Easy run at lunch in Balboa Park.
A news crew stopped me to interview me about a local runner who was recently assulted by a registered sex offender on the Bridle Trail, one of the trails in the park - a trail I've run on at least 100 times. He threw her to the ground, but she was able to fight him off. Two walkers also were there at the right time and helped her. The sex offender was later found and arrested. This happened about 2 weeks ago.
I told the news guy that I was surprised she was assaulted there. The trail runs parallel to the 163 - a busy freeway that cuts through the park. If you've ever run San Diego RnR, that's the freeway you ran on. There are always a lot of people on the trail too. It's not secluded. I said I sometimes saw suscipious people in the park but I just try to avoid them.
He asked me if I ever thought about running with a buddy? I said I don't have any one to run with at this time of day. (But actually, even when Penny lived here, we rarely ran together. We've all got our own training plans to follow!)
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