AM: 12 miles. Met Scott and Christina at Northshore, mostly easy with 8x30 second pickups late in the run.
PM: 4 miles. Steady rain all morning as Mike, Quint and I did our standard coordination of starting location and time for the lunch run. As the hour drew near, we had to reassess due to high lightning activity.
Mike wisely chose to stay indoors. Quint and I decided to wait a bit - he wanted to stay in his car. He was shy about popping into my office wearing running clothes, but I managed to convey how truly low the bar is set for social norms in a small office of computer programmers.
After about twenty minutes we headed out into gentle rain. Even though we didn't see much lightning, I was on edge and insisted we not head up the trail so we could beat a hasty retreat if the storm worsened. On our second loop around the park, a huge, multi-forked spear of storm rage exploded over the beach, and we turned around and ran hard back to my office.
Afterwards, I felt a little bad about both my runs today. My legs are sore from this morning - it would have been smarter to go 8 miles max, and go alone so that I could slog 8:30+ pace. And the afternoon run really went against my instincts.
It looks like we are in for constant rain and lightning storms over the next week. For now, I'm looking forward to staying home tonight, picking up something warm to eat and cold to drink.
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