For those of you unaware from previous post, I started a running program about 11 weeks ago. The program was the Couch-to-5k program from Coolrunnings.com. It is a great program that slowly moves you from inactivity to running 3 miles a day, 3 days a week, in only 9 weeks. Well I’m into the 3rd week of running 3 miles a day, 3 days a week.
Anyways, I brag on myself to say that today my worst fears have been realized. In the last two minutes of my run, I had a complete wipe-out. I bit the dust! While trying to maneuver an intersection and some rough driveway pavement, I completely lost control and hit the ground. I landed on my palms, and my hip; and completed two rolls into someones front yard. There was a old lady at the intersection who saw the whole thing, and she just looked on in horror. Of course, being a man, I quickly got up and continued running like I was being chased by snipers. It wasn’t until I got home that I started to feel the pain of my fall. I’m hurting all over. I mean it really is hurting. However, I think my ego is hurting much more than my body.