Rear-ended!

We had our first camping trip last week in our new (to us) tent trailer! The weather at Fort Stevens was perfect!!! It was so much fun...we had a great time connecting as a family and with some great friends. I needed to complete my final day of week 1 of couch to 5K while we were there. It went great-it was so amazing running/walking on the winding bike paths, through beautiful treed areas, while hearing the crashing waves in the distance. It made the time I spent sucking air almost worthwhile.

As I was walking back to my campsite during my cool down, a young girl ran into me from behind on her bike. My body jolted and I went down hard on the pavement. Luckily, I was able to cushion the collision for her (another reason why I'm doing this whole running thing). I'm doing okay. Still pretty sore, but today was the first day I could lift my arm over my head with out shooting pain running down my arm and shoulder.

Because it took me a few days to recover, I didn't start week 2 until today. It went well...as well as it could. I am actually starting to enjoy the running parts (up until the last interval, anyway).

So, my lessons learned this week are: running can be fun, but it does come with risks.