Phenomenal timing

Those big storms from this morning finally ended and the weather appeared to clear for a bit today around 6pm.  I had been planning to go to the treadmill and do one of the four planned runs for this week.  Today was supposed to be a 4M with 4:00 uphill within that.  Right now, I believe that I have two viable uphill options:

1) Treadmill;
2) Neighborhood across the street with actual hills.

Because the weather was still dicey (there were clouds everywhere), I decided that it was a bad idea to go across the street in case I was two miles from my car when a major storm hit.  I think it's better to avoid the treadmill in case of problems: all of them being busy, not being able to sneak in more than 30 minutes of a workout, room being over 75F, etc...  I'll use one if there is no other option, but when I do have a choice, I'd rather be outside.

I switched the planned Thursday run with today's run, which was 1 hour of running.  This was a better plan for two reasons:

1) I could run around my neighborhood with a part of my run near my friend Stephanie's house.  In case of weather emergency, I could come home or stop by their place.  Even if they were not home, I could hide under the overhang by their front door.  This would not be considered a Random Stephanie Encounter since I would have rigged it;
2) I didn't need to take the phone since the run was not based on distance.  Instead, I took my water-proof watch.  I'm assuming that my phone is not water-proof...I definitely do not plan on testing it.

I timed this perfectly.  The weather was actually almost pleasant (low 80s!  Can you imagine?!?) albeit humid.  If sweat actually does remove toxins from your body, I must be bordering on fully pure by this point.  There was even a slightly cool wind, so the sweat actually evaporated sometimes.  You know.  Like sweat is meant to do to regulate the heat in your body.

What made this run kind of funny was that I think every runner in the neighborhood took advantage of this break in the storm to go out.  I saw more runners in that hour than I usually see in a week.  Well, maybe not a week, but certainly I am not used to everyone coordinating at the same time.

My timing, though, was impeccable.  The run was without any weather incident at all.  Then when I got home, as I was opening the door, I noticed that it had started raining again.  A good downpour came about 15 minutes later.  Perfect and I managed to avoid the treadmill!

I also tallied a list of running gear/stuff that I want/need:

1) New shoes: this will have to happen relatively soon.  They are not posing any problem yet, but I have had them for a while;
2) Two new sports bras.  This is moving up in importance.  One of them does not offer sufficient support, the other one is causing chaffing.  Ouch.
3) A massage.  I haven't been in months and I could use one!

(I don't know why I'm suddenly making so many lists either).