How to get fit for the Camino
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Why might someone be hesitant to walk the Camino and how can a personal trainer help?
The Claire Byrne Show on News Talk. With Aviva Insurance.
Now have you considered walking the Camino, but are you a bit worried that you mightn't be able to finish it? Well here to get you ready to take on a challenge as personal trainer, Carl Henry. Good morning, Carl.
Good morning, Claire. Bren Camino, as they say in uh Santiago.
Well you don't even have to go overseas to do a Camino now. You can do Camino type walks anywhere, including here in Ireland, but people get a little overwhelmed by it, do they?
They do. Like you can do them anywhere. There there are ten ancient pilgrim trails in Ireland. I know the Boeing Camino have linked over to Spain now as well, which is fantastic. So you can do them here, absolutely. But there's something about getting on the airplane nervous, apprehensive, worried about what's ahead, um, and conquering the Camino as as a group. And it's an amazing I've done I've done this is my third one now. We're heading out tomorrow with a hundred people from Dublin. Like it's an amazing experience. to watch the group bond over the the the five days, 115 kilometers of the trail, they get their stamps, they get their community certificates. But you know what? It's not easy. And I think it's really important to tell people there's a bit of work in it, you know?
How many kilometres should you plan to walk each day on a typical Camino group?
So how many kilometers a day are you walking?
So it depends on the type of trip that you're doing. For our groups, we spread it over five days. So you have a hundred and fifteen kilometers over five days. So kind of twenty, twenty five kilometers, the longest day we have on our Frenchway trip is twenty eight kilometers. And you know, looking at the weather forecast, there's a lot of sunshine. It's gonna get up to about thirty degrees. So There's a fair bit of walking, but you know, y you have to do the training. It's like anything. You can't just turn up and decide that you're going well, you can, by the way. Let's you can. But it's gonna hurt and you're gonna have loads of blisters and it's gonna be really, really, really tough. So you've gotta put the work in here.
I tr I get our groups kind of ready over the course of about kind of three months or so worth of training. So that at least when you go over, you've done the mileage, you've done the big walks and you have the the shoes are worn in and you give yourself the best chance of having the best trip, you know.
You're making it sound like training for a marathon.
I view it the very same way and I I'm fascinated when I watch groups go over who don't get training plans or don't put the work in. I just think it's I know how tough it is. Like it's a as one of our our our pilgrims from la from this uh last April's trip said, you know, you know, it's not a walk, like it's a hike and like it is a hike. It's it's up, it's down, it's undulating.
I'm just thinking I'm thinking about it going, there'll be people listening to this going, It's just walking, Carl.
What three‑month training plan does Karl recommend to prepare for the Camino?
It's just walking. So what's the big deal?
The big deal is the volume of distance. Like we you might walk twenty kilometers in a day and get get through it, all right. But if you have to do that four or five days in a row, there's a bit more work in that. The body has to be used to it, the feet have to be used to the shoes that you're wearing. When it gets hot, you've got to get used to uh how your your water strategy, your food, all that component of it. Like it is it's very different in the fact that like we start at about half eight in the morning, you finish at about five, thereabouts. So You've nothing else to do but walk and you can walk at whatever pace suits you. You stop every hour or two for coffee or some lunch. So it is a walk, but actually like there's a lot of work in it and it's hard.
Like it any anyone who's got who's done it will tell you that it is a challenge and it should be, because that's what makes the entrance if you're getting into Santiago or if you're doing one of the earlier stages That's what makes it really euphoric in the fact that when you have completed it, you've conquered the hundred and fifteen K, you've done it.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why might someone be hesitant to walk the Camino and how can a personal trainer help?
0:01–1:11
2
How many kilometres should you plan to walk each day on a typical Camino group?
1:11–2:29
3
What three‑month training plan does Karl recommend to prepare for the Camino?
2:29–3:47
4
Which pieces of gear are essential for a comfortable Camino walk?
3:47–4:42
5
How can you prevent or treat blisters during long‑distance walking?
4:42–6:18
6
Do you need boots or are trail shoes the better choice for the Camino?
6:18–7:44
7
What emotional moments do pilgrims experience when they reach Santiago?
7:44–9:02
8
How does the group‑travel package handle logistics so you only need to walk?
9:02–10:22