Fonfria, Spain

16.5 miles.
The day started with 2700 feet of elevation gain in the first 10 miles and then proceeded up and down for the remainder. This was an extremely challenging day for me. Nothing seemed to click. Mentally, I think it was ok...not perfect, but ok. Physically it just drained me. The one thing that worked out in my favor was the cloud cover. I really dont like walking in the afternoon sun and we were protected by clouds mostly. It even rained for a brief minute. But even still, it went on forever and our end of day beer was a 10.
Oh yeah, and last night at our albergue there was a donkey...kind of a pet/mascot and we had a hail storm and the poor thing was braying and walking in circles trying to get a good angle on the hail. Not a funny story, but hey, how many donkey stories does one need in a lifetime?Read more