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Tuesday May 22, 2018 #
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With a forecast that all but guaranteed rains and dark clouds prominent in the western skies by mid-afternoon, it was a clear a well thought out, sound plan for a run was required. I devised a loop up at Happy Jack that looked like it would take just about 2 hours, give or take a few minutes depending on how heavy mountain bike traffic was at various trail intersections.
Driving up, the first forerunner sprinkles were already hitting the windshield--not good. And as I got started and obtained a view of Vedauwoo and surrounding area to the SE, I could see rain was already falling in that direction just a few miles off from a wholly separate system that was moving NW even as the larger system was moving east. It looked like I was doomed.
However, I persevered. As it turned out, the plan, while good, was not good enough. What made the thing possible was brilliant execution. I finished up running at the 2:02 mark, with light rain commencing over the last 2-3 minutes of the run, and heavy rain kicking in as I was driving over the cattle guard another minute later, headed home.
Some people might say it was just luck, but the fact I was wearing my good luck rain hat had absolutely nothing at all to do with it. Nor did the rabbit foot I had along in a pocket.
Driving up, the first forerunner sprinkles were already hitting the windshield--not good. And as I got started and obtained a view of Vedauwoo and surrounding area to the SE, I could see rain was already falling in that direction just a few miles off from a wholly separate system that was moving NW even as the larger system was moving east. It looked like I was doomed.
However, I persevered. As it turned out, the plan, while good, was not good enough. What made the thing possible was brilliant execution. I finished up running at the 2:02 mark, with light rain commencing over the last 2-3 minutes of the run, and heavy rain kicking in as I was driving over the cattle guard another minute later, headed home.
Some people might say it was just luck, but the fact I was wearing my good luck rain hat had absolutely nothing at all to do with it. Nor did the rabbit foot I had along in a pocket.
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