Hope To Run Again Before End Of The Year

If the tornado scene in the Wizard Of Oz had been filmed in color, the skies would have looked as ominous as it did in South Hill today.  Before I left the house I checked the radar, but only in static form.  No animation.  There were a line of thunderstorms basically due South and a little East of town.  Almost all of our storm systems move from West to East and a little bit from South to North.  So I figured I was safe.  About 1.5 into the run I was in a spot where a had a good view of the horizon.  The skies were black, but I was not worried because it was to the East.  At 2 miles I could tell I had a strong tailwind. At 3 I changed directions and was head on into a vicious wind.  Everything was the same through 5.  At 5.2 it started to lightly rain.  5.8 I began to feel my socks soaking up the water.  At 6 I could not have been any wetter if I had jumped into a swimming pool.  The rain stayed heavy for the remainder of the run.

Those last 3 miles were actually fun.  It was a hard stinging rain and people driving along the roads probably thought I was nuts.  The only bad thing was the heavy shoes.  Which took all night in front of a space heater to dry out.