This time was a bit better. I started on the beach and immediately ran inland. Over some time I came across some buildings which provided me with a backpack, a good assortment of food, new boots, a couple of water bottles, and an ax. There were some running in between different clumps of buildings to gather these up, but I felt pretty good. I filled my water bottles, killed a zombie, and was on my way. After running around for a long time not running into anything, I came across another small clump of buildings. I decided to explore until I saw someone at the door I was about to walk out of. He retreated and I knew he was trying to get behind me or trap me. I found a different door only to have him be coming around the corner and seeing me as I was trying to sneak off. I took off running into the trees thinking that maybe I could loose him there. Unfortunately, there's a lot of space in between the trees and that really didn't do me any good. I kept weaving between trees and running in different directions, but I could always see him behind me in the distance, running after me. He was a good enough distance away that I came up with an idea. There seemed to be a small pond, and I thought maybe I could lie down in the pond and hide there. Unfortunately, the water was more shallow than I thought and my backpack was sticking out pretty heavily. The guy came around the side of the pond and started walking towards me. I tried to get up so I could start running again or get out my ax to defend myself. My guy was slow in getting up and the guy immediately knocked me unconscious with his ax. I lay there unconscious for a few minutes before I decided to quit.