Threats, displaced comments and even men who follow them: women rarely feel safe when they run.
As proof, according to a study by Union Sport and Cycle published this Friday, April 11 by the Department of Sports of Radio France, more than half of women (56%) who run have had to face problematic situations during their training. Worse, almost 75% of runners establish avoidance strategies, for example, avoiding running at night, not to face sexist moments or comments.
Tech & Co offers 4 tips to run safely, without having to face certain disturbing behaviors.
Runnrz: The Secure Carrera application
Runnrz is the perfect application to generate a race or bicycle route in all circumstances. Simply indicate the duration of its course, the land, the appearance and the platform generates several race routes.
At the same time, the French application introduced a SOS button to strengthen the safety of runners. It allows you to alert one of your relatives in case of a problem and, above all, send your exact location in case of a injury or a bad meeting. The platform also diversifies racing routes to avoid spending every day in the same place at the same time.
Recently, Runnrz has also allowed night athletes to generate roads on completely illuminated roads in the city.
Applications for the fight against street harassment
Several applications also allow women to give the alert in case of a problem. This is the case with The Brotherhoodwhose objective is to combat sexual harassment in public space, for example, during a career or training session.
Free and available since 2020, allows women and, therefore, runners, require help. The latter notifies the 50 users (The application is reserved for womenEditor’s note) the closest. All, thanks to geolocation. Notified people have the possibility of contacting it in return and notifying the police.
In case of danger, it is also possible to bet on Umay. The concept? Find a place to take refuge if necessary. Umay allows users, through a geolocation system, identify all nearby places that probably welcome them when they feel threatened. Restaurants, bars, stores, hotels serve as a refuge in case of harassment.
The “return” function also allows you to inform your position to close friends and trust contacts whose contact information is saved in the application.
Racing groups
Running with other people may often seem more reassuring. On Facebook, several groups offer strangers to meet to run together. Some are even dedicated to women.
In August 2024, the Facebook group Run and continue between Nanas in Elbef and its surroundings For example, it was created by two Norman friends to gather women who want to train in a group.
Messaging
If you have not downloaded any of these applications and feel in danger, do not scare. Some messaging applications allow you to send your position to a loved one in case of danger. Is For example, the WhatsApp case. To do this, the “Location” button allows you to share your position for 15 minutes, an hour or 8 hours.
The same with messaging applications integrated in Google and Apple. The two platforms offer to share the location in real time with their loved ones. Again, it is possible to choose who shares its position and for how long.
Source: BFM TV
