Women - what safety precautions do you take?

So horrible. This guys is proof that violent perps should not ever be released and derserve life sentences. It's just too risky. This poor woman. I need to ask, though...how does one get kidnapped while running. I'm struggling to understand how a runner can get physically taken into a vehicle. If you see a person clearly and aggressively running towards you how do you not turn and out run them? I'm 46 (male) and just recently ran a 16 miler with three friends who are women and range in age from 32-41. We ran 7:40 pace. A "relative" easy pace for us. I can't see a crazy person (in this case a black male) run towards us and even come close to kidnapping any of us. I don't understand. It happens, though. In this case at least. Sad and scary.

This is hilarious and not true.

You are far far more likely to be killed by a car hitting you than by a stranger.

Nope, as a guy you are substantially more likely to be assaulted and murdered.

The likelihood goes up even higher when discussing random violence (where the victim doesn’t know the attacker).

psychologytoday.com

The Truth About Stranger Homicide, and Who's Really at Risk

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Stranger homicide is rare, but young men more likely to fall victim than women.

Link:www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/forens...

wrong link.

My post got a lot of down arrows because many do not like the truth I stated. Your second sentence is off topic and is pandering. U.S. criminal justice system functions with expectation well over 90% arrested will plead guilty. If prosecutor over twenty-years ago attempted to charge him with a crime which would have resulted in life, would the accused have accepted that? Most on this site including Rojo with his posts on the subject are emotional, not rational. Anyway, abducted and get in a vehicle, 99.99% likely to end up dead. Learn to fight.

Don't need to fight - just need something for your defense. And since the only thing crackheads / junkies / criminals are allergic to is high velocity lead, I suggest buying a pistol.

It’s really not that surprising. We don’t know her speed endurance. She may have been out on an easy run and unexpectedly caught and hurt by him before she realized she was in mortal danger. He seems like 6’2” in shoes based on the mugshot beside the scale, and would’ve just needed to sustain a top sprinting speed higher than hers for just a few seconds to be able to bring her down.

Even if you are confident you could run away, it’s all too common for any of us to get “deer in the headlights” startled and not act to our strengths in such a situation.

That's because the bad guy isn't going to run towards you or give you any time to react. You have to "Think like a criminal" and view the attack from the criminal's perspective. A criminal isn't going to run more than a few feet and he's going to do that from the side and from so close that you have almost no time to react.

A criminal is going to be hiding by the side of the road, standing on the side of the road or casually walking towards you. Then, he grabs you as you go by.

I haven't seen the street view of the exact location, but I'd bet the perp was standing still in the shadows and couldn't be seen until he made his move.

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10/10 would buy.

This is typical of most people's experience. There is MUCH more risk being hit by a car while running than ever being physically harmed in an assault during the same activity.

I hope that all of these people talking about carrying tazers and rocks run with actual illuminated gear (real lights, NOT just reflective materials) before dawn and after dark.

It sounds as if within your immediate family you have years of regular running between you.

How often have any of you used or threatened to use a tazer during an attack? Please provide a number.

I would think that drug and gang related murders probably contribute to these stats.

How many times have you needed to use your knife while running?

It sounds like you have a very poor approach to safety. With respect, you need to think about avoiding attacks (which doesn't take much and they are rare at baseline), not unrealistic movieland ideas about what you will do when attacked.

It is absolutely not "dangerous to women" to wear high-visibility gear when it is dark out. It saves lives, and it is irresponsible/ignorant of you to be talking people out of it.

Come to Canada! I've lived and travelled extensively in the US, and it is simply safer up here. Agreed that Europe is great for safe running, too.

You sound like a menace and frankly your approach with your dog is idiotic and irresponsible. Nobody passing you on a trail or sidewalk has an obligation to make a specified "calm greeting" that is acceptable to your highly reactive animal. (By your own description, you can barely control this dog from attacking people 15 feet away.)

Carries not one but two guns while running.^ No wonder the US is so rife with avoidable shooting deaths.

My wife says absolutely never run with headphones in.

she also has an Apple Watch that has its own SIM card that can be used as a phone, has a panic button on it too.