Kendall Rae

There are plenty of other cases out there with similar circumstances.

And like I said in the beginning of this episode, that's one of the reasons why I wanted to talk about this case today because, of course, I don't want to instill fear in any of you or stop you from doing what you love, but...

The world we live in, unfortunately, is very dangerous and scary.

And that's especially true for female runners, especially those who run alone.

These stories are not one-off tragedies.

It's so important that

that we continue to talk about safety measures and ways that we can try our best to prevent these horrible events from happening because I don't want people to stop doing what they love.

I don't want you to stop running, walking, hiking, jogging, whatever it is, getting outside.

If that is your way to escape, that is your way to get exercise, you should be able to do that.

It's something that I eventually want to do.

I hope...

You know, one day I feel brave enough to get off the treadmill and actually take my running outside.

It's just it's scary, you know, and I don't say that to freak people out.

I just say it to be honest.

I'm just sharing my true feelings about it.

But I think it's important that we talk about some precautions and some of those precautions include sharing your route and estimated return time with someone.

running in well-lit areas and also this is a big one varying your route so that you can avoid predictable patterns also keeping your phone charged and easily accessible and on that note keeping your volume down and noise cancellation off so that you can hear your surroundings which i know is such a bummer i love noise cancellation

I constantly even have to remind myself that it's safer in like the grocery store to have even just one earpiece in or not to have that noise cancellation on unless I know I'm in a safe environment.

But it's hard because obviously you want to blast your music and tune out the world.

But lastly, you definitely want to trust your instincts and just be aware of your surroundings, even if you're trying to, like I said, tune out the world.