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I am a slow walker by choice, and your words speak for me.I average about 3-5km per hour. I could probably walk a little faster but I would rather be slow and comfortable than fast and uncomfortable. I prefer a maximum distance of 20km per day to accommodate my slow pace.
I like your style!I walk 6kph on the flat but class myself as a slow walker because I keep stopping to look at stuff or for a beer/coffee/Orujo whatever. Consequently 10 hours walking gets me 30km, not 60.
What an excellent definition! And I sometimes have the same regrets, but with regards to those that I've left behind...I think there are at least three dimensions to the "slow walker".
1) You tend to walk about 4K an hour or so
2) You tend to not walk more than about 20K a day
3) You tend to limit the total elevations for the day to 600M or so (this one is the toughtest)
You can chose whether you want to be speed, distance, or elevation challenged and take the label "slow walker". I'm proud to say that I qualify on all counts.
The only thing I regret as a slow walker is that many of the people that you meet, you would like to continue the conversations for a couple more days, but they are far ahead of you so you have to just wonder what you would have learned from them.
I have definitely been passed up by you a number of times over the years. The only time I regret being slow has been when you got that last bed at the albergue and I missed out.A slow walker is what I like to find in front of me when I suspect there to be a shortage of beds in the next town after a long day.
I think there are at least three dimensions to the "slow walker".
1) You tend to walk about 4K an hour or so
2) You tend to not walk more than about 20K a day
3) You tend to limit the total elevations for the day to 600M or so (this one is the toughtest)
I walk about that speed, too, on the Camino, but don't consider myself a "slow walker." It seems pretty normal or average ro me.I am a slow walker.
Usually I walk ~3-4km/h with backpack. Less uphill. A bit more when it's flat
I walk about that speed, too, on the Camino, but don't consider myself a "slow walker." It seems pretty normal or average ro me.
I understand. But I object (good naturedly, I hope) to the term when it is used as a slightly apologetic or defensive description, that is not really accurate. If everyone at that speed claims to be "slow", then newcomers will get the wrong impression of typical speeds. I am "slow" in comparison to "fast" walkers, but there is a lot of room in between!I guess I still consider myself "slow", because I am still much slower uphill and tend to stop often / take many breaks. I was really slow on my first Camino, but since then have learned to take my time and not hurry even though I can and do walk faster now.
I understand. But I object (good naturedly, I hope) to the term when it is used as a slightly apologetic or defensive description, that is not really accurate. If everyone at that speed claims to be "slow", then newcomers will get the wrong impression of typical speeds. I am "slow" in comparison to "fast" walkers, but there is a lot of room in between!
Me too! You can't get much slower at times unless you go backwards! But I might catch up on the downhills.sometimes I truly am slow (uphill).
That is exactly my situation. I think we are probably quite average.I plan on 3kms an hour including all breaks.
My actual walking 'speed' varies between 4-4.5 kms an hour.
I dislike uphills, to put it mildly, but often scamper on the downhills like a rabbit.Me too! You can't get much slower at times unless you go backwards! But I might catch up on the downhills.
I dislike uphills, to put it mildly, but often scamper on the downhills like a rabbit.
Me too. You wouldn't need to be very close to hear me complaining on the way down from the Alto de Perdon or the descent through El Acebo to Molinaseca. Probably wouldn't need to understand much English to get the gist of my complaints either!Other way around here! You can here me muttering to myself when I have to go downhill.
Uphill for me.
Heck yes. It's the journey, not the destinationSlow Peregrinos are Wise Peregrinos
Before my first camino I met a fellow who walked the Francis from SJPdP without a blister. He said that he cooled his feet in every stream he came across, and took completed 45 days to walk to SdC.
In Boadilla we met a fellow, enjoying his 2nd or 3rd beer, happily waiting for his wife who "takes pictures and smells every flower". They measure their camino in years.
We no longer measure. My spouse says hello to every cat, dog, horse, donkey, sheep, goat, chicken, pig, bumble bee .....
That is exactly my situation. I think we are probably quite average.
