Never NOT exciting??

While this week is the first week of my training cycle, the Hanson's beginner half program doesn't schedule the first run until Thursday. I skipped my planned treadmill run at 5:30 AM in hopes that the weather might be nice enough after work to get in some outdoor miles. I have spent WAY too much time on the treadmill lately. After some careful review of the hourly forecast, I posted in my running group to see if I could get some running buddies since the thought of running in the dark solo still freaks me out (even though I have done it on a number of occasions). As luck would have it, I was able to get two buddies to meet me at one of our regular locations. It was going to be a bit of a rushed evening since I had to pick up both of my kids from different locations, get home to change, and then go back out to meet the ladies to run. And it went pretty well. I was only running a few minutes behind due to the traffic (which I forgot is super different in the evening than early in the AM). And then...it happened. While sitting at a red light, just two lights away from my destination, a young woman in a mini van rear ended me!!!! Thankfully it was just a tap, though it didn't feel that way at first. We pulled over and inspected for damage. Again, it was just a tap so there was none. I called my running partners to tell them I would be late. They were waiting so patiently for me when I arrived and immediately declared that we didn't have to run. But I insisted. We were GOING to run because I needed to find a way to get this fresh flowing adrenaline under control. I needed to get my brain a dopamine bath so it would forget the play by play of the accident from 19 months ago that it was trying so hard to vividly loop in my consciousness. So they accommodated me and off we went. For a wonderful training run. It was faster than I was supposed to run per my training plan. But it felt easy and happy and calmed my nerves. Now...can the rest of the training cycle not be exciting?

Update Note: I am completely okay. My lower back felt a little tight later in the evening but I spent a little time with a heating pad and the next morning all was fine!