Between a Shock and a Hard Place

One of the few times in my life I truly believed I was going to die: exposed on the only trail through a gator-filled swamp, as a thunderstorm rolled in.

Early in my training for the Palm Beach Marathon, I hadn’t quite figured out just how long a long run takes; the weather you get to start off your workout isn’t necessarily going to be the conditions you finish with.

Good trails that don’t flood are few and far between in the Sunshine State. My chosen training ground was no exception. Imagine two square…