‘Might have to run for my life’: NSW announces $800k research to tackle women’s safety while running
Pop Beats of 90s and 2000s, “What if?” Not enough to block your words. Aussie Marathon Runner and Influencer Georgia Hillis’s mind in the mind.
His concern is not unique: Most of the thousands of followers he collects online share the fear of damage while running in the dark, some of them resort to arms with weapons and aerosols in the event of something in the early hours of the morning or early in the morning.
Hillis said, “It is very sad and annoying because we can enjoy what we love like running because it is dark outside,” Hillis said.
“I feel sad that many women worry about the same thing as me.
Orum I feel for the beautiful lives lost in the darkness and refuse to be a statistics, so I don’t put myself in this situation unless I need it. ”
The 30 -year -old, who is afraid that it might be “a statistics ,, refuses to run at night and carries a metal torch for running early in the morning and allows his loved ones to watch him all time.
“Either or ‘anxiety plays the whole run in my mind, so I don’t think it’s worth it, Hill
The NSW government will be injected by the NSW government to increase the safety of female runners, and the announcement will only be injected and the announcement comes only days before the Sydney marathon.
30 -year -old lady Hillis is preparing to run the marathon for a third year in a row and hopes to overthrow it in less than four hours after just 36 seconds last year.
The training is the key for any marathon, the question of when it will fit into its business is usually a point of adhesion for many willing runners.
This can be made more difficult with the fears of running in the dark, which is an impressive Julie Song -Tedjakusuma, whose only option is to run in the dark between 9-5 corporate work.
Security constantly sticks to the highly populated areas to ensure that in his mind, Mrs. Song -Tedjakusuma, to make sure that someone can see not to listen to music so that he can follow him and to be aware of his environment.
In April, Nike reported that approximately 94 percent of women directly affect their ability to participate in sports and exercise, along with a survey after the next Dark Tour.
NSW Transportation Minister John Graham said that the security concerns that keep women far from running are a “transvestite ve and that the NSW government is expected to help new funds to make women and girls feel more safe.
The research will investigate what is necessary to increase the safety of female runners and inform the future infrastructure plans, such as better lighting in popular running areas.
Graham said, “Going to a run or trying to return home after dark, everyone has the right to feel safe during the day and day,” he said.
Ms. Hillis welcomed the announcement and said that the lighting or increasing security at the running points to Newswire would be useful.
Orum I want to enjoy the harness instead of feeling that I may have to run for my life, ”he said.
“I would love to have a world where these things don’t even have to be in place, but unfortunately this is not just the world we live in.”
After Nike’s, the dark half marathon recently gave him the taste of running at night, and Mrs. Hillis reminded her of the “strengthening” experience.
“To take the night back and finally feel safe while running in the darkness was not only me, it was very special to the jogging community.
MS Song-Stedjakusuma also supported the announcement and told Newswire that despite the recent increase in the popularity of sports, he did not feel safe for many women ”.
“The run has really started in the last few years, and some people may not be aware of the dangers of running on your own, so I think it’s really great,” he said.
Despite their concerns about running in the dark, both women run to the runners for the first time, hoping to revive an old passion, encouraged to walk around the sport.
“You scare you and you think it is difficult. No matter how fast you are when you first start, you are still running,” he said.
“Running really changed my life… I never thought of myself as someone who can do what I can do now. You will never regret a run.”
MS Song -Tedjakusuma called a feeling of success after working “Amazing”.
“This sounds like a cliché, but to be honest, the feeling you get after running is quite surprising,” he said.
“According to my experience, people are super -inclusive and more than just running, which started chats, then coffee, planning for the next race – definitely this community aspect.”
Both women will take part in the 42km Sydney Marathon with thousands of willing runners this weekend.
