So, for some dumb reason, we decided to turn the Crazylegs run into a brick last weekend. I put out the e-mail to my teammates, so I should probably take the blame, but I truely don't think it was my idea- I just sent out the invite.
Anyway, since it wasn't an official team event I also invited a few non team members to join us. A simple route- the stem of the Ironman course- out to Verona and back. We started at 7am, so we'd have plenty of time to then get up to the square for the start of Crazylegs.
Well, we made it almost to Verona when we saw the first of the lightning- so we turned back. Hindsight is 20/20- we probably should have just continued on to Verona, stopped in to Grays for a Bloddy Mary and watched the storm pass. But we didn't- we turned back. Which meant- by the time the storm really hit, we were about half-way between Madison and Verona- with no place to seek shelter. So we rode...through the rain...and the lightning...and I think maybe some hail...until we came to a convience store just outside of Madison. When we pulled in we saw a police car- so I asked the officer if he knew anything about the storm. The officer took me to his car to show me the radar and assure me that we were right on the very edge of the storm- we should be alright.
So off we went- back towards Madison, until one of the riders (of course it was one of the non-team members who I ahd invited along for a fun morning ride) caught his tire on the edge of the road and wiped out...into the lane of traffic. Thankfully there were no cars coming at that moment, although we did need to stop traffic for a bit while he pulled himself up off the road. I will say- since nobody was hurt- it was a really cool looking crash. Looked like something you'd see at the Tour de France. Only those guys would have been going about 50 down the side of a mountain.
After all of that- we decided to skip the run. Instead I found a nice warm bar and had a Bloody Mary. Hey- I already had the T-shirt. Quite obviously, I wasn't the only one thinking that way.
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