My eagerness to take advantage of the good weather and walk over 50KM caught up with my knee. The journey to Ourense was a lesson in patience.
Not only did the rain return teasing between shower spells and light torrents, but my pace was dictated by my left knee; forging ahead when possible and trotting with a half-limp when tired.
From the start of the Camino I had promised myself to not overwork my body or put myself in danger or peril - and so far I had kept my word - but my excitement to cover large distances when the skies were clear led me to overwork my faithful limbs that had taken me so far.
It's a strange feeling when the end of a journey is close. What at the start of the day required patient steps to cover the distance turns into a hurried pace once a few kilometres are left.
Finishing a task with the same concentration and care it started with is a lesson I am yet to learn, but my knee served me the primer for this class. I moved with the pace of a patient tortoise; taking as many breaks as I need when the rain subsided and slowing down my pace whenever required.
Because Santiago was already on the horizon, and slow motion is better than no motion.
Photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16Dlem4857MGupSdRdo3KH29LH-jCeBAN?usp=sharing
w3bscribingCamino Notes | Day 17.5
(Yesterday in) Zamora. It was a windy walk from El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino, and while I thanked my lucky clouds for not raining down with glee, the wind blew with all its Sunday strength to enthusiastically usher in the new week with 80KM howls and bursts. I was doing the walking, but the win...
w3bscribingNotes on Walking | Day 5
Vilafranca de los Barros. Today's walk was smooth and strangely relaxing even though the journey was over 20 kilometres. I made a conscious effort to stroll in my pace and not march to the destination in a frantic manner of 'I need to get there as soon as possible'. The weather was cloudy with ...
w3bscribingCaminos Notes | 19.5
Shift in Gears; Change in Direction
web3 poems, prose and other crypto musings
My eagerness to take advantage of the good weather and walk over 50KM caught up with my knee. The journey to Ourense was a lesson in patience.
Not only did the rain return teasing between shower spells and light torrents, but my pace was dictated by my left knee; forging ahead when possible and trotting with a half-limp when tired.
From the start of the Camino I had promised myself to not overwork my body or put myself in danger or peril - and so far I had kept my word - but my excitement to cover large distances when the skies were clear led me to overwork my faithful limbs that had taken me so far.
It's a strange feeling when the end of a journey is close. What at the start of the day required patient steps to cover the distance turns into a hurried pace once a few kilometres are left.
Finishing a task with the same concentration and care it started with is a lesson I am yet to learn, but my knee served me the primer for this class. I moved with the pace of a patient tortoise; taking as many breaks as I need when the rain subsided and slowing down my pace whenever required.
Because Santiago was already on the horizon, and slow motion is better than no motion.
Photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16Dlem4857MGupSdRdo3KH29LH-jCeBAN?usp=sharing
w3bscribingCamino Notes | Day 17.5
(Yesterday in) Zamora. It was a windy walk from El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino, and while I thanked my lucky clouds for not raining down with glee, the wind blew with all its Sunday strength to enthusiastically usher in the new week with 80KM howls and bursts. I was doing the walking, but the win...
w3bscribingNotes on Walking | Day 5
Vilafranca de los Barros. Today's walk was smooth and strangely relaxing even though the journey was over 20 kilometres. I made a conscious effort to stroll in my pace and not march to the destination in a frantic manner of 'I need to get there as soon as possible'. The weather was cloudy with ...
w3bscribingCaminos Notes | 19.5
Shift in Gears; Change in Direction
web3 poems, prose and other crypto musings
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