PORT ANGELES — Close to 100 women walked and jogged the Olympic Discovery Trail on Sunday morning, showing solidarity with a woman who was attacked two weeks ago and sending a message that the trail belongs to the public.
Standing atop a table at the Hollywood Beach trailhead, Run Without Fear organizer Carrie Sanford told the group of mostly women that she was angry when she learned a woman had been attacked while jogging a nearby section of trail, a feeling she said many had expressed throughout the past two weeks.
“If I could speak to this woman who was attacked — and you will not hear me call her a victim — if I could speak to her right now I would say ‘you are brave, you are fierce, you are strong and this community is proud of you and will not stand for this,’ ” Sanford said.
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Carrie Sanford, who organized the Run Without Fear in order to “take back” the Olympic Discovery Trail, begins the run Sunday. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)
A group of mostly women listen as Carrie Sanford tells of why she organized the Run Without Fear on Sunday. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)
Kelly Johnson listens as Carrie Sanford speaks about why she organized the Run Without Fear on Sunday. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)
Carrie Sanford, who organized the Run Without Fear, tells participants she was angry when she heard a woman had been attacked on the Olympic Discovery Trail two weeks prior. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)
A group of mostly women walk the Olympic Discovery Trail during the Run Without Fear on Sunday. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)