I’ve been staying at Glenella Guesthouse for the past month working on all aspects of a 5 day Camino style training walk. Starting at Penrith in the base of the Blue Mountains Australia and finishing 80km at the top of the mountains in Blackheath. This training walk has been running for the past 3 years and… Read More 5 Day Blue Mountains Camino Training Walk
So I decided to suspend my Australian Big Lap for a few weeks while I took a side trip to Sydney. I flew down with mum to visit my sister for a few days and an 8yrs olds birthday party. I got to meet my sisters new dog Jerry Springer and spent some time at… Read More Mapping a 5 Day Camino Training Walk
Easter long weekend over and I managed to get heaps of training hikes in for the Spanish Camino de Santiago I’m hiking, May this year. Since I’ve been so busy with getting my house ready for sale and moving my parents to Queensland I haven’t had much chance for any long distance training hikes. So… Read More Easter long weekend Camino Training
This was my mothers final test a 35km hike in the Blue Mountains to see if she had what it takes to hike over the Pyrenees in a months time. Nothing like been pushed to your limits in the name of fitness. I was definitely a hard trainer but we were in the beautiful blue… Read More Camino Training Jamison Valley
So sticking with the Camino theme i’m going to jump back in time to Australia Day 26th Jan 2014 to the start of our longer training hikes. (If you don’t like reading view my video at the end) I can only base the conditions of what we are going to experience in Spain from what… Read More Oaks Fire Trail & Kedumba Valley
Mums Training This was the preparation I used for training mum back 2013 for the Camino de Santiago walk we did in 2014. So mum started to walk at work when other people stepped out side for a smoke and slowly started kill themselves. She uses this 10mins to walk 1 km around Hide Park… Read More Camino Training Plan
What inspires a mum of two at the age of 58 to pull on a pair of walking boots.… Read More Camino Training Interview
New Years Day So weighing heavily on my mind is last night conversation of we can’t hike over 1400 m of the Pyrenees. I think about this for awhile as our local Blue Mountains only just top the 1000 m mark. I’ve hiked to Mt Kosciuszko which is 2228 m. To be fair you almost… Read More Camino Training Mt Kosciuszko
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