Preparation inertia

I've read countless websites that says you need good hiking boots to complete the Camino. Granted I'm only doing the 100km one, I still think it makes good sense to go in a pair of sturdy boots rather than try to survive with trainers or my pair of Teva sandals. The common advice is also to not walk the Camino in a new pair of shoes but rather to "wear it in" and get it properly seasoned before attempting a long hike with it.

So although the Camino is more than a month away, I decided to get my boots as soon as possible. Headed down to Queensway today with Les, Gil and Apy to try get a pair but despite much searching, the lack of sizes and self imposed price constraints led to me leaving Queensway empty handed. Checked out a few backpacks as well and though I spotted a few that I rather like, I decided to do a price check first before committing myself to one.

So here's the situation. In order to be fully prepared when embarking on this Camino, I need to be prepared in 3 ways. Spritual, Logistical, Fitness.

Logistics: I'm evidently lacking behind in this area. No boots, no backpack, no sleeping bag (anyone wants to lend me a sleeping bag). All I have in preparation is a Lonely Planet book on Spain.
Fitness: A few runs have been done lately but I really should start doing 10km walks in Macritchie in preparation
Spiritual: I would really love to read up more about St James. Understand his spirtuality. And again, I'm nowhere near this.

The only thing I've done which remotely prepares me for the Camino is purchasing the aforementioned Tim Moore book. It does make for rather humourous reading and I've tabbed a few pages contained interesting anecdotes which I shall paintakingly type onto the blog to share with everyone.

For now, do enjoy this video summarising the Camino and Santiago De Compostela.