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I suspect you are safer running early than late. People who might do you harm don't get up at the ass crack of dawn.
The only thing i worry about here are cars. No sidewalks and on the main road no shoulder.
I don't worry about cars but I worry about rapists and sexual predators... Is that crazy?
That's nonsense.MOS - I run early in the morning. I stick to well lit streets, no ear buds (obviously), and I make sure to plan routes where I can get to "other people" (24 hour convenience stores, police stations, hotel lobbies, etc.) as quickly as possible.I was recently followed by a guy on a bike (radial - at 5:30am). The moment I saw the guy on the side of the road, every one of my hackles went up. I crossed the street to avoid him and soon realized he had started following me. I turned down a street that I knew would take me past a hotel and fortunately, I saw people up ahead waiting for a bus. I yelled at the guy to leave me alone and he fortunately complied.
That's nonsense.
Do you feel like you would be safer running around the same area after dark?
What do you mean "after dark?" It was 5:30am - it was dark. There are a lot more people around at 9 or 10pm than at 5:30am which would make it safer than just me and the creeper. But I don't run at 9 or 10pm.
It's dark from like 4pm to 7:30 am here at the worst of it. How does one even function if they are afraid to be out after dark?
Treadmill!
I'm not afraid to be out "after dark" I don't like running in the morning dark with not a lot of people around.. I feel safer at 5:30 pm dark...There are people who do all their winter running on a treadmillSent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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Well it's not late.. It's mostly either 5:30amor 5:30pm... 5:30 pm there are tons people out..I wish I knew someone who lived close to me to run..I can't go to the one morning group I wanted to go to near my work because a certain someone is going to that now Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Here too. But I can understand feeling more at risk when you run in the dark. Not that you should be paralyzed with fear, but it IS riskier so you should be careful. What I'm not so sure about is the idea that running at night is safer than running in the predawn. These FBI stats on 2012 crimes against persons suggest that the predawn window might be considerably safer. Of course, that's just aggregated data. It includes female runners in urban environments, but it also includes everyone else. Still, I wouldn't dismiss it as "nonsense."
If you want to go, go. Don't worry about "certain someone". They can suck it.
Of course, that's just aggregated data. It includes female runners in urban environments, but it also includes everyone else. Still, I wouldn't dismiss it as "nonsense."