I’ll confirm your experience with one even closer. In HS I ran on our cross country team. One day at practice (after school), we had only made it less than a m

I’ll confirm your experience with one even closer. In HS I ran on our cross country team. One day at practice (after school), we had only made it less than a mile from the school when we heard a big thunderstorm coming and turned around to head back. The storm came on super quickly, we were inundated with water, thunder all around; we picked up the pace to get back to school faster. We were just a couple blocks from the school when lightning struck on the other side of the street. There was zero pause between lightning & thunder, it was simultaneous. It must have been about 8 meters away, or less. We were all scared shitless & the run turned into a sprint. We all made it back fine. There was no warning. When the lightning struck I could see it in my peripheral vision, and simultaneously also saw an electric arc from the sidewalk to the bottom of my front running foot. There was a tingly sensation but I only remember feeling that after the strike. Also, it was LOUD, as in I couldn’t hear well for the rest of the day, and my ears were ringing for a week.