I love running in the rain as long as it's a drizzle, mist, sprinkle or light rain. I'm terrified of lightening and thunderstorms! If I'm caught in rain, I'll finish the run and go straight home but I don't go out and start running in rain because I'm really scared of lightening.

If it's gonna rain, it had better be a real rain. Drizzle just ain't gonna cut it! I love running in heavy rain.

I also love running in the snow. One of my favorite runs last winter had me doing the neighborhood loop several times. It's about a 10min per loop and it was snowing so hard that my footprints were covered by my next loop.

Flash -- Did you run the Blessing of the Fleet 10-miler in Narragansett last year? I was exactly halfway when the sky opened up!

I got there late so I ran the whole thing with my race t-shirt in hand...it came in handy for wiping away both sweat and rain from my eyes.

I was halfway through my 9M loop around the lake on a very hot and humid afternoon when the black clouds rolled in and the air stopped moving, there was a little thunder and lightning when I heard and felt something strange going with the overhead power lines. I heard the loudest explosion I've ever heard just as the transformer on the pole 100 ft in front of me exploded. I set my 4.5M PR on the way home.

It happened to me for the first time last week. I was just about finishing a 5 mile run, when it started to downpour. There wasn't any thunder or lightening...just pouring rain. It was along the beach boardwalk, so all the walkers were scurrying for cover with their baby carriages. It was so weird how I got a burst of energy and ended up running two more miles faster than my first 5 miles. I loved it! I felt like a kid splashing through the puddles. You couldn't wipe the smile off my face either. I can't wait to do it again!

Delurking to post that I just ran through a downpour this morning! I set out for a 7 mile run and it was dry. About 2 miles in, it started sprinkling and I though, ah, this is pleasant! About 3 miles in, I heard thunder, and I thought hmmm...I hope I don't die, but what choice do I have? I was almost halfway into my run and 3 miles away from home--may as well finish up the run! Then, it started to pour, and boy did I get wet! The one thing about getting totally soaked is that you no longer have to avoid puddles--run right through them! My shoes were already filled with water, what harm is an ankle deep puddle gonna do? So I just had fun for the next 3 miles, fully aware that the drivers on their way to work likely thought that I was effing nuts! By the last mile of my run, the rain stopped and I passed another runner who was also soaking wet and we both smiled and laughed at each other. One positive thing about running in crappy weather is that I always feel more of a kinship with other runners I see running during a thunderstorm, snowstorm, or other extreme conditions then with the runners I see running in ideal weather conditions.