Cades Cove

Today several of us went to Cades Cove - the 11th time for me - and for the first time we faced not the usual beautiful September conditions, but light rain that was predicted to become heavier.  The weather map looked like this:

When we arrived at the parking lot, there was light rain, but it was occasionally blowing sideways, and that yellow and orange stuff on the map had not yet arrived.  So what does a smart runner do?  Yes, I bagged it.  Anthony and Skip slogged around the loop in the rain, and Skip later reported that I missed a great run; "No real rain until we got to the finish."

Congratulations, my friends!  But I have stood at the starting line of too many marathons in conditions like this and was not prepared to run 11 miles in the rain.  Not when the predicted conditions tomorrow morning in Highlands will be perfect, and with a 0% chance of rain.