{"id":19994,"date":"2026-04-03T08:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/?p=19994"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:45:37","slug":"via-lemovicensis-training-wrapup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/via-lemovicensis-training-wrapup\/","title":{"rendered":"Via Lemovicensis:\u00a0Training Wrapup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

T<\/span>raining for my upcoming walk on the Via Lemovicensis has more or less concluded. I’ve repacked my bags for the flight, and the two days until I fly will be taken up with various housekeeping measures and preparation for and celebration of Good Friday and the great Vigil of Easter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of that training is walking a “virtual Camino”. Francine and I have done several of these, where we record our kilometers on a chart representing the stages of the Camino we propose to walk. We only had two rules:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. You must be walking with a backpack and trekking poles (the “pack and sticks” rule), and<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. We must be walking together – solo hikes or hikes with friends where the other wasn’t there didn’t count.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Over the years, we walked: Lourdes to Santiago<\/a> in 2020-2021, the Camino del Norte to Oviedo<\/a> in 2021-2022, and a little over half of the Via Podiensis<\/a> in 2023. We also walked an earlier virtual Camino from Saint-Jean to Santiago, but unfortunately, I’ve misplaced the record sheets for that one, and I can’t recall exactly when we did it, though I suspect it was 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We would typically walk 5 to 8 kilometers most every day, with longer walks of 12 to 16 kilometers on weekends. Sometimes we would even do a “full Camino day”. And of course, there would be weeks when we would fall off the schedule, or one of us would be out of town or ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In 2024, we started our virtual Via Lemovicensis. We made it 625 kilometers before Francine couldn’t continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I restarted the Via Lemovicensis on the Vigil of Saint James last year. Only Rule 1 could now apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Well, I almost made it through the French section. I ended within three days of Saint-Jean, a total distance of 853 kilometers. The goal was to make it all the way to Santiago, of course. Given my starting point and mourning and general depression, I think that’s a pretty good walk. We’ll see if it was enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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