There’s a military saying:

“Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum”

‘If You Want Peace, Prepare For War’

I’m going to apply the scenario below as an example.

The same thing applies to you when you’re:

• Running alone (you’re asking for trouble)
• In the dark (you’re inviting trouble)

You must prepare yourself for the worst so it DOESN’T HAPPEN.

It doesn’t matter where you live. This world is not “Leave It To Beaver Land” (1960s TV show) where the worst thing that could happen is the Beaver smoking a tobacco pipe or his brother Wally is messing-up his dad’s car.

Before I answer your question, let me give you some crime stats from here in the US of A.

According to the latest stats that I dug up, here are the numbers on violent crimes throughout the United States. These are the approximate total numbers of violent crimes per year here in the United States:

Crime Stats!

Home Invasions—————————————————————————————-1,003,000

Muggings (robbery w/weapon)—————————————————————-121,000+

Rapes———————————————————————————————————136,000

Murders——————————————————————————————————17,284

Active Shooters (2000 – 2018)——————————————————————277

Aggravated Assaults (2016)———————————————————————803,007

(serious body energy)

Dog Attacks (2005 – 2018)———————————————————————–471 killed

In my Wilderness Survival Training, I teach a military acronym called PRSC. PRSC stands for:

• Planning
• Recon
• SECURITY
• Control

PRSC are the Principles of Patrolling. But I civilianized PRSC so it’s easy to understand and employ to AVOID wilderness tragedies from the get go.

But let’s concentrate on SECURITY. Here’s how to use SECURITY.  Think of 12 things that will:

• Kill You
• Hurt You
• Cause you loss of equipment

while you’re out running, you’re alone and it’s dark.

OK, let’s get started. Here are several things that could happen, assuming the runner is a female:

• Losing keys, ID,…
• Caught in a storm
• Twisted ankle
• Falling down
• Dog attack
• Getting lost
• Having a heart attack
• Getting robbed
• Getting assaulted (beat-up)
• Being shot or shot at
• Attempted rape
• Abduction

OK, I covered 12 possible things that could happen to a female who is on a run, being alone and at night.

Now let’s COUNTER ALL OF THESE BEFORE THE NEXT SOLO RUN IN THE DARK:

• Losing keys, ID,…

1. use a fanny pack
2. don’t run at night

• Caught in a storm

1. monitor weather reports before going on a run,
2. don’t run at night

• Twisted ankle

1. don’t run at night
2. carry a flashlight

• Falling down

1. don’t run at night
2. flashlight

• Dog attack

1. carry pepper spray

• Getting lost

1. don’t run at night

• Having a heart attack

1. carry a cell phone in fanny pack
2. don’t run alone

• Getting robbed

1. don’t run at night
2. don’t run alone
3. carry concealed weapon and back-up weapon [stun gun, pepper spray,…]
4. change your running route regularly and the time & date

• Getting assaulted [beat-up]

1. don’t run at night
2. don’t run alone
3. carry concealed weapon and back-up weapon [stun gun, pepper spray,…]
4. change your running route regularly and the time & date)

• Being shot or shot at

1. don’t run at night
2. don’t run alone
3. carry concealed weapon and back-up weapon [stun gun, pepper spray,…]

• Attempted rape

1. don’t run at night
2. don’t run alone
3. carry concealed weapon and back-up weapon [stun gun, pepper spray,…]
4. change your running route regularly and the time & date

• Abduction

1. don’t run at night
2. don’t run alone
3. carry concealed weapon and back-up weapon [stun gun, pepper spray,…]
4. change your running route regularly and the time & date)

You’ll notice most of the COUNTERS are:

• DON’T run at night
• DON’T run alone (run with a male friend)
• CARRY primary and back-up weapons

One more time, we are not living in “Leave It To Beaver Land.”

There are coward piece of sh!+ scumbags out there that are black-hearted who have no respect for the laws, no respect for most people and especially no respect for the vulnerable. They are low-life predators who are always looking for their next EASY victim.

Use PRSC to AVOID threats in the first place. And if you do find yourself in a survival situation, using PRSC, especially SECURITY, at least you have a far better chance to survive than most to neutralize the threat.

MOST IMPORTANT NOTE:  If you can’t counter any and all threats, ABORT the activity all together.

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