[Gocamino] planning foe June pilgimage

[Richard Ferguson <peregrino at att.net.]

It is a different experience.  The last 100 km are not the easiest milage, a lot of up and down.  I would plan on 6 days from Sarria unless you are in good shape.  Usually people do it in 5 days, but then they have already walked hundreds of km, so are in shape by then.  I did it in 4.5 days and it was brutal.  I spoke to one man who tried to walk from Sarria in 5 days and ended up taking 6 days, he was around 30 years old, looked in good shape, but he had not been in the habit of walking 25 km a day.

It is your pilgrimage, do it the way you want to or are able to do, and pay no attention to anyone else.  Lots of Spaniards walk from Sarria.

Richard


-------------- Original message from Molliebird at aol.com: -------------- 


> Hello, 
> My friend and I are planning a short pilgrimage in June to celebrate my 50th 
> birthday. Because of time and health constraints we only have one week and 
> are planning to walk the last 100 km or so. After reading a lot of 
> materials, I get the feeling that those that do only the last phases of the 
> camino are 
> looked down upon. Any thoughts or suggestions on this? thanks! 
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