What I find interesting is that most of the time when someone is rodding me back, I can just walk away and they will just follow. I do this is many situations where I cannot get close to someone or they are running. If I just give up and ditch them they almost think: "Oh poop! I actually wanted to fight this guy! Don't leave me!" and they will turn around and pursue you. This gives you control of the fight
I like being chased because (as I said above) it gives me control of the situation. I can F&S, I can whip around and bow, I can rod, and I can use my sword. With any of those options, they will end up running right into my attacks in most cases.
Something to try if none of the other good suggestions up above work out.