She can't have any moment to spare to take them off. Or maybe she should stop, take those off and use them to whack on these men's heads. But she didn't trust her bearing right now and frontal to frontal attack against these heavy and men were not really playing on her favor. But she can't keep running away like this.
Eventually she'd be overtaken and the pursuers were only two men in an unkempt leather jackets. Obviously, they weren't anyone with huge backing behind them. The best guess for the purpose of their act probably reckoned for a ransom.
Maria had to stop when she kept fighting to have consciousness at the very moment. She won't last long if this kept on. So, she changed her course and started running in the direction of the men. Now this seemed made those men astonished.