Jogging Safety: How To Protect Yourself While Running | TODAY
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- In the wake of the murder of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts, who disappeared last month while out for a jog, TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager looks into the long line of violent crimes against women who went running and never returned home. Hager meets with former Secret Service Agent Evy Poumpouras to talk about jogging safety and how to stay safe while on a run.
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Jogging Safety: How To Protect Yourself While Running | TODAY
ladies!! when I go on my run I always carry a high pitch wrist alarm, wrist flash light, pepper spray, reflective gear, my phone, self defense key chain, and let someone know I’m going on a run and share my location with them til I get back. I’m always looking around me and always aware of my surroundings. If you think that nothing would ever happen to you, then you’ve already put yourself in a bad situation because you have your guard down. Don’t EVER stop for women either, a lot of them work human traffickers because they know a woman will most likely stop for another woman.
i dont think you have to worry about anything lol
@@Cris18Martinez you missed the whole point of what she was saying
Not only for ladies im a 14 yo boy and i bring thise things to be safe plus a first aid kit and a road id and every runner should have those things male or female and another tip make a route that passes by a family member or friends house so if you feel un safe you could knok on there door.
I hate that I have to search this up :(
I agree! Unfortunately it is the world we live in right now. Be thing is to be proactive and learn self defense before you need to know it.
What happened? :(
I agree it's such a scummy thing, running is a beautiful thing and all this people with bad intentions
Same :(
No it shoulnt be ashamed i think of as better safe than never we should normalize that there bad people out there and we should able to defend and protect our selves.
I’ve been followed multiple times while walking somewhere or on a jog. Being a woman is scary
I hope you carry pepper spray or a weapon. And are aware of your surroundings when you run.
Out Rageous Thanks and yes I always have my pepper spray
Being proactive is the right thing for you to do. Society needs to educate men and boys on how to behave better.
@Melanie Hale you're welcome. It's definitely a people problem. That's one think my Empowered partner, Cheryl and I are working on to help educate people on these topics.
@@sirfield idk man i see lots of woman jogging/running in my city, never see them getting followed and harrassed..Not saying it doesn’t happen, but people also get struck by lighting.
Please run in the morning, in places where there are some people, if not run in a pack.
Always be aware
I don’t listen to music. I focus on nature. It would be nice sometimes to listen to some, but I’m too afraid
This is a sad truth
I'm glad you don't listen to music and is aware of your surroundings. That's good now if you don't already carry some type of self defense weapon/deterrent you need to start. If you don't like weapons get the saber red gel pepper spray it works in all types of weather.
Out Rageous got pepper spray
@@leahsmith2078 That's good
I stopped running for this reason!😢 I was followed inside a park and I ran out as fast as I could. I’m convinced I would have been taken if I would have stuck around long enough. Another time a truck slowed down and almost stopped next to me while running. I was prepared to mace him and I put my husband on speaker phone. Sadly these experiences made me not want to run outside.
Ladies, educate yourselves and become licensed to carry. (Where legal, obviously.) It can save your LIFE and the lives of others. Stay safe out there!👍🏻
WOMEN ARE BEING WATCHED AND TARGETED WHILE JOGGING AND WALKING NOT SAFE! DO IT IN BUSY AREAS!
Agreed! Always run in a well populated area and if you can, run with someone else.
As a male I always carry something because it is not only for dangerous people but for animals too. I don't know martial arts so I do the next best thing and carry a weapon.
It doesn't really matter how much you love running with music. Leave those headphones at home and USE YOUR EARS TO STAY SAFE.
I have had guys follow me in a car but i look strong so they stop. I have never really has an issue. I avoid eye contact but always scan my environment. If i see someone notices me I stare back. Works so far. I also carry pepper spray and a bright flashlight like she said
This is so sad to see a male, I was looking up for things you should bring in a run just in case a dog wants to attack you, or a wild animal, but I never expected this.
I run with my dog and I have seen cars slowed down behind me
Run on a treadmill at a gym. Don’t ever run alone.
I'll agree with not running alone, but don't allow the potential of being attacked stop you from enjoying the beauty of the outdoors. Just practice good self defense and situational awareness and never run alone.
What about the Central Park Jogger? Sarah Fox?
Visit Amazon- you can get a personal alarm, pepper spray(or ‘dog’ spray in Canada), and a keychain self defense weapon. For about $25 total. Share your location on your phone. Always go in populated areas if you can’t run with someone else.
Absolutely, carry a handgun, lightweight maybe a 2" barrel. Learn how to use it.
Pepper spray on your waistband.
My suggestion, stop trying to be as light as possible when running. Get used to running with weight. Carry tools that increase your lethality.
is it safe to run really early in the morning like from 5 am till 6?
