{"id":46196,"date":"2013-02-20T10:24:17","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T17:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/training-regime\/"},"modified":"2013-04-01T10:43:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T17:43:46","slug":"training-regimen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/training-regimen\/","title":{"rendered":"Training Regimen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Francine<\/a><\/p>\n

Now that we are well and truly in Lent, our serious training has begun. Prior to the beginning of February, Francine and I were hiking the weekends and I was walking about two miles a day during my commute.<\/p>\n

Now we’ve got a slightly more intensive plan.<\/p>\n

I’m well aware that there’s a school of thought that says you can’t really train for the Camino, or that your first week walking the Camino is your training. I get that. <\/p>\n

The only way to condition your body to walk 25 km a day is to walk 25 km a day.<\/p>\n

But there’s no sense in being completely unprepared.<\/p>\n

The programme we’re following was developed for distance walkers in Australia. Each day is something different: Monday a brisk walk, Tuesday a leisurely one, Wednesday rest and stretch, Thursday hills with packs, etc.<\/p>\n

Each week, the amount of time or distance in each activity increases slightly.<\/p>\n

Saturdays are the long-distance walk with full pack. Two Saturdays ago, it was 12 km, which just about killed me.<\/p>\n

Last Saturday, it was 14 km, which was actually a lot of fun and not nearly so bad as the 12 had been.<\/p>\n

This coming Saturday, it’s 16 km. And so on, until Saturday the 14th of March, where we’re up to 20 km. The following Saturday, it’s 25. Yikes!<\/p>\n

In equipment news, we purchased a pair of Lafuma <\/a>sleeping bags for roughly a quarter of their retail price from The Clymb<\/a>. They are amazing. And amazingly light.<\/p>\n

Just 38 days to go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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