I worked all day and didn’t finish up until 1am. I had committed to doing the 2.23 miles in memory of Ahmaud. I took my dog with me and was running within my neighborhood. I had been around the loop twice and by 1:30, I removed his leash as this is part of his training when I take him out at night - he is to stay next to me. As we come around the corner, there is a couple with their dog off leash (this dog never has his leash and is always running towards my dog and taunts him) so they run towards each other. My dog looks scary but he’s not aggressive. They’re running so I chase after them and my dog comes back running towards me. I releash him and I make him sit. The guy alone comes at me, yelling at me. I’m 5’2” and he’s a good 6’5” and he’s aggressively getting closer to tower over me while he’s pointing his finger in my face - he’s claiming my dog is being aggressive as he has me corned in a dark pathway yelling at me. I’m sorry, but the way he approached me and how he was yelling, if my dog was aggressive, he would have attacked him right there! I was so angry it has took me over 45 minutes after i was done to just stop shaking. I finished my run without my dog but I could not shake off the anger I felt in how aggressive this guy was towards me. If i was a guy, he would not have treated me the way he did! It reminded me why I was running - this bullying and need to attack people whether physically or verbally needs to stop. I will address this in the morning because this was not okay. I’ve dealt with men like him and I will not stand for it. So unlike most of you men that ran without fear of being attacked, I began my run thinking the same thing. Didn’t realize how wrong I was. I know how I felt and I wasn’t fearing for my life - I cannot begin to imagine what Ahmaud felt when he was attacked. • • • #irunwithmaud #fitnessmotivation #peopleneedtobekindertoeachother #motivation #dedication #inspiration #determination #medaladdict #stopthehate #ripahmaudarbery #thecrewocr (at Salt Lake City, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_9dJkkA3qL/?igshid=1gmph270ywe8a