#SHADES OFGLORY
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I’ll still be a reader if we have to wait four more years for you to cover this again.
– Rachel Bennett
You’re right, Rachel: we should have revisited this disturbing issue sooner. Please be assured that we will be returning to it regularly, through the magazine as well as the Runner’s
World website and podcast.
SUDDENLY I SEE
I just wanted to thank you for the excellent report in the June issue,
Reclaim Your Run. I began the article glad that I did not associate running with a ‘culture of fear’. I soon realised, however, that I do many of the things mentioned in the report: only running in daylight, carrying my keys to use as a weapon in quiet places and changing my routes if areas are too quiet. Going forward, as suggested, I will be more active in showing solidarity with other runners and will support the ‘Crime not Compliment’ campaign.
– Annabelle Larsen, via email
KEEP UP THE CONVERSATION
Thank you so much for your report
Reclaim Your Run in your last issue. So many things discussed there sound so familiar to me. I spoke with my husband about it and only then I realised how little awareness he has of the threat almost every woman faces during her run, something that is, sadly, second nature to me. Keep up the discussion.
– Lisa Weber, via email
AN AGE-OLD PROBLEM
Thank you so much for drawing attention (again) to the harassment female runners face. I am sorry to say this affects women of all ages. As a women in my 60s, I rarely get harassed while walking, but put on my running gear and it’s a different situation. When running on my own,
I am frequently abused and have twice been chased. The strange thing is, it is often much younger men, even boys. Men my own age can be patronising, but rarely threatening. So, I will join the
Reclaim Your Run campaign with great pleasure. I also hope that we can get the message across that women of any age have the right to run and feel safe.
– Carol Sherriff
STICK WITH IT
Sam Murphy hit the nail on the head with her column (RW June). New runners often don’t find out about things like increasing effort incrementally until they’ve decided to commit. It’s well worth pushing through the initial struggle because the ‘holy hell, my body can do this!’ phase is just around the corner.
– Annemarie Errington