How about the unedited articles:

This happened Sunday October 6th at about 5:30 AM.

It was reported by the Broward County Sun Sentinel, not the Orlando Sentinel.

Here's the first article that came out the 8th: [Link: sun-sentinel.com]

And the follow up that came out the 14th: [Link: sun-sentinel.com]

After reading those, it sounds like he might have stopped to try to help the guy and was attacked.

He already was involved in one altercation that morning that left him naked and stranded at the beach. Then he decides to run 10 miles home, barefoot and naked? That doesn't make sense.