Sunday - - Longest run ever . . .

From now until September 25 most all of my weekend long runs will be the longest run I have ever done. 13.5 miles on Sunday. My left hip is not very happy with me today. I tried GU and GATORADE and found that by mile 4 this wasn't a combination that was going to work. I dumped the GATORADE out at mile 5 at the gas station and filled my handheld with water . . .almost instaneously my stomach felt better! I was watching a storm to the north throughout the first part of the run. At one point the wind blew for about 30 seconds . .seems like it was the first time the wind had blown in years around here. It was still 85 degrees when I stepped out the door at 6:00AM! I was watching lightning throughout the first half of my run . .by the time I was at about mile 7 out in the middle of nowhere on a county road when I realized that the storm was moving in my direction. There were 4 lighting strikes in a row (the "jagged, fingery type of lighting") and they were close enough that I could hear the thunder over my ipod - - -needless to say, I turned around and sprinted for about a half mile. I ran home and checked my mileage (sat at the computer for about 5 minutes) . .I was at 10 miles so I went back out for another 3.5 miles. The run wasn't very smooth. It wasn't very satisfying but it is the farthest that I have ever ran. My shoes have 465 miles on them so I will replace them next weekend . .not this weekend. SPA day at the YMCA today. Stretched for about 20 minutes and sat in the SAUNA for another 20 minutes.