I set out late this morning (9am) with a spring in my step. I was actually looking forward to the walk and hoping it would, possibly, be relatively pain free. And it was! I have definitely found the solution to the problem.
Well, 2 solutions? One is to keep the pack off my low back. The best way, as I found today, is to actually let it ride very low and let my booty-licious booty carry the load. Finally, a good reason to have a big butt!
The second is to ignore this “Camino fever” everyone else has about logging tons of miles each day and getting there as fast as possible. Well, I decided if we all walk our own Camino our own way, how about I actually enjoy mine?
I’m noticing, everyone else dragging themselves in on empty, while I am fine after a quick rest. I prefer this way even if there may be some who think I am wimping out by not killing myself each day.
It can’t be we respect everyone does their own Camino their own way, but only if you do crap-tons of miles each day? Screw that. I dare to do less and am better off for it. Still 7.5 miles isn’t exactly nothing either, just “nothing” by Camino insanity standards.
So, I had a lovely walk through farmland and villages today. And, just when I started feeling “done”, I was! It was wonderful, stopping right when I was wishing I could. I still had some odd shooting stabbing nerve pains today, but nothing ongoing, just quick intense stabs in my right hip. I think it is just residual irritation that will fade over time if I avoid continued irritation.
Now, I am enjoying the courtyard at the albergue, about to make a salad for dinner and then maybe read some more before I go to bed. 😁