{"id":41998,"date":"2018-10-23T16:21:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T16:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=41998"},"modified":"2018-10-23T16:21:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T16:21:28","slug":"staying-safe-on-your-winter-runs-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2018\/10\/23\/staying-safe-on-your-winter-runs-in-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter: a safe time for running?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For avid runners, outdoor jogging may be a year round vocation, however it is wise to tread with caution when running on dark winter evenings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.police.uk\/south-wales\/swpcardiff\/crime\/stats\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Police.UK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> have recently published data which shows a spike in crime in Cardiff in 2017 in the months of October and November, when hours of daylight were beginning to decrease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43023\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-10.39.43-480x260.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"260\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43023\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-10.39.43-480x260.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"260\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Graphic taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.police.uk\/south-wales\/swpcardiff\/crime\/stats\/\">Police.UK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The most prevalent types of crime committed during these months were violence and sexual offences, closely followed by anti-social behaviour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43024 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-08.54.49-480x188.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"188\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43024 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-08.54.49-480x188.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"188\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Graphic taken from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.police.uk\/south-wales\/swpcardiff\/crime\/stats\/\"> Police.UK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stephanie Ferry, Welsh Athletics qualified run leader with Cardiff based running group <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdfrunners.co.uk\/#about\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CDF runners<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, is well experienced in running in Cardiff all year round. Her advice is,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cas it gets darker, it\u2019s best to stick to well-lit areas. Over winter we move our training routes from Bute Park to Lloyd George Avenue and Cardiff Bay for this reason.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Wales Police have also published a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.police.uk\/south-wales\/swpcardiff\/crime\/all-crime\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">crime map<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> online, which shows what crimes have been committed where over the last three years in Cardiff, highlighting the areas<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0it may be best to avoid for evening runs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cardiff based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.runandbecome.com\">Run and Become<\/a> Expert Claire Taylor shared her experiences and commented that, \u201cin the dark I wouldn\u2019t run from town towards the bay, there are areas where there aren\u2019t people or houses. I definitely wouldn\u2019t do it as a girl.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43025 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/10\/IMG_2942-416x312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"312\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43025 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/10\/IMG_2942-416x312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Runner in Bute Park, Original Photography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Running in poorly lit or emptier areas is not advised by all accounts. However, CDF\u2019s Stephanie Ferry said: \u201cBad experiences can happen anywhere. I don\u2019t believe Cardiff is any more or less safe than any other city of a similar size.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stephanie suggested that, in order to stay safe, runners in Cardiff should stay visible by wearing reflective clothing. She says, &#8220;if it works for you, run with other people. There is safety in numbers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With winter fast approaching and days getting shorter, how should you be ensuring your safety on evening runs in Cardiff?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":43025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[185,6],"tags":[203,11,2395,38,401,75],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-41998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-home","category-active-life","tag-cardiff","tag-fitness","tag-running","tag-safety","tag-sport","tag-winter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Winter: a safe time for running? 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