92% of women have felt scared running

There are three main reasons behind this fear.

When it’s dark, you can’t see who else is out there or where you’re going.

‘I hate the dark.’

Lizzie, 29, Engineer

68% of women have experienced some form of harassment when running.

‘I was running by myself, training...and this guy actually got out of his car and started chasing me, shouting at me, run, run.’

Paula, 60, Teacher

Certain roads and spaces just feel less safe than others.

There are certain areas around me… I wouldn't go running there.’

Robyn, 30, Analyst

"When I was running with a friend as a student we got water bombed by boys and little toddlers in a park, I was furious."

Frances, Cambridge
"A guy pulled over to talk to me...I remember him because he pulled over and told me to come into his car."

Ellen, Surrey
"Three times I’ve been shouted abuse at, in a touristy, very busy area of Cambridge, even that doesn’t stop them."

Celine, Cambridge
"I had one guy I was training which put me off, I was running by myself, training, and they stopped at a traffic light, a car and this guy actually got out of his car and started chasing me, shouting at me, run, run."

Carol, Kingston
"I had a really terrifying incident in Birmingham where I got followed running for a while by a car."

Lizzie, Inverness
"There was like a mob of boys and you can just tell like they're going to be trouble. One of them threw something and it hit a car, when I crossed the road there I saw it was a lemon...like it's just not necessary, is it?"

Sarah, East Essex

"When I was running with a friend as a student we got water bombed by boys and little toddlers in a park, I was furious."