Thank you both of you... this is all sort of part and parcel.. you just sort of learn to avoid . At my sz I needed to 1.Keep moving and 2. find OTHER people within sight..like in cars or random people/the ups driver etc just out to walk/run TOWARDS that would see me , the more people the better....something else that works really well for me is a small can of bugspray I slide down into the pocket of my running shorts. I get it from the dollar store actually to keep dogs away..its quite effective on humans too!! for anyone and its easy to obtain!
I was dodging down between those houses thinking this is a TRIP ,of all days, Patience was just talking about this!!!
Diane you are right about what M said. We get so used to being prey that we don't even think about it .the things we do to avoid become automatic looking in windows ,mirrored surfaces, over our shoulder in a way that no one even close up notices. I did that Saturday night in a Little Caesars pizza window when I was out running - I knew I was going into an area of no visibility with not many people and that window is my last checkpoint. No one was following that I knew of and it was light out..its just what I do