Week of 6/1 – 2.3 miles
Oops. Didn’t walk this week! 3 rain days, 2 sick days, 1 lazy day, 1 short day
Camino Prep: Week 03 of 19 – 3.0 miles/day
Week of May 25 14.7 miles
It was a short week since Sunday and Monday were rained out. I don’t pay attention to steps in a day – I only count trail distance. Walking around Costco or up and down steps to the basement laundry is not what’s going to get me up the side of the mountain to
O Cebreiro!
There’s the 1.5 mile marker turnaround point.
Camino Prep: Week 02 of 19 – 2.5 miles/day
Week of May 18
Six walking days – 15.32 miles
Decided to eat humble pie and use my sticks. I could tell a few differences: didn’t need to watch the ground so closely- improved posture, cadence was more uniform, could tell pressure was less on my hip joints. And my brain perked up. Oh! I remember this. We’re walking!
Camino Prep: Week 01 of 19 – 2.0 miles/day
Week of May 11
Seven walking days – 14.44 miles total
Let the Training Begin!
I have 20 weeks to prepare for the Camino. Starting SLOW and finishing with three ten-mile days in the hills with my pack.
Here’s the plan.
Ready to walk!
Spring is here! Temps range from day to day – 75 to 30 to 60 to 40 and it looks like up to 80 in a week. The wind has been strong enough to blow entire buildings to the next state. But.. winter is over, and I look forward to getting my Camino legs back. Slowly. Steadily. I have six months to get ready. I’m ready!
Roadblocks
After several frustrating days of dealing with Chase Sapphire travel & Air France, Air France has decided to void the voucher I was going to use for the May/June Germany trip. So, I won’t be on the Mosel Camino this spring.
It costs very little to get to Germany once I’m in Portugal/Spain, so I may still go after I finish the Camino Portuguese (from Porto) and the Camino Inglés (from A Coruña). The Portuguese is about two weeks walking and the Inglés is only 5 days. I feel my chapter of European walks is coming to a close, so I may take this opportunity. Even if I’m not up for walking the Mosel Camino – I would enjoy seeing that part of the world. Pondering.
Direct flight: Porto to Luxemburg is $43.00 USD
My Stats
- Lost a whopping 4.5 pounds.
- Lost 2.5 inches around my middle.
According to my Fitbit:
Walked 630 miles. (Rest days, airport days, and walking days)- Averaged 14.5 miles per day on the Camino walking days,
September Camino Stats
In September 37,465 pilgrims collected the Compostela: 18,736 women, 18,728 men, 1 unknown.
Of this number 35,152 travelled the Camino on foot; 2,240 by bicycle, 41 on horseback, 29 by sailing and 3 in a wheelchair.
The most travelled was the French Way (Camino Frances) (20,793)
The main starting points for the Camino Frances were: Sarria, St Jean P Port, O Cebreiro, Leon and Roncevalles. (I started in St Jean P Port)
Dana’s Scallop Shell
Before I left, Dana gifted me a small scallop shell she’d retrieved from the Costa da Morte at Finisterre. I was to give it back to the waters at Finisterre.
I did.
