I cannot believe that 3 months from today I will be boarding a plane for Paris to start my Camino! I know that for some, 3 months seems like a long way off but for me, it is speeding up like tomorrow. It was back in mid February when I created this blog and started the process to prepare for walking the Camino de Santiago. These pass almost 4 months just have flown by.
People have been asking me if I am getting excited about going. The truth is, how I feel changes almost by the minute. One minute I will be excited and wish it was starting tomorrow and the next minute I am filled with shear terror as in...WTF am I doing?! Who in their right mind sets out to walk 800kms across a strange land, immersed in a strange language...intentionally?!? I have to say though, this particular emotion passes so quickly and whats left is simply the answer...ME! I guess I don't want to get too excited about going yet because I don't want to wish any of the summer gone.
Training is going well. I try and do at least one 20+ km walk and then 3 or 4 other walks of 10-15kms per week. I'm not always successful but I am trying. Hopefully things will kind of slow down for a while now and I can actually get out more. I have also been out walking with the backpack I am taking to Europe. I was only carrying about 60% of the actual weight I hope to be taking on my Camino. It was interesting to experience the difference the bigger backpack made and how different the weight distribution was my body. Definitely felt it on my lower body. I didn't have much of an issue carrying it so I am sure I will get used to the weight distribution and hope to be able to work up to carrying the backpack with the full weight in the next few weeks.
OMG...3 months from today!!!
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