An Intentional Camino Day

Back in August, a buddy and I had what I called “an inadvertent Camino day”, where we sort of accidentally walked 25km.

While there’s no such thing as a “typical” day on the Camino, 25km is a pretty fair shot at it.

Well, today I intentionally walked 25km with full pack. Francine (who is a couple of weeks behind me in our training regimen) walked 20km.

We started from Pistachio House at just after 8:30AM, and we returned at just after 3:30PM.

Along the way, we stopped for lunch at a little café we’d never been to before. I had my by now traditional training lunch of a burger and an IPA.

In terms of both speed and distance, I hit the marks.

So how did it go? It was surprisingly easy. There were a couple of times where the pace flagged, and at one point my calves started bothering me. It turns out you really can “walk it off”. Who knew?

So now that we’re home, I can report that my feet are swollen, but there’s nothing close to a blister. I’m tired and sore, of course, but I could easily do this again tomorrow had I the time.

When I took off my shoes (pictured above), they were warm enough to briefly steam in the cold air.

A flagon of cider has largely restored my energy, and I think a shower and a pipe are in order.