Trying to not look like a rapist whilst jogging

ardle1 · 26-09-2014 09:38PM

As you approach just start coughing.

Mint Aero · 26-09-2014 09:47PM

Shout "BEEP BEEEP COMIN' THRU!" with the campest lisp you can

CantonasCollar · 26-09-2014 09:47PM

+1 for a loud cough. Make sure to do it while still a distance away otherwise the cough can scare the life out of them, especially if they are on the phone

PizzamanIRL · 26-09-2014 09:48PM

Wear luminous clothing. No rapist/murderer ever wore luminous clothes. You'll be grand.

Mr. CooL ICE · 26-09-2014 09:50PM

When I jog, I look like a rapist about to have a heart attack, i.e. a threat to nobody

Tail Docker · 26-09-2014 09:50PM

Have you tried wearing a clown suit when jogging? People love clowns. No hope of scaring anyone dressed like that. Big plus - the huge shoes will make your workout even better.

Lucyfur · 26-09-2014 09:52PM

Ah you really shouldn't have to announce that you're not a rapist! I think I'd be more freaked out by someone coughing and spluttering and beep beeping while dressed like a Christmas tree than I would be by someone running past me.

privateBeavis · 26-09-2014 09:57PM

Sing along out loud to some non threatening tunes

punisher5112 · 26-09-2014 09:58PM

Get a getto blaster make sure big and oversized and have run dmc on loop they will a know you are a comin....

Gongoozler · 26-09-2014 10:09PM

I really feel sorry for men, having to worry about this kinda thing.

I would say that I've had the same experience when jogging, people looking around to see why you're running towards them. If it's a quiet road I suppose you could try making sure that your foot steps are loud, all the way up the road, so that she doesn't get surprised all of a sudden. Or if you are listening to music you could try singing along, so everyone will hear you coming

punisher5112 · 26-09-2014 10:10PM

Gongoozler wrote: »

I really feel sorry for men, having to worry about this kinda thing.

I would say that I've had the same experience when jogging, people looking around to see why you're running towards them. If it's a quiet road I suppose you could try making sure that your foot steps are loud, all the way up the road, so that she doesn't get surprised all of a sudden. Or if you are listening to music you could try singing along, so everyone will hear you coming

Think if they heard the op sing they would be running too

Buona Fortuna · 26-09-2014 10:14PM

Gongoozler wrote: »

I really feel sorry for men, having to worry about this kinda thing.

I would say that I've had the same experience when jogging, people looking around to see why you're running towards them. If it's a quiet road I suppose you could try making sure that your foot steps are loud, all the way up the road, so that she doesn't get surprised all of a sudden. Or if you are listening to music you could try singing along, so everyone will hear you coming

:cool:

Witcher · 26-09-2014 11:12PM

Carry a bike bell and give it a ring before you pass :pac:

corner of hells · 26-09-2014 11:20PM

Blay wrote: »

Carry a bike bell and give it a ring before you pass :pac:

Pfft , carry a bike and every time you see a women , hop on it and cycle past , like a cyclist.

Sunnyisland · 26-09-2014 11:25PM

Jog past her backwards..

Kinda like Michael Jackson moon dance ...

fleet_admiral · 26-09-2014 11:26PM

Blay wrote: »

Carry a bike bell and give it a ring before you pass :pac:

oul lad in my local lost his voice box from smoking. he has a bike bell to communicate, one ring for a pint of guinness or 2 rings for a jemmy

TheBeardedLady · 26-09-2014 11:32PM

Sometimes you see people who are technically jogging but wearing completely inappropriate clothing. I saw a fella jogging in jeans and kind of officey-looking shoes a week or so ago and had to stop to see what he was up to (I'm nosy) and he really was jogging! You're not running around in a suit, are you?

nicowa · 26-09-2014 11:35PM

In fairness women have been taught to have this kind of situational awareness since puberty so it's pretty much inbred. Just keep moving and they'll get over it.

Diabhal Beag · 26-09-2014 11:36PM

This used to make me go mental when it was a narrow path and traffic was fairly busy either side so I had to switch to quieter roads. Slow walkers are subhuman scum tbf.

