Sudden rain makes you ride fast

I did about 35 minutes of core work this morning after a 15 minute warm up. This afternoon, my night ride was cancelled due the the thunderstorms and possible tornados in the area. So I snuck out for a quick 1 hour mountain bike ride at the Line creek nature trails behind my home. When I was at about the furthest point the sideways rain started so I darted through the woods as fast as I could to get in before the storm hit.