I agree it doesn’t matter in isolation but it can sometimes help in context. So I think I have only mentioned being a ‘slow walker’, when I mentioned that I walk long distances per day and quite a few people assume that means I am rushing it, not taking it in etc. It used to happen a lot here, but thankfully rarely nowadays.I tend not to think of myself as a slow or fast walker. If I were to turn my mind to this, I wouldn't be looking at the speed of my walking but at the relative proportions of the pilgrims I passed vs. those who passed by me. Of course, that only works on a path with a number of other pilgrims. But if you are by yourself on the path, who cares whether you are considered "slow" or "fast"?
The more important part of answering that question is K/day rather than K/h -- though they're both significant.I often read on the Forum "I'm a slow walker". What do you consider to be a slow walking pace, taking elevation out of the equation?
So, slow walkers, how long does it normally take you to walk a kilometre on level ground?
You give MPH. Those speeds are not slow, so do you mean km/h?2.5 - 4 MPH depending upon the terrain. I will let you guess when I walk 2.5 MPH vs the 4 MPH! Reading the responses above, I'd say in comparison I am doggone slow.
That's about 4 to 6 Km/H, so that's not slow !!2.5 - 4 MPH depending upon the terrain. I will let you guess when I walk 2.5 MPH vs the 4 MPH! Reading the responses above, I'd say in comparison I am doggone slow.
Yep.I’ve been told, 20 k’s in 4 hours is the same 20 k’s in 6.Buen Camino.
I walk 5.8kph or 3.6mph. I’m considered a fast walker, but not as fast as some.I often read on the Forum "I'm a slow walker". What do you consider to be a slow walking pace, taking elevation out of the equation?
So, slow walkers, how long does it normally take you to walk a kilometre on level ground?
I start out at five kilometers per hour (KPH) or more, but slow down as I get tired, to around three KPH. I have a tendency to slog on, so sometimes it’s a long time at that rate. (One day I did 66 kilometers.)So, slow walkers, how long does it normally take you to walk a kilometre on level ground?
If I only walk one kilometer it would take 14 minutes but if I continue and walk my daily 25 kilometers it takes about 8 hours so its 3 km per hour with a short stop for coffee and a sandwitch. I am old 76yrs and have prothesis on both knies. I walked from Leon to Santiago alone315 kilometers and as long as the darkness didn’t fall I enjoyed it.I often read on the Forum "I'm a slow walker". What do you consider to be a slow walking pace, taking elevation out of the equation?
So, slow walkers, how long does it normally take you to walk a kilometre on level ground?
My man, but skip the coffee: It's for mornings, only.I walk 6kph on the flat but class myself as a slow walker because I keep stopping to look at stuff or for a beer/coffee/Orujo whatever. Consequently 10 hours walking gets me 30km, not 60.
It also means you are able to absorb so much if your surroundings if you are not racing. Each to their ownI average about 3-5km per hour. I could probably walk a little faster but I would rather be slow and comfortable than fast and uncomfortable. I prefer a maximum distance of 20km per day to accommodate my slow pace.
You and me both! Also, there's so much history on camino frances that I find 4km an hr is all I'm planning...much thanks to Moon camino frances book by Beebe Behrami that allows appreciating footsteps of pilgrams centuries past :^))Me. I’m a slow walker. I *can* walk 5K in an hour on flat land, but on Camino I averaged about 3-4 km/hr. Some days probably even less! Many things to stop and look at (interesting buildings, horses, moss) and bad knees. Say hello when you pass me!
We also have short legs being vertically challenged. On our first camino we finally found someone going slower than us.I am a slow walker. I have a shorter stride which means I can't always keep up with someone taking the same number of steps. When walking with my husband we prefer to keep our distances to under 20 km per day and often only 16 km per day. On my own I can walk further (up to 25 km) per day, but it takes me longer even if I don't make a lot of stops to rest or have a coffee.
I walk at 5.5 k/hr my friend walked at 3k/hr which meant a 30k walk would take me about 6 hrs with a little rest here n there and take her 10 hrs with no rest. Eventually she got poles and that increased her speed to about 4.5k/hr.I often read on the Forum "I'm a slow walker". What do you consider to be a slow walking pace, taking elevation out of the equation?
So, slow walkers, how long does it normally take you to walk a kilometre on level ground?
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