My worst nightmare came true today - being over 6 miles away from home, pitch dark, too much lightning, too rainy to see ahead with dogs moaning. I was supposed to do a slow long-ish run today and it turned out to be a 13 miles tempo!
The first 5 or so miles were ok - humid and still and it didnt look like it would rain. Mile 5 to 6, it drizzled a bit but I didnt mind. After that though, the heavens gave out with a vengence. I tried running through it,couldnt concentrate and had too much water in my eyes so stopped for shelter for 10 or so minutes. It did not look like it would stop anytime soon, so I did what made the most sense to me at the time - I ran. Correction, I sprinted as fast as I could and in the bargain set a PR for 10.5kms - just over 40 minutes. My PR for a 10k was set a year ago when I returned from New York, that I won and it was just over 41 minutes. I was also 10lbs lighter then and had not run for over 2 weeks.
I did feel like I was in a race since there were many many people who took shelter - I even got a few claps. I am such a wuss when it comes to lightning, so this was surprising even to me.
No soreness right now, but I am freezing!!
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