being suggested here!
I can't remember who it was who said this on here but it rings true.....
There's no need to walk to Santiago before you walk to Santiago
You got that right my moderator friend.I find it easier to have a weekly target of at least 50 km from Sunday to Saturday. I note my distances on a paper calendar. This gives me more flexibility, but still a clear expectation. Every single week in 2021 (even through the heat bomb and the deluge) I walked at least 50 km on outdoor walks. I am continuing that plan for 2022.
True, but... I am glad that I have been able to make my walking an activity that is not solely intended as training for the Camino. I view it as essential to my health in old age.
This is one of the many reasons why I walkTrue, but... I am glad that I have been able to make my walking an activity that is not solely intended as training for the Camino. I view it as essential to my health in old age.
Love your videoWe should have walked the Camino last year. In the meantime we do weekly walks and last year walked the Whithorn Way from Glasgow to Whithorn in Scotland. www.walkthewhithornway.org I made up a little slide show (admin, please delete if not allowed) So, like most folk, we do what we can under difficult times.
This September will be returning to the Camino. Yahoooooo !
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I continue to walk a lot and/or run. A 6 mile walk does wonders for me.I'm just wondering how everyone keeps themselves off the couch, in between caminos?
My wife and I completed the CF in October 2021 and apart from a few aches we were pretty happy with it, so we decided that we will do the Camino del Norte in September 2022.
We have been walking around 12kms a couple of times a week to "keep fit", and it was all going splendid until last Saturday when I decided to do a 20km walk.
OMG, did I ache the following day, reminding me I'm not quite "camino fit" yet. But its the same aches we all experience the morning following a long camino stage.
It was an early eye opener for me and I think I'll do more 20k days just to clear away the lethargy that was creeping in.
So, just wondering if its only me that regresses (fitness wise) after a camino, or is it normal to feel this way?
You asked, so here is what I do: Even before I started biking/walking Camino's in 2016, I pretty much did an hour in the gym 5 days per week. Concurrently 6 days per week I mix up walking 3-10 miles, cycling 20-40 miles, elliptical 30-90 minutes. It helps to have like minded friends to pressure you on days when you are feeling lazy. I often borrow someone's dog to take on the hikes.I'm just wondering how everyone keeps themselves off the couch, in between caminos?
My wife and I completed the CF in October 2021 and apart from a few aches we were pretty happy with it, so we decided that we will do the Camino del Norte in September 2022.
We have been walking around 12kms a couple of times a week to "keep fit", and it was all going splendid until last Saturday when I decided to do a 20km walk.
OMG, did I ache the following day, reminding me I'm not quite "camino fit" yet. But its the same aches we all experience the morning following a long camino stage.
It was an early eye opener for me and I think I'll do more 20k days just to clear away the lethargy that was creeping in.
So, just wondering if its only me that regresses (fitness wise) after a camino, or is it normal to feel this way?
well, if you only doing 12k three times a week, and you are planning to walk every day in the Camino, would be logical to train your legs everyday and I mean walking asides from any other form of exercise just my two centsI'm curious - what is this based on?
I find it easier to have a weekly target of at least 50 km from Sunday to Saturday. I note my distances on a paper calendar. This gives me more flexibility, but still a clear expectation. Every single week in 2021 (even through the heat bomb and the deluge) I walked at least 50 km on outdoor walks. I am continuing that plan for 2022.
True, but... I am glad that I have been able to make my walking an activity that is not solely intended as training for the Camino. I view it as essential to my health in old age.
Just icing on the cakeI should probably mention that in addition to the walks, I also go to the gym three times a week for 60-70 mins of aerobic exercise (each visit)
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