summer initiation

I ran through a thunderstorm this evening up around Tom's Creek. It felt like I had opened my eyes underwater, but I had even less visibility - it was raining so hard, and relentlessly, too. I would round these corners on the trail, and a blast of wind carrying rain would meet me. At first the lightning scared me, but then I counted the seconds between light and sound and realized it was futher away. Still, I ran fast to avoid any tree limbs blowing down. I was dripping badly when I reached the car, with no change of clothes. Clothes - doh! - they were still on the line back home!

This is what I love about summer: You can get soaked and not worry about getting cold. I guess it's been a while since I've gone running on trails, or only today did the woods really shout summer. Even before the storm, it felt like I was breathing water. The vegetation had grown into the trail; everything was... growing.

I felt so alive running through that thunderstorm. No wonder Matt loves it.