{"id":967,"date":"2017-04-02T22:44:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T05:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jjkpryde.com\/blog\/?p=967"},"modified":"2017-04-06T03:56:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T10:56:16","slug":"14km-training-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jjkpryde.com\/blog\/14km-training-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"4 weeks out. Training, Planning, Psyching."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Great practice hike on a sunny Whidbey morning.
\nDate: Mar 30, 2017<\/p>\n

Distance: 14.01 km<\/p>\n

Duration: 2:21:50<\/p>\n

After thinking and talking about this project for years, it is finally\u00a0transitioning from the hypothetical to the real, not without some trepidations.<\/p>\n

I won’t be alone out there. \u00a0Last year there were over 240,000 pilgrims that checked into the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela. Over 65% started from St. Jean Pied de Port, where I will start on May 2nd of this year.<\/p>\n

The planning\/packing process for a long hike, sometimes called a “thru hike”, is an exercise in dilemma. \u00a0The well prepared pilgrim brings along all of the essentials for 5 weeks of daily living out of a backpack. \u00a0He\/She also limits their backpack weight to something less than 20% of their body weight. Less is better. \u00a0In her book “Wild”, Cheryl Strayed started out on the Pacific Crest Trail with a fifty pound pack that she called “Monster”. \u00a0 This was a good tutorial on how not<\/em> to prepare for a thru hike.
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My training continues several times a week. \u00a0I should be reasonably in shape by the time I hit the trail. IPhone and wi-fi be willing, I will periodically post my experiences on this blog. \u00a0 I \u00a0will also keep a running log of waypoints here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I hope you will subscribe and share this adventure with me vicariously.<\/p>\n

Buen Camino,<\/p>\n

-jgp<\/p>\n

Current Location: Home on Whidbey Island<\/p>\n

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