@DrGio welcome to the forum, and congratulations on your achievement. Thanks for taking the time to write such an entertaining and informative post. As mentioned above, I'm sure that others will find this helpful in the future.
A sincere Thank You! @DrGio . I very much enjoyed reading your post.
I've been interested in how different the pace can be since meeting four guys from Austria at our communal dinner in Lintzoain. I had spent one night in SJPP, the second...
Thanks everyone! I now have a nice read for my winter break and more Camino stories, ideas and opinions (I missed those over the last couple of months...).
I aspire to go back on the Camino at a later stage in my life and approach it in a...
Thanks DrGio for your comprehensive Camino run report! I am an older (74) runner, but nowhere near your distances; 3-5-7-10 miles a day, depending on the day. I walked the Francis last May-June, and at times longed to run parts, especially on or...
Incredible achievement and well done.
I started a walking Camino from SJDPP in July 2020 and had dinner the night before with an English chap who was also running the whole way. From memory I think he said his target was 16 days. He also had...
Hello @DrGio and thanks for an interesting account. If you've not already read it you might enjoy Adventures on 'The Way' by Graeme Harvey. It's about his experiences running from Le Puy to Santiago de Compostela.
Thank you for taking the time to describe in wonderful detail your experience. When I walked the CF more than 10 years ago I often thought it would be great fun to run, particularly on the meseta. But the logistics would require a whole new level...
Thanks everyone for the very welcoming messages!
@Itsnever2late - my go-to shoes are the Mizuno Waverider 25, they are the shoes I normally do my long runs with, so after demolishing a pair by running 3000 km in them, I bought another pair for...
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