27-09-2014 01:24AM

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

This used to make me go mental when it was a narrow path and traffic was fairly busy either side so I had to switch to quieter roads. Slow walkers are subhuman scum tbf.

Hmmm :rolleyes:
In a world of drive by shootings and gangland? War and confilct between many countries? Sectarian Violence? Many murders and senseless killings? Domestic Violence? Many many other crimes of violence we could be on here discussing all day?.....And yet slow walkers are subhuman scum? Really? Really?

Bit of perspective please

conorh91 · 27-09-2014 01:26AM

Deleted User wrote: »

In a world of drive by shootings and gangland? War and confilct between many countries? Sectarian Violence? Many murders and senseless killings? Domestic Violence?

Yes. Slow walkers are worse than all of those.

Turpentine · 27-09-2014 02:28AM

conorh91 wrote: »

Every time I'm jogging at night-time, there is inevitably some slow-walking girl ahead of me, usually scrolling through her mobile phone.

I have tried every trick in the book not to scare these women.

Slowing to a walk behind her, so I don't catch up and scare her, makes her think some lad is following her.

Staying my pace and trying to overtake her (keeping a wide berth) makes her think I'm about to attack her. There have been screams when i tried this in the past.

I cross the road when I can, but sometimes that's not practical on busy roads.

Ideas? I'm seriously thinking of shouting "Not a rapist, coming through" in future.

Good Jaysis, I'd say that just makes them feel like your target. You might as well try sniff their hair as you're going by.

You should just dress like one of those 11850 chaps and shout "Oh god, have you seen my friend? They told me I have 30 minutes."

conorh91 · 27-09-2014 02:53AM

Turpentine wrote: »

Good Jaysis, I'd say that just makes them feel like your target. You might as well try sniff their hair as you're going by.

I know, but it's instinct. You know you're going to scare her by running behind her, so you slow down.

Starting to think we need special purpose non-rape lanes

porsche959 · 27-09-2014 03:15AM

Wear an illuminous flourescent tracksuit, jingly jangly jewellry, a weird blond wig and spout gibberish.

Turpentine · 27-09-2014 03:26AM

conorh91 wrote: »

I know, but it's instinct. You know you're going to scare her by running behind her, so you slow down.

Starting to think we need special purpose non-rape lanes

As opposed to the current common-or-garden rape lanes? Where exact hell-hole are you jogging around boss?

yohan the great · 27-09-2014 03:33AM

Turpentine wrote: »

Good Jaysis, I'd say that just makes them feel like your target. You might as well try sniff their hair as you're going by.

You should just dress like one of those 11850 chaps and shout "Oh god, have you seen my friend? They told me I have 30 minutes."

Did you read the bit you bolded?

porsche959 · 27-09-2014 03:35AM

The scenario of a woman walker or jogger being dragged into a bush by a demented rapist in an urban area, is, fortunately, rare.

Just recently was a case given prominence in the media but apparently the guards now believe it was false report.

Most sex crime is committed by people who are known to the victim, though bear in mind this encompasses not just familial sex crime but acquaintances, work colleagues, etc. Jimmy Savile was probably a notorious example of this - many of his victims, though not close friends or relatives, were people he knew via work and 'groomed' by intially befriending, inviting for a drink, even meeting their parents to show he was nice friendly mentor/uncle type figure that meant their daughter no harm, etc.

Turpentine · 27-09-2014 03:53AM

yohan the great wrote: »

Did you read the bit you bolded?

I did. On what planet does running behind someone only to slow down as you reach them alleviate any tension in that "ships-in-the-night" scenario? What's your point?

--LOS-- · 27-09-2014 03:56AM

jog on mate

Ruu · 27-09-2014 04:01AM

Carry a light with you or headlamp, you'll be needing it soon enough anyway. If the person isnt paying attention, they might see the light moving. I run at night often and often shout "on your left" so I can get by or get their attention.

Trying to not look like a rapist whilst jogging

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