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[quote=Anonymous]I had something similar happen on the W&OD years ago.  A young-ish guy (dark haired, vaguely middle eastern or hispanic looking) was jogging along in wind pants and as I passed him at a slightly faster pace, he started talking to me and running alongside me.  It was a very cold day so I was wearing double-layered running tights.  He asked me if the tights were better for running than what he was wearing, and I said definitely yes - much more aerodynamic.  I did not tell him I had layered two pairs - figured i'd keep that to myself in case he had plans to rape me.  He ran alongside me, chatting for maybe 4-5 minutes, then he said, "ok, you're running too fast for me - have a good one" and I continued on without him.

My gut on him was "possibly harmful" when he first approached me and "mostly likely harmless" after a couple minutes of chatting.

the picture thing would have freaked me out, OP.

Also, I was assaulted years ago on that trail, in broad daylight in the middle of the day, without headphones, approaching the crossing over route 7, so I'm pretty wary about strangers.  The guy grabbed me from behind and I fought him off and he ran away.  Freaked me out and I filed a police report, but it was literally a week before 9/11 happened so I suspect followup was minimal. (a couple weeks later, a guy fitting the same description knocked a teen off her bike and raped her.)  Ladies - be careful out there.[/quote]

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