Tried to leave as early as I could although I delayed more than I should have. Line creek this time in the dark was a success without ending up in the creek this time... Took the railroad from Kelly to the cemetery because why not? it's sunrise on a Sunday. I did most of the BSC and line creek trails and then did the majority of stinky plus loops. The sky started getting really dark about the time I was to stank pond, and I almost needed to turn my light back on but it wasn't raining yet. Lightning and thunder off to the west though. I managed to get all the way out to Crosstown without even light rain but right before the tunnel I had to stop to put on my rain stuff. As it was in the upper forties I was glad I prepared and took my rain gear. I figured it would just be light rain for the remaining miles and continued on through behind the Fred and the dog park as it was still dry under the trees and this is where I caught up with the storm. More than once lightning struck less than a quarter mile from me while I was riding there in the pines, and it began to pour. It was really blowing pretty hard by the time I got to battery way park and I had to lean the bike quite a bit because it was so exposed and I was beginning to worry about hail but thankfully none came. By the time I was onto Aberdeen parkway it slacked off quite a bit and was only lightly raining at home.