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Time is so much more relevant. Most anyone can walk 15-20km in daylight hours. How long it takes depends on many factors, most notably, fitness, pack weight, natural stride (helped by long legs), goals (are they: get it done, or smell the roses), heat/cold/rain/mud, etc. Do what you can in training at home, and go with the flow on the Camino.
Average speed needs to take into account your coffee and rest stops. Your pace might be 5, 6 or 7 k/h but at the end of day you find you did 20k in 7 hours. I can do 3 k/h to 4k/h most days. I did the Betanzos to Bruma last year and was planning to stop in Leiro but missed a sign due to a driving rain storm. I walked past Bar Julia and the next thing I knew I was headed up the long climb towards Bruma. The rain was so heavy I felt like I was walking in a small stream most of the way up the hill. I started in Betanzos around 6am and got to the hotel in Bruma around 4pm. I believe there is a service from Bar Julia that will drive you to Bruma and pick you up the next morning and return you to start you day at the base of the hill.
I cannot recall whether you have explained this rule before, but I compared it to a couple of other walking time calculators, and it appears slightly more conservative than the original Naismith rule, but close to Naismith with Tranter's corrections. There is a cute Naismith/Tranter calculator here, albeit in imperial units. I tend to set the 1000 ft climb time to 25 minutes, but if you are not regularly doing climbs, then setting it to 30 minutes might be more realistic. It is interesting to see the impact that heavier pack weights have on walking time, although the adjustments available for weights one might see on the Camino are pretty crude. As with all of these things, the outputs are indicative, and may not predict your actual performance accurately.
Aside from not being in tip top shape, I was certainly taking my time to enjoy the view, take lots of photos, and even managed a phone conversation and a couple of Facebook and Instagram posts from the path! 
I'm surprised it didn't take 2 hours!
True, but that can be so variable that I normally only refer to my moving average, rather than the overall average that includes these breaks.
Boy are you in for a rude surprise when you head out of Pontedeume. You might want to write down the phone number for cabs or a ambulance. Buen CaminoTraining what training!? We are beginning in Ferrol on 20th March and can promise you we won't have trained and are very overweight! So wish us luck!!
But I wish you well on your adventure and please let us know how it all went when you finish. I especially am very interested to hear your story!
You are hilarious!! We are old and out of shape so we are training
Buen Camino
. We found it much easier last year as we had stayed at the Hotel Iberia in Cabañas and having walked across the bridge had got going before the hill
Oh dear, now I am afraid!!!! (I had better not spoil the surprise for my children!)
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It's not what we think, but what you think you can achieve that is important. The advice given thus far would not have considered whether it was appropriate for someone with children that age to be attempting the longer legs, but I wouldn't have been doing it with my kids when they were that age.
We have a room booked at the Kensington so will probably stick with that, although I was thinking of cancelling and heading to the albergue instead.
I did some walking practice... but not training as such.. I arranged to have my suitcase transported so I only have a day pack and spilt the start of my camino into "shorter" more achievable days. Am here in Neda at the end of my first proper walking day and whilst very slow with lots of little sit and look at the scenery breaks though I didn't stop for lunch Which I'm afraid to say is a very paltry 3- 4kph.. will try harder tomorrowTraining what training!? We are beginning in Ferrol on 20th March and can promise you we won't have trained and are very overweight! So wish us luck!!
That's my plan.
@anna pugh, that might be a good overall average. It doesn't take much of a break to drop the overall average substantially. If you walk at, say, 5kph for two hours and then stop for a coffee that takes 30 minutes, your overall average has dropped to 4kph already. Do another two hours and take an hour for lunch, and at the start of your next leg your average has now dropped to 3.6kph. Even with a third walking session to finish the day, the average will only get back to 4kph.
Depends on so many variables, 4km an hour sounds reasonable, a chance to take it all in at a sustainable pace. Good luck. Pat
Dont be..once your on your way you will be fine, Pat
Sorry I can't comment on the food I as soo tired I showered and fell asleep. . Not arriving til after 9pm.people were lovely though and room was warm and perfectly clean
Yes I am sure you are right..getting close now we begin day 1 on Sunday!
I imagine that long straight stretch of road through the forest before Sigueiro was probably a mess with all of that rain! Well, you made it and with lots of memories!!
Oh no!
