Went to my son's middle school cross country meet Friday. All of the high school events were run and the middle school race was set to start right on time.
A storm was rolling in, but looking like the chance for rain was beginning to fade. Just before the gun went off, I saw a flash of lightning, but they started the race anyway. The herd passed by running south, we parents, et.al., all scurried to the other side of the field to see them run north. I had heard some parents saying already that the organizers were going to stop the race due to lightning. As soon as they went by us, they were stopped and we all went to our cars.
My wife asked, "How long would the race have taken?" I told her about fifteen minutes.
One might be thinking that I'm upset about their stopping the race; not so much, since I understand the safety issue. What irks me is that no one looked over his/her shoulder to make the decision to not run BEFORE they shot the gun off! Are you telling that the sky looked noticeably different one to two minutes before? Look up, for Pete's sake!
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I think I passed you on the side walk, but I didn't realize it was you till a block later. I think the plastic poncho threw me off. :)
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