When to Run: In a summer storm

As I am writing, thunder is booming outside, there's an occasional flash of lightning, and the rain is falling in fat, heavy splatters. This my friends, is my favorite kind of weather to run in.

"Are you nuts?!" You may be asking...Well that point is debatable, but in this case I don't think so. See, in the dead of summer, with high temperatures reaching over 100 degrees, its hard to find a good time to run without putting yourself at risk of heat exhaustion.

But when it rains, everything turns magical. The icky, sticky feeling is washed out of the air. Since its still 90+ degrees outside, the rain isn't actually cold, its just refreshing. Its hard to get over-heated with a constant nice, refreshing rain cooling you off. Plus there's the unique smell of summer rain.

And, hey, as long as you're not the tallest thing around, you should be fine, right? All in all, a beautiful time to run. :)