On July 18th, my wife Angel Mathis and I (both proud SRC members!) completed a 4 week, 550 mile run from the Southwestern corner of France to the Atlantic coast in Spain on El Camino de Santiago – a 1200 year old pilgrimage and trade route. Along the way, we ate hundreds of pounds of tapas, ran a bunch of marathons and a couple of ultras, and met interesting people from all over the world, including: a Scottish runner who did 80 miles in one day and used the Camino to complete 20 marathons in 18 days, a family who walked across France and Spain with two infants and a donkey, and a bunch of Eastern Europeans walking 50 kilometers a day.
My wife wrote about her experiences here.
I did the same here as well as about preparing for the adventure.
[edited to add: it took us awhile to get this live, so please also enjoy Angel & Tim’s much more recent respective recaps of running their very first 100 mile race this past weekend at Cascade Crest!]