Be aware of your surroundings

[Lola2010]

This is literally just a quick post to tell everyone to be safe and be careful where you run! I'm so self conscious about people seeing me run so I go up a country road at my house... But today I believe I was being followed by someone who was waiting for me. I had to phone my dad to drive up and pick me up. Was very scary so please everyone be safe! And please run where there are other people near by! Xxxx

[GoogleMe Graduate]

Good that you took your phone with you. Worth letting the police know. Some people just get a kick out of the thought that they are scaring women, and that's bad enough.

I rarely run where there are other people, especially just now - I often have the woods completely to myself. I always used to run with my dog Google - who once didn't half tell off a man who was behaving a bit oddly. Now I have to run without her I make more of a point of telling others where I am going and for how long.

[Lola2010 in reply to GoogleMe]

Luckily I was just up from my house, I live out in the country so I wasn't far away. Was just very uncomfortable! Has put me off going back up there alone so I think it will be my industrial estate next time lol.

[Getfitok Graduate]

There were incidents of a flasher on a path I run, which was reported on our local Facebook , as well as to the police. It’s a sad world that there are people like this around, taking the enjoyment & safety out of people’s activities.

[Lola2010 in reply to Getfitok]

It's terrible, I'm not totally put off running my usual road because of this. Not good 😔