Camas Hill Ride

Yesterday was a blue sky day with the forecast saying 65. Got to the club in the morning and my Jeep said 38, but clear. Five of us (Karrie, Bridget, Karen, Nicole, and myself) decided to ride outside instead of spin. Karrie took the lead since she had a route in mind. She kept a really good pace around LaCamas lake and up the small hills. I stayed behind Bridget to encourage her up the hills. When we turned off the main road I led because there weren't anymore turns for awhile. The girls said go until you see a castle and then turn left. A castle? One of the girls had heard it was a fireman who really wanted a castle, so he built one (top picture). Past the castle we rode along a beautiful country road with meadows and cows, of course I mooed at them. Then down a long hill with sharp turns. Then through the town of Camas behind the large paper mill which I had only seen from the highway, never up close. Then Karrie said to turn up Forest Home road, she admitted she'd never ridden up it before. Nobody in the group had before. A couple of miles later and a heart rate through the roof, I made it to the top followed closely by Karrie and then Karen. Karen and I had triple rings, so Karrie is a strong rider with only a double. Nicole and Bridget had doubles so they took a while to get up the last part. I think I averaged 5 mph up that thing- great workout hill! Then down through the neighborhood above the club and back with 18.8 miles and a 13.7 average.
Monday I ran around the base 2 times plus a little more to swing by the mailbox and drop a letter in. I felt really good and before I started the foot didn't hurt at all, afterwards a lot. Came in at 27:21 for an 8:17 pace, and that includes slowing to drop the letter in. Tuesday the foot still hurt so I went to Kaiser and told my PA about some medicine I saw on Jodi's site (flurandrenolide). My PA had to look it up and found they had one- in tape form. Put the tape on at work and almost fell over a little later- very strong medicine. It made me very tired, but the foot stopped hurting and now just a slight pain sometimes when I move fast- thanks DR Jodi!