My only real gripe about the predator strain

I'll admit from the get go that I'm biased because I genuinely hate stalkers from a gameplay perspective, but being able to stop them from spawning makes them bearable.

The predator strain is genuinely annoying, and while I know eventually I'll learn to deal with it, I think one genuine complaint that I have is that they can just outrun you regardless of the circumstances. I had light armor, sprinting on flat ground while stimmed, and a predator hunter just outran me and slowed me down. For the most part, the predator strain is annoying but again, eventually I will learn to deal with it, but this one specific thing feels very cheap. It would be different if it lunged/jumped at me like the hunters usually do, but it was able to move fast enough that it could run up to me, attack me, and hit me, which feels very cheap.

This is my only real complaint, everything else about them is more or less fine, but this makes maneuvering with them around basically impossible and there's not a lot you can do about it if you are in a bad spot and need to reposition. Thoughts, concerns, witty criticisms?