As they began to nip at her she sensed trouble. When the attack turned vicious she was pulled down and realised getting to the road was her best chance of breaking free.
With the dogs still attacking she was able to wave down a passing car. The occupants, who were travelling from Wairoa to Napier, scared off the dogs and called an ambulance.
A two-minute mauling left significant damage to her right buttock, upper arm and armpit - some of the puncture wounds were deep but could not be stitched for risk of infection.
"It's amazing the damage they can do, I run along there two or three times a week for the past five years and nothing like this has happened before," the 37-year-old said.
At about 3.15pm - just 45 minutes later the woman in her 60s had been walking along a street when she was set upon by the same three dogs - suffering a significant bite injury to her arm which required surgery.
"The other woman was found by a little girl, it could have been much worse - the ambulance picked me up first and then her, I got to see her injuries - they were pretty horrific, she was in a lot of pain," the jogger said.
Following the incident the younger woman's husband went to track the wandering dogs and found their owner's neighbour picking them up.
His wife felt it was important to speak out and highlight the role bad dog owners played in such incidents.
"You need to make sure they are locked up, that they can't get out. I am sure they were good family pets around their owners, but when they are left to their own devices they revert to their instincts," the 37-year-old added.
"I don't hate dogs, I'm fine as long as they are around their owner, when they are on their own - I have always been a bit worried. I think if they nip they are not trained properly and that's down to the owners."
Hastings District Council Animal Control was called and all three offending dogs removed from an address for allegedly attacking the women in two separate incidents.
All three are currently registered, one in Hastings, two in Napier. One lived at an address in Whirinaki, two were visitors' dogs. Only one of them had been officially surrendered and will be destroyed by council.
The fate of the other two dogs is still up for discussion with their owners.
Files on both attacks were lodged with council's lawyers to evaluate evidence and determine the most appropriate course of action.
"It is always distressing when someone in our community is injured in this way - what is crucial for dog owners to understand is that any dog has the potential to join in on 'pack behaviour' group attacks," HDC dog control manager John Payne said.
"Even dogs that have never shown previous aggression will get involved. We must not forget that within every dog the wild instincts are still there - dormant and modified, but they haven't been eliminated.
"It is important that dogs are kept under proper control at all times."
