Leave Me Alone

I hate it when guys think they're being some sort of flirty stud by saying hi to me as I run in the neighborhood at night. As if I'm going to stop my exercise for you when I've been waiting all day for it to cool down. Not to mention it's freaking dark and you're some strange man saying hello. Thanks to sexual terrorism, I have no idea whether or not you're a potential rapist or not so by flirting with the night runner, you have just scared her into paranoia for the rest of her run. After your hi, I became hypersensitive to every car that passed, darted through alleys to avoid parked cars with their lights on, and didn't feeling completely safe until I locked my front door behind me as I gasped for air. Leave women runners alone. We don't run around to look cute for men to hit on us and try to pick us up or whatever the freaking stupid purpose is. We run for ourselves. So keep your mouth shut and leave me alone when I run.