[georgia peach]

It is not often easy to find another runner or hiker to go with you when you want to go.
And sometimes one likes to be alone in nature.It’s unfortunate that women don’t have the ability to be this free.
I despise guns but I think that I would have to have mace or something to protect myself or I probably wouldn't enjoy either activity, I would be looking over my shoulder all the time.
This is a very sad story and I agree with a previous poster; was that law enforcement person tempted to follow along and did he fight the urge?
So many “ifs”.

[trisham]

It is not often easy to find another runner or hiker to go with you when you want to go. And sometimes one likes to be alone in nature.It’s unfortunate that women don’t have the ability to be this free.

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Don't I know it. For years I was up at 4:45 AM and out the door in the dark to run by myself. I was very aware of my surroundings, but I was also very lucky nothing ever happened.

I took one of my puppies around midday with me to a state park when he was about 14 weeks old. I was on the path in the woods when a man in street dress seemingly stepped out of nowhere. It really scared me, and I never did that again. My puppy is now seven and weighs 114 pounds. I no longer live near that park, though.