(The Stinky Drinkers are a band of merry runners in training for the Women's Running Magazine Women's Half-Marathon on November 22nd. These are their stories from the road…)
As the lightning flashed above, beyond and behind downtown St. Pete's Vinoy Park, four runners sat in a Nissan discussing the science of conductivity. It was a very rainy Friday evening, and our 6:45 call time was being pushed ever backward as the thunder crashed around us.
“You know, if the car was struck by lightning, we would be sitting in a death trap,” Phylis told us.
This article appears in Aug 5-11, 2009.