Yeah if you carry a weapon/deterrent that you are good with using. But if you go with out one you are no different than a hermit crab without a shell.
If nothing else, it's more peaceful to go out early in the morning. I just decided to get a small pepper spray can to put my family's mind at ease. And I can't lie I feel a bit less helpless out there on runs now.
Love this I have a lot of weight loss haters
Don’t run alone
Period
Yes u should be worried
The pepper spray could back fire on you! .In other words if you intend to spray the attacker but the wind is blowing towards you the attacher you spray the wind🏃♀️🌙 will blow the spray on you ..if you use spray be aware if there is a strong steady wind. Kalif
I walk with my female German shepherd dog and tell my husband where I'm going and for how long there's a small park behind my house just a 3 minute walk up I don't listen to music I rather see and listen to my surroundings yes there's plenty of houses where I'm at and light traffic of cars but still anyone of these people can be a threat sad that we women can't even enjoy a walk or jog with out that in the back of our minds I see a guy every day running at the same time down my street while I have to choose random times to go for my safety as I had someone did watch me twice same car so I go random times and days never consistent with my pattern I get mad sometimes with someone with anxiety it's often less stressful to have a consistent time but can't
Lmao Those self defense moves don't work. You need a lot of body strength since the attacker is closing in on you at the moment they get rid of the distance between you.
Sadly another soul taken recently in Arkansas
just dont jog in isolated places and at night
Matthew Voeltz stop it. stop using common sense. stop it right now. lol
I am a woman. This may just be me, but I’m saying this is what I do: I run. Alone. At night. Not always on well lit streets. I run with one headphone in, my phone in my pocket, my head on a swivel, the Holy Spirit inside me and a gun in my waistband. I’ve never had one problem from anyone, ever. Just saying... I don’t run in the day when it’s hot out and in crowded areas. Night time is cooler and being away from people is my whole point. Adapt. Belly bands will secure your firearm safely and comfortably for the full run. 👍🏼
You have a gun?? Running with a gun doesn't seem that smart but j hope it's registered and everything. If that's what you need to do to feel safe that great👏👏
New runners alarm attaches to your cell phone kick Alarm.com or Amazon
How to protect yourself while jogging??? Jog with a gun.
delsy 82 🤣👍
Jean Savage True. And it’s too bad we have to think of these things.
@Jean Savage That is why you practice with whatever you carry even if it is pepper spray.
Unbelievable dribble, keys, pepper spray... Myagi san style arms open curtains for hands on the shoulders or neck... someone’s been watching too much tv. If a person is looking for actual self defence that works in reality land, find a combatives instructor and learn and practice. As for running alone... without a deadly force weapon... why? If you are worried that someone may attack you while you are running alone with your music in your ears and you bring your keys or your pepper spray and nothing lethal, then you have nothing that may actually remove you from a deadly encounter. What if there are multiple attackers, do you think that you can key scrape and pepper juice them all, before they close in on you? How much of an advantage would you have if you replaced those distractors, with a fixed blade combatives approach to self protection. Combatives, learn, train, live, repeat.
To all women who read this: STOP RUNNING WITH HEADPHONES, EARBUDS, AND ALONE! RUN WITH SOMEONE OR A WEAPON OF SOME SORT AND BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS!
At least carry a small knife for crying out load. Not only for humans but also animals.
More HAPKIDO work
most women though are actually killed by someone they know
Love this video! We've also recently launched running alarms at noizeenoizee.com
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life John 3:16
I beg thwe question, why don't woman bring something to defend themselves, I'm a man and I like riding in my big city but at the same time ibring something with me just in case; you'll neve know.
its funny because Evy was the secret service for Jenna's Dad
This only got a little over 27,000 views and should have been more. People who have “BIG DATA” are always strategic targets. There friends and family should be aware.
Hillarious!
Democrats will destroy America ... and sacrifice our children. Democrats Will Destroy America To Spite President Trump!
Catch and release , Open borders, Abolish ICE...Sanctuary Cities, we need a Border Wall .....who's child is gonna be next ? ? ?
How about all those United Citizens that are not from another country that harm more people from DUIs and domestic abuse and other forms of violence than any immigrant or undocumented immigrant has done. We need ICE, but they should not waste there time with young children who pose no threat. The cost of building a border wall could feed the world and provide more safety in better ways. How high is the wall going to be, because drones and rope and other means could still get over, plus tunneling. So we have a wall that goes a mile deep into the ground and a mile into the atmosphere, does that really keep people out. Corrupt officals with money can fake documents to cross and get into the country, plus other means is just sail on a boat to the East or West coast and pretend to be a surfer and slip in that way.
Joggers going to jog
The secret service apparently cannot fight.
Overhyped topic. It all depends where you run and same if its man or women.
it's the same if you're a moron