Epic run or worst ever?

I'm still asking myself the question... so here's the story.

I had 2h long run planned after work and I was expecting brain cooking weather so I prepared accordingly: fuel belt, gels, hat, money, sunscreen ... name it I had it!

So I went and surprisingly, within a few minutes, the sky was partly cloudy and there was a little breeze that made the weather just right and it stayed that way for the first hour or so. By that time, I had crossed a bridge (that is more than a mile long) for walkers and and cyclists only and I was in the middle of nowhere far from the nearest human. When I hit the turnaround, so did the weather...

So I was going back to the bridge when thunder & lightnings started... pretty far but still. When I got to that same bridge, things didn't look too bad and there was a tall street light every 50 feet so I thought the probability of being hit by a lighning was minimal. First foot I put on the bridge woke up the wind and it instantly turned into a mini sandstorm. Being sweaty, it all stuck to my skin and I ate my monthly serving of sand and then some more. About halfway on the bridge, I knew for sure the shower was coming but it was looking a little "dense". Then it started raining and sure enough, it was a hail storm. I kept running for 2 or 3 minutes until it became just too much wind/rain/hail. So I lied face down on the ground where I could find the littlest protection from the wind with my visor and hands on top of my head to protect it. I stayed there for a good five, very long, minutes. Went it got better, I stood up and just kept on running, just like Forest!

When I got to the gate at the beginning of the bridge, there was a guy that was preparing to go for a surveillance round, his face was priceless when I smiled at him.  The 40 minutes back home were uneventful, but only then did I realize a few things:
- I have two little cuts on an elbow and one on a finger due to the hail
- My roommate was constantly telling me that my back was attacked by a whole bunch of bees
- The rinse cycle of my clothe washer doesn't work well, I had a foam spot on the inside of each leg... weird
- Race day can now throw anything at me, I'd even crush the nazis at the prime of their strenght.

You'll find a map below, the orange spot is where I was, I'm working on the pictures of the cuts... because if there's no picture, it didn't happen, right?

Thanks for listening, have a good night & HTFU!

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