Safety Tips for Runners
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
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🗓️ 22 May 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Running should be a safe sport for everyone who participates but unfortunately, that’s not always the case. This could happen for a variety of reasons including injuries, weather conditions, and even harassment. This is especially true for women and people of color who more frequently confront unsafe situations.
On today’s show, we’re joined by coaches Andie Cozzarelli and Hayley Jane to discuss what risks runners need to be aware of to stay safe and tips for dealing with or avoiding these dangers. We’ll hear their thoughts on how running can be made safer.
Some of the questions we’ll answer include:
- What are the most common safety concerns runners face?
- Why might female runners need to be especially careful when running alone?
- How Andie and Hayley have handled unsafe situations in their own running?
- What are some strategies runners can use to stay safe when running
Running can have incredible mental and physical benefits but it’s important to practice it safely. Even if you have never experienced safety concerns when running, these strategies will prepare you for dealing with them if they do. So let’s get into it!
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| 0:16.2 | I actually put it to the organizers of this race who were all male as far as like a time I said like have you put anything in place for like the women doing this race because they're going to be running on this trail in the dark through these dodgy car parks and the guy was like the guy that I spoke to you was kind of seemed to be in charge he was like well no if a woman's |
| 0:20.2 | concerned we just asked them to like stop and wait there for the next person so they can run |
| 0:25.2 | along with someone else and I get that safety is most important but we |
| 0:28.1 | shouldn't have to choose between our safety and being able to like race as we want. |
| 0:33.6 | Hearing that story from Haley, I came away feeling so frustrated. |
| 0:37.8 | I think this sport is supposed to be for everyone and it's clear we're just not at a point |
| 0:41.5 | where everyone can participate safely. The topic of |
| 0:44.8 | today's discussion is running safety and we're joined by coaches Andy Kausarelli |
| 0:49.2 | and Haley Jane to discuss what risk runners need to be aware of to stay safe and tips for dealing with or avoiding these dangers. |
| 0:57.0 | Safety is such a universal topic, but everyone may have different concerns to deal with depending on factors like where you live, |
| 1:04.0 | the type of training you're doing, or even the color of your own skin. |
| 1:07.2 | So we tried to keep it pretty broad. |
| 1:09.4 | We covered some great tips for staying safe on the run, and even some pretty interesting dangers I wouldn't |
| 1:14.4 | have thought to mention like getting lost or confronting wild animals. |
| 1:18.4 | Haley has some crazy stories on that last one including a run and with cows in an electric fence but you'll have to keep |
| 1:24.3 | listening if you want to hear that story. After this episode I really hope you come |
| 1:29.1 | away feeling like you learned about the wrist runners and especially female runners confront as well as some |
| 1:34.9 | strategies you can apply yourself. I know I did. One more thing, but we're moving to a new schedule |
| 1:41.0 | with the podcast. |
| 1:42.7 | Previously, we released two episodes per week on Wednesdays and Fridays. |
| 1:46.9 | Going forward, we're going to stick with only one episode a week on Wednesday |
| 1:50.5 | to help make sure we can continue to deliver high quality content. |
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