2016 Erie Marathon
Driving around on Saturday to packet pickup etc. the outside temperature in the truck was reading at 88 degrees. There was an 'emergency alert' that came through on the radio warning of bad storms before 10pm but the sky was blue. It was windy, so you could tell something was coming, but nothing immediate. Eventually, around 7pm or so when I was at the grocery store getting some snacks to fuel before the race the sky opened up and the downpour was incredible. I haven't seen rain like that in a long time. I wound up driving in the middle of the storm and the visibility was almost as bad as a strong snow storm. There were multiple warnings from the race director that they would not hold the race for late arrivals like they did in 2015, so I knew I wanted to get there early. Sunday morning I woke up at 3:45am, which was 15 minutes before my alarm was going to go off. Instead of obsessing over race gear in the hotel room, I figured it was better t...