Do you carry protection when running?

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  • Yardtigress
    Yardtigress Posts: 367 Member
    sometimes the people you are trying to protect yourself from are crazier than you. Tigress:laugh:
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Sigh.... These threads always make me sad
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    thought this thread might be about tampons....
  • NoxDineen
    NoxDineen Posts: 497 Member
    I run on a well lit path in an affluent neighborhood in a Canadian city with a large-ish dog as my companion. I don't really think I need any protection. Biggest danger is getting hit by a leisure cyclist but I keep music low enough to hear their bell.

    When the days get shorter and my runs are before/after sunrise/sunset I'll probably use RunKeeper Live so if I'm late my boyfriend can check on me.

    These threads always remind me why the rest of the world doesn't like America.
  • flechero
    flechero Posts: 260 Member
    I lived in Canada (suburban Toronto) for several years, there is no more a guarantee of safety there than any large American city... the only real difference is that in in the US, you actually have the option of defending yourself. Your dog is your "weapon" as seen by a would be attacker....

    Runkeeper will ONLY help your boyfriend find your phone, not you.

    I good friend of mine used to run in a "well lit, affluent neighborhood".... in that "safe" place she was brutally attacked and raped with a gun to her head. Crazies "hunt" where there is opportunity, not where it's "dangerous" for good people. Here GPS app didn't do jack *kitten* for here that morning. Don't kid yourself, you carry a dog, she now carries a gun as dogs aren't allowed in her apartment.
  • flechero
    flechero Posts: 260 Member
    These threads always remind me why the rest of the world doesn't like America.

    Also reminds me of why I love it... I enjoy my freedoms. :) Funny though, how the "rest of the world" sure likes our money and aid.

    We certainly aren't perfect, but we as a country, have given and sacrificed more to help those in need than any other country- many times over.
  • mama78loosinWeight
    mama78loosinWeight Posts: 130 Member
    at 6'1 280 pounds...I am my own protection. #jualready

    ^Can I take him running with me?

    No kidding... do you rent your services? lol
  • mama78loosinWeight
    mama78loosinWeight Posts: 130 Member
    I run with an Ruger LCR in a Remora IWB holster. The only place that my gun doesn't go with me is into buildings where I am not allowed by law to carry it (courthouse, sheriff's office, university property).

    Ahh, I woman after my own heart.... were you raised in Texas too? lol
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Live in NYC and I am my own protection...
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    These threads always remind me why the rest of the world doesn't like America.

    Yeah, I'd be jealous too if I couldn't have any guns :(
  • angusmike
    angusmike Posts: 97
    My protection includes an H&K .45c USP and a cell phone.
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