Bam! About noon today, I hit the wall. Others have talked about it, I read about it but today, I experienced it.
After cruising along since I started the Camino with few physical complaints, today my knees hurt and I am just fatigued.
A major contributor was that I did not sleep at all last night. The Albergue Check In has A/C but turned it off at bedtime, it had to be in the high 80’s in the sleeping area or, as I now refer to it, The Sweat Box. Sweating all night is not a good formula for sleep.
It’s also getting hot so we start early, we were awake before 0500 the last 2 days.
Anyway, today it all caught up. We had 29 Km to do from Logrono to Najera, we made it to Ventosa and took a Taxi. I was broke down. As Renee puts it, it’s a pilgrimage not a martyrdom. While waiting, I did run in to Brian from Iowa, he’s wearing one of his knee braces, he offered me his other.
While waiting for our room, I was nodding off and in the lobby, I think I actually fell asleep in a chair. A little A/C should fix the sleep issue, the knees will just have to deal with it.
I’ve been pushing myself pretty hard, maybe I’ll back off a bit…maybe.
Tomorrow, Sto. Domingo de la Calzada with another hill, there always is.
Almost forgot, Ann and Robin are on their way! And, contrary to previous reports, the wolves did not claim Sammi in the mountains, we ran in to her yesterday and it was good to catch